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Hi all, I think I'm just being anal... but I have an adaptable box in the garden fed with a 6mm SWA. I'm extending this to the shed, and I want to avoid another joint, but I don't want to terminate outside the shed in the box and just feed singles through the timber wall (12mm, may have...

Hi All, I want to install a water filter for my kitchen sink.. WATER2 or WATERDROP. It currently has a flexi hose with a pushfit to it. What do I need fittings wise to install it ? Do I need to cut the pipe in order to use 2 pushfit threaded adaptors...

Hi All, I have about 2ft x 6 mtrs of void under my caravan, and want to use trellis to cover. Please see photo. Due to the ground not being fully concrete, I was going to wedge some battens vertically and then try and screw some horizontally into the slabs, then screw the trellis to it and...

Hi All, I've bought a static caravan and need to drain it down at the end of the month. I'm just going to follow this: But I have an Ecotec Pro 28 fitted with Hive.. Do I need to check he antifreeze and set the hive to frost protect ? How does that work when the water is turned off and the...

Hi all, No idea where to post this ! I'm installing a Hive unit in a caravan, and I'm unsure how to fix the receiver. I'm wary about screwing into the walls? Any advice? I have thought about adhesive pads you use for pictures, but I was worried if it became loose and fell off with the...

Hi all, I’m an electrician, and I’ve got to fit a outside socket from a static caravan. I’m apprehensive drill through a wall or floor, it’s brand new. Any advice from someone who has done it before on a static? The wiring and install is no issue. TIA

Hi all, Just got a new caravan with a new boiler in.. Ecotec Pro 28, they have installed a time clock in it, but I want a thermostat. Easy enough to change to Hive? Take the time clock out, fit a blank and wire in the Hive receiver? TIA

Hi all, Never build a deck before, but we have just bought a caravan and want a raised deck next to it. There are already paving slabs down so I will probable just fasten it to them. Where do I start ! I want it about a foot off the ground and its only going to be approx 3mtrs x 2mtrs...

Hi all.. Anyone have a link to the washers needed for a typical shower mixer bar ? Thanks all.

Morning all, I had holes in my ceiling plasterboard where cables where pulled in.. it was filled but looks a mess.. needs filling again and sanding back. Any recommendations on the filler to use? Thanks

Hi all, This wall had wall paper on, but it was scraped off and ended up marked (See Picture) Then it was just painted over in silk.. I'm planning on wallpapering it again, I know I'll have to sand the silk down.. But will the wall paper be okay the way the wall is and around the sockets? TIA

Hi all.. Any tips for fitting an MDF bath panel with adjustable plinth? Never done one before. I've just got a jigsaw.. I only need to take off 10mm one end.. should I just use a saw ? Thanks all..

Hi all, Got a small patch above the shower that's flaked off and now shows the plaster.. I've scraped and sanded... Can I just mist coat and then paint? Thanks Mark

Hi all, Had a cowboy in doing my garage conversion... He left along list of things incomplete. Just wanted an opinion on the velux tiling. It looks dog rough to me... But it's a low angle so might be fine to a professional? Just don't want it letting damp in. Any advice would be great...

Morning all, I have two give controllers, up and downstairs. Up stairs is working but downstairs is not kicking the boiler in? The receiver by the danfoss valves Is a solid green so is communicating with the thermostat? Any ideas? Mark

I'm building a small patio but it has flags either side already. The fall of the flags go left and right.. so as I'm building flags in the middle what's the best way to create a slope without having a step to the old flags? Also my MOT will be 100mm and 50mm sand cement... So dig down 186mm ...

Hi all, After some advice. Got 6mm running to an outside socket as I knew we would be putting power in the shed... Am I okay to run the armoured from the socket now as originally that socket was only a adaptable box, in anticipation of the power to the shed. Am I just over thinking it ‍♂️...

Hi all, If you get a small belt of a appliance, ie. dishwasher. How do you test the metal casing to see what voltage, if any is running through it ? Obviously with a multimeter, but where is the probe not touching the casing ? Thank you all..

Hi, Fitting a high gloss white kitchen unit and have drilled into one of the doors by mistake! It hasn't gone all the way through but it's on the gloss side. Any repair kits you could recommend? Mark

Hi all, Need to put plinth lights in the kitchen, there is plug sockets low level not being used. Basically is there away I can install to separate lights from two different sockets switched by one switch? Quinetic do anything I could use ? Thanks all