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Check under every cabinet and in very corner for dead animals. Floor has been bleached cleaned. It's coming from one corner of the room where there is an undercounter fridge with the gas stove to the left of it and boiler to the right of it. Back of fridge does not smell of leaking compressor...

Cowboy builders left me with this. Doesn't leak anymore, but there should be a trap/u-bend right? Apart from the smells coming from the plug-hole are there any issues that I may face?

There's a gas meter and 2 extractor fans; I am thinking a kitchen cupboard door (approx 50x76cm) and some sort of matching panel for the far right side but would like so advice from anyone who might know better! Something that would not look out of place with the tiles...

Cowboy builder who will not be coming back inexplicably took the left side of the door frame off to tile but didn't do that on other side (see first 3 images). I'd rather not take off 14 tiles, cut new ones to size and fit. I am not confident with a circular saw thing so would not use that. I...

Across 3 floors there are 5 ceiling lights covering the landing and stairs, no natural light. Currently, the wall light switches turn on all 5 lights and switch off after a minute or 2. If I correctly wire in a PIR/microwave sensor to any particular light fitting so that a particular ceiling...

Old chrome trap was crumbling; I'll replace with plastic. Previously, the chrome pipe (approx 30mm diameter) leading into the wall went into the wall pipe you see in photo (approx 34mm). I have 32mm pipe but it's too big to go inside wall pipe and too small to put the chrome pipe into (I thought...

• Bought new intercom but does not come with "lock controller" shown below • I wired a 12v power adaptor exactly as shown circled in image, but instead of connecting to a lock, the 2 wires were connected to a multimeter • Multimeter shows 12v coming through cable when connected directly and 0v...

I understand the basics of live and neutral feeding a timed extractor and then switched live feeding that terminal. My builder has who say he's wired it up successfully before can't make it work. I would say neither him nor I are skilled enough to troubleshoot it but in the other bathroom when I...

Are there any regs saying this is not allowed? The theory being that if there was a gas leak, the gas should stay within the house so it could be smelt/detected? I have a gas meter within a wall cupboard that have the bathroom 100mm extractor fan exhaust within 30cm of the meter and its piping.

Longest I have found is 570mm. Does anyone know if longer is possible and where to get it? I need about 1.5m...

Builder says because the previous builder has used a flexi connector which is not right, it cannot go further back. The box is about 180mm deep. What the options to get this further back, ideally right to the tiled wall?

While the central heating, water is trickling out of the bottom end of the rear black tube in photo, where it connects with the metal section. There is corrosion at other connections. The PCB has been changed a few years ago and there was also another issue with it losing pressure. It's about 12...

Outdoor doorbell-intercom unit lets the residents hear outside from their handset in the flat, but the visitor cannot hear any of them. Handset issues have been ruled out. The speaker was making a loud cracking sound prior to failing which I read is a sign of a speaker that's about to die. Can...

There was a leak previously but it's now dry. I scraped away old paint but it kept flaking and crumbling to dust. I then coated it with gloss paint to try to seal it. It lasted a bit longer but it's still coming down. Would damp seal paint work better? I know for wall plaster affected by rising...

Any ideas how to have this meter boxed in better without getting it moved? In the very corner is a stack pipe. Vertical pipes from meter: upwards is a bonding, downwards is gas to the property Perhaps box in diagonally so I can recover head height? Issues: The boxing is deeper than it needs...

In a 3 storey house I need to fit a grade A LD2 alarm system. Mains connected grade D currently exists in the correct locations so those detectors can be switched easily; it's wireless so minimal wiring. Any advice for how to get this sorted as low cost as possible? Happy to receive quotes (NW...

Is there a reason why there were gaps left between where the gutter pipe and the wall are (I have messily filled 3 of them)? Is it to ventilate the wall inside or because someone was lazy to the remove the pipe? Building is over 80 years old.

Can someone please clarify what Xpelair has told me: 1. I sent the first photo asking what connection creates the maximum speed. 2. Xpelair sent the second photo and comment. 3. Third photo is the diagram for the model I have from the manual. 1 2 3

My tenant's toaster started a fire (contained to the area it was situated). How common are genuine faults in these appliances that can lead to them creating a fire? The tenant did tell me that she first put the toaster on its side to put the toast in (can anyone explain why one would do...

I am going to run a dehumidifier in the loft when the weather is at its coldest and would like to know if anyone knows the science that would help me set the humidity detection to the right amount. Example; operate to dehumidify to 60% and operate when 5 degrees celsius or lower. I want to...