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I bought my first chain saw 50 years ago, a Stihl 041AV, which I still have, to deal with the Dutch Elm problem on the farm, logging, fencing, etc. I now have 2 of those and a smaller "Husky" and I also have a petrol pole saw which is quite handy. I'm no expert but have plenty of experience of...

I have an annoying problem that has just started on our Wickes Trento dual flush toilet cistern and wondered if it can be fixed. Firstly, it started to get really slow to re-fill after flushing. Then a couple of days later the heavy flush wouldn't work, it flushed but only a similar amount that...

I hope this question has been posted in the most appropriate part of this Forum and if possible I would like some help please. We have a pair of drive gates made out of iroko timber which may not have been maintained as they should and I wish to bring them back to a decent finish. The problem...

I have what is a very silly question about a problem that is annoying me and wondered if anyone could help me ? I needed to dismantle a 4 socket plug board that has a switch but when I took the top part off the board the brass connectorthat makes contact with two conduits that when connected...

Hello all. I wondered if anyone could help me with a Vectis door lock peoblem or if I need to contact a locksmith ? I have two exterior timber doors, both 15 years old and installed when the house was built. But the rear door has suddenly become difficult to close and open. The reason is that...

Could anyone tell me please what these plastic items are for that are tacked onto all of our timber window frames and also if it is detrimental if I remove them when re-painting the windows ? They have a slight slope on them towards the outside of the window as if they are supposed to lift the...

I wonder if someone would be very kind and tell me what sort of light I have over the bench in my workshop please ? I installed it many years ago and it has suddenly stopped working and I assumed that it would be the "starter". But I have added some images below because I don't know what type of...

A slightly unusual question (I think) if I may please ? I spend a lot of time in my home office and sometimes the Good Lady needs me to help her with various things but she is usually in another room. At the moment she has to walk to the office and inform me personally and it is a bit of a...

I have searched the Forums but can't find an answer so I need to ask a direct question if I may ? I am thinking of putting window film on one of my bathroom windows but would like to know if it is possible to buy a film that, while anyone outside is prohibited from seeing inside the bathroom...

I have a LAP MAS830B multi-meter and although I am capable of testing the voltage of small batteries, AA, AAA, etc. by having the leads plugged in the sockets as shown and turning the dial anti-clockwise to 20V I have thought for some time that I wasn’t getting the full picture. A lot of...

I have just used Osmo to bring our open oak timbered porch back to someting like it was originally but although I sheeted the supporting brickwork, inevitably some of the washdown got onto the two small panels of pebble dashing that were put in the side walls and there are some slight stains on...

Suddenly discovered today that our SKY system has a fault which we have never encountered before. We cannot get BBC1 to work, we are told there is no signal. But BBC2 works but only after we get a message telling us to re-start the SKY box. And we can't get any SKY channels to work either. We...

I have searched this Forum for an answer but what I found was quite old and so I am going to ask my question if I may. I have what I think is a basic fluorescent light in a small room. It is 1200mm long Sylvania Cool White F36W/840 3350 Lumen bulb and the unit has the attached image of a ballast...

I did search this subject on this Forum but didn't really find an answer. We have a bathroom mirror (as attached) that has lost a lot of it's "coating" as can be seen. It is exactly the mirror we needed because of the shelf, size, existing fixings, etc. Is there any way that mirrors can be...

On one wall of my house I have 3 lantern-type outside lamps. The current goes to the first one which has a PIR which then operates the other two lamps when the first one is activated. Looking at the attached image it can be seen that there are two power cables coming out of the wall to the first...

This is such a useful Forum that I thought I would ask another question which is all about electricty suppliers. This is a small farm on a 3-phase supply with an outside meter in a cabinet but we do not use much electric for the farm, it is mainly for the house. I used to be with Southern...

I wondered if anyone would be kind enough to help me please ? I have the above drill but have encountered a problem. The collar that allows changing between different torque settings is working fine but with one exception. I have found that I can no longer turn it to the position where the...

I have a problem and wondered if someone would be kind enough to help me out please. I'm not an electrician or anything like that. Basically I have a Hikvision CCTV system with a PTZ camera that crashed about a month ago. NO LINK is the message on the monitor screen. I went round and "fiddled"...

Can anyone advise me on telephone call recorders please ? I have a normal Openreach landline with a splitter that has 2 sockets which is close to and connected to the master socket. One socket on the splitter goes to my router for my broadband and the other goes to my landline. My current...

Have just purchased a new breather for the pole saw fuel tank - never been involved with a separate breather before, always been done through the filler cap. I have the correct size pipe but can anyone tell me if if the pipe can be any length once it enters the tank or does it just have to be...