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I'm fitting a wall light and the choco block it comes with is too small for me to fit my existing wiring. Am I okay to use wago connectors instead and leave them within the light fitting? (It's a wall light against a block wall so there is not enough of a cavity to squeeze in a junction box of...

I boarded under the stairs and have a ~20mm gap where the wall meets the underside of the stairs. How best to fill? It's my first time jointing and feel I'd make a hames of it considering the tight angle. Maybe a small strip of coving? Any other ideas?

WC under the stairs, pipe supplies the toilet (goes under the concrete (wrapped in plastic) and up behind the waste pipe). I have to dot & dab the wall but I have a niggling feeling that I should do something with the pipe, even though it's probably always been there with no problem.

I'm gutting the understairs WC and I removed the internal wood sill to find a build up of concrete underneath that's crumbling and will pull away with zero effort. Not sure how to deal with it, should I just remove it and build it up with fresh concrete? It's roughly 720mm x 120mm x 100mm...

Can these be mounted within a stud frame? So far the few that I've seen that show instructions are mounted to a backing wall.

It seems to be most prominent in the bathroom, every 30 seconds or so there is a short rattle, this happens out of the blue when no taps or appliances are running, heating is off etc. This morning it started and sounded like it wasn't going to stop. I turned on the basin mixer tap in the...

My heat source is an oil boiler and it is a wet heating system. I thought it was an open vented system as there is a feed and expansion tank in the attic. However, on closer inspection, the F+E tank is not actually connected to anything. So it looks like it was at some point it was changed to a...

We had a water outage in our area yesterday that is fixed now, but we are now not getting any cold water to the shower mixer. All other taps are fine. The shower is fed by a pump in the hotpress. When running the hot water the pump is running but if the mixer is switched to the cold the pump...

We just had someone out to advise on switching from oil heating to gas. He advised that microbore piping could cause issues with a gas boiler, and said if it was him he'd update the piping to standard size at the same time. We have solid floors so this is no small job breaking up concrete in the...

I'd like to replace this flash immermat programmer with something smart that can be controlled/programmed remotely. It only controls the immersion heater, and should be rated at 20A (Ireland). Can anyone recommend something reliable/safe?

I have this thing on the wall and I have no idea if it's doing anything, how can I verify it is working? With the heating/boiler on, if I turn this down to zero then presumably the boiler should go off immediately? (Spoiler: it does not)

I'd like to replace this flash immermat programmer with something smart that can be controlled/programmed remotely. It only controls the immersion heater. This is for Ireland so if I'm not mistaken the switch needs to be rated at 20A min. Can anyone recommend something reliable/safe?

I have this concrete slab along the back of my house I'd like to remove so I can put something nicer down. But I'm a bit apprehensive because... 1. There's an oil boiler outside (left in pic) and I'm concerned about the plumbing/wiring from that into the house, how deep could this be as...

It doesn't seem to be fixed to the wall, but it does seem firmly fixed to this mirror! I'm afraid I'll take the mirror with it if I try and pull it out with too much force, and I'd like to avoid that. Thanks in advance!

Hi! My front door is catching/sagging, and the hinge is tearing it seems. Would simply replacing the hinge fix he problem? If so, where can I get a hinge like this and is this doable as a DIY job? Thanks in advance!

I can't determine what bulbs I would need to replace these with. I can't see anything like them online. Any help would be appreciated!

Pic attached. The wiring is for a light fitting that I want to remove. It looks to me like there's one live switch wire, and all the other wires are going into the 'neutral' terminal. It just looks wrong to me. House was built in the 80's (Ireland).

Hi! I am a new home owner of a small 3 bed semi, built in late 80s. It has single zone oil heating, the oil boiler is external, about 10 feet from the house. I have been looking to get the heating split, at the very least separate the radiators from the hot water tank, but any additional zones...