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I recently bought a small off-cut of quartz worktop (40cm x 30cm odd) to use as a little shelf in a project I'm doing. It was the exact size I needed but was dull/unfinished and scratched on the face and sides. Local kitchen worktop fitters were all asking £100+ to refinish it, which seemed...

My old man has asked me to help him buy and install some shelving that's to be fitted to the wall of his professionally converted garage. I'm unsure what the best way to do this is though considering the wall construction. It's a double skin brick wall that has had wooden batons applied and...

My 2 floor semi detached has a strange issue that started a few years ago. Initially the problem was my first floor shower would run hot and cold during the summer only, but intermittently work better or perfectly well during the winter. For info, the shower is not electric and is simply fed by...

After teaching myself the necessary skills I put in a new kitchen just over a year ago and installed new wiring throughout. It was all inspected and the electrics were signed off by a qualified electrician. The only thing I didn't finish wiring up was the LED mood lighting. The main wiring...

I'm nearing the end of a couple years work overhauling and improving my home, including installing bricked drive, landscaping rear garden, building conservatory, installing new bathroom, removing internal walls here and there and finally fitting a new kitchen. I've got everything planned and...

I'm just about to get underway with some home alterations including removing a supporting wall between the galley kitchen and dining room and installing a Universal Beam. I've had a structural engineer draw up plans and calculations and have submitted all the paperwork to Building Control. I've...

Hi. I'm about to begin a new kitchen installation and am in the final planning and purchasing stages. I'm unsure about one aspect of the lighting however and would really appreciate advice from those that know. The kitchen is going to have three lighting solutions, which I'd like to have...

I'd really appreciate some help with an issue I'm having with a PIR light wiring. I currently have a rather ancient PIR light over the backdoor of my kitchen. It has a single switch inside the kitchen to make it constantly illuminate, but it is always on in the PIR detecting sense, even when...

Hi, Over the past few weeks I've been renovating the rear of my property before installing a self build conservatory. Jobs already finished escalated in number, took longer than expected to complete and turned out to be costly, so I'm hoping to save some time and money when it comes to...

I've decided to finally pull my finger out this spring and renew the front drive with block paving. The drive is about 25 square meters in size. The job involves demolishing the existing tarmac and concrete drive which I'm planning to do with a breaker. I've had an eye on Breakers for sale...

I've been trying to work out if it's safe and possible to power a set of LED recessed wall lights plugged into the UK mains. I've never used LED lights before and I'm rather confused about the power conversion. I think I understand that the power supply must be converted from AC to DC to...

A ceiling light was fitted in my upstairs landing about a year ago. It was sold by B&Q (Domus I think it was called) and it has 8 x 10W LEDs that are attached to the bottom of 8 wires that hang from the metal circular enclosure that is fitted to the ceiling. The light came supplied with a round...

I am going to be felling and chopping up 7 or so rather large trees, and pruning laurel bushes that line the border of an acre plot in the next 3 months, so I've decided to invest in a chainsaw. I've not bought one before because of the dangers they impose but I have finally had enough of...

I've got a Cambridge Audio A5 Amplifier which has suddenly decided to stop working. When the power is turned on nothing happens except from a quiet buzzing from inside the unit. I looked inside to find two fuses have blown. They are 20mm x 5mm glass fuses and have T4AL 250V stamped onto them...

I'm fitting new lights and fans to my bathroom and I've come across a few questions I'd really appreciate help in having answered. Can I also say I'm not an electrician but I am having the wiring looked at as required to check the safety and regs-compliance etc. but I am intent on doing the...

Hi I've started a job that I don't think I can finish without something like a reciprocating saw. I'm cutting a circular hole in the soffit of a house to pass a vent grill through. I thought I had the right tools, but it turns out I don't and I haven't got the strength to drill 15 holes...

and where would I get them from? I have searched online and the local DIY stores but I haven't been able to find out what these pipes and circular bracket ends are called (the two standing upright closest to the camera), or what type of seller I could buy them from? I'm after a couple just...

Hi. I've just bought a shower extractor fan kit that requires a hole measuring 115mm in diameter to be cut through the soffit board on the outside of the house. I own hole saws up to 70mm odd in diameter and an adjustable drill bit that cuts into softwood and plaster, but that only makes 65mm...

I hope I've posted this in the correct area of the forum. Sorry if it's in the wrong place. I did search. Anyway, it's a slightly strange topic, but it is DIY so here goes... I wish to make a simple metal mesh 'plate' to sit above my gas burners on my gas barbeque. Reason being, I will...

I really hope I've posted this in the correct area and apologies to all offended if my query is either considered daft, boring or both! But I have searched online and checked the DIY guide books but still don't know how to solve what I initially imaged would be a pretty simple problem to...