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Hi. I have a small office at home, so space is at a premium. I want to have a hifi in there and was wondering if it's possible to install speakers in the front of my metal filing cabinets? Just cut a hole and mount the speakers in the holes? Do I have to worry about making the cabinets 'live'...

Hi there. Just moved into a new office and there is a phone extension cable running to the upstairs of the property to the room we're using as the office. Openreach checked that it was working and said it was, now it isn't and is hanging to bits anyway. At the moment there is only one wire...

As the title says, can I use diluted PVA as a wood primer/undercoat? Diluted to 1 PVA/4 water?

I'm probably going to get told to change my fusebox, but I had a bulb blow on my 3 light ceiling pendant and it blew the 5 amp fuse wire in my fusebox. Question is, does this point to anything more ominous or is it just a one-off? I've had bulbs blow in the past, but they haven't taken out the...

As you can probably tell from the confused title, I don't even know what you call the bloody thing. Anyway had to move the surface mounted phone box from the window sill to paint the sill. Unscrewed it all and at some time there must have been some moisture in there and the wires have all broken...

Hi there. Just wondering if anyone has used one of these sponge things and if they are any good. I know the professionals amongst you, will probably sneer at this kind of gadgetry, but I'm just a DIYer doing up my big old dilapidated Edwardian house, although by the time I've finished this...

Hi there. I currently have a cast iron two brick height, what I call, air brick in the gable end wall just above ground level. It has corroded over the years and now I have a gaping hole there with just the surround in place. Are they called air bricks? as when I shop for them, I end up getting...

Hello there. I think I may end up a frequent flier here. Just removed 2 ceiling roses to change from single pendant lights to triple uplighter (wifes fault). Took off all the red loop wires and bunched in a block and put to one side. Blocked the earths together. Singled out the red live in one...