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Hi again all. After successfully installing some soffit lights, which work amazing with the Quinetic WiFi receiver, I’m wondering if a can buy another to control my outside up and down lights. The only problem is the dusk till dawn lights I have at the moment require you switching them on and...

Hi guys, I hope somebody could help. I’m going to be installing 3 soffit lights in the next few days. I’m wanting to get a feed from existing lighting circuit, but all my lights are actually looped at the switch rather than ceiling rose. Rather than fish to a switch in the bedroom, could I...

Hi guys, wonder if someone could help. I’m planning to install some soffit down lights for a friend. Could any of you guys advise where I should place them. Obviously can only place them on the right side of the house where the soffits are.

Hi there, I hope some of you experts can help me out. Any advice would be much appreciated. I will be laying laminate in the next few days in the hallway. I have undercut all architrave and skirting is all off. My problem is I ordered some thresholds with the floor as i need to go around 3...

Hi guys, I hope someone can help. I had some plastering done by my builder. He left it smooth but on 1 of the walls there is a bow out by about 10mm. Due to other problems I have had with him I told him to leave the job. I just basically want to fill out that 10mm bowed board. It’s about 500mm...

Hi there, I hope someone can give me advice. I had my garage converted by a so called professional builder. he has battened a breeze block cavity and put polystyrene backed plasterboard onto the battens before plastering. Please see images attached. The electrician drilled through the battens...

Hi guys, I hope someone can help me. I had my garage converted, it has been boarded and plastered. I have quite a few concerns. 1. The builder had to board over a fuse box supply. He has cut out around the fuse box for me to make some framing, but where he has boarded over the boxing for the...

Hi there, Wonder if anyone could help. I recently had my garage converted. Builder has tried to box in my consumer unit with a view to putting a door on the front. Looks really messy and there is no way a door will sit flush on it. Can anyone advise of what I cold do with this to make it nice...

Hi all, I hope someone can help. I am in the process of having our integral Garage converted. Our Lounge bay window is quite low. Do you think I should have the height of the brickwork matching the height of the bay window to keep it uniform and as if it was not an addition. Any advice would...

I wonder if anyone could advise on the below please. I purchased the Mapei Ultracolor Manhattan Grey grout after reading all the good reviews on the Screwfix website. I bought 3 x 5kg bags of the Mapei Ultracolor for my outdoor porcelain paving. I mixed the product exactly as specified and...

I wonder if anyone could advise on the below please. I purchased the Mapei Ultracolor Manhattan Grey grout after reading all the good reviews on the Screwfix website. I bought 3 x 5kg bags of the Mapei Ultracolor for my outdoor porcelain paving. I mixed the product exactly as specified and...

Hi guys, I wonder if someone can help please. Just finished some porcelain slabbing. Everything was perfect until I dropped my spade on a slab and it took a slight chunk out the corner of one. I managed to find the piece. I was thinking could I use a little sbr and cement to stick this piece...

Hi guys, I hope someone could advise me on some Porcelain paving. I want to lay a patio area. I have dug the area and layed MOT Type 1 with a 1:60 fall, wackered it all down. Now I have come across mixed reviews. Some lay it on a concrete base, others use a wet morter mix of 6:1 or stronger...

Hi guys, wonder if anyone can help. I started doing some landscaping on my garden last year, doing raised beds etc. I got all my joints perfect, screwed into posts that are concreted in the ground. I have noticed this year certain areas the wood is cupped pretty bad. Placing them bark side...

Hi guys, Wonder if anyone could help. We bought some wallpaper Arthouse Suki Grasscloth effect. Same batch number and pattern numbers. It was a drop match pattern which was a bit of a task to match but finally got it all matched in the end and cut before installing. All installed by a...

Hi there, I wonder if any of you guys could help. We are currently getting quotes for a garage conversion. We are looking to get a window put where the integral garage is at the moment. But have noticed there is no cavity tray above the existing garage door where the catnic is. I have attached...

Hi guys, I'm hoping someone could help on this complex question. A few years ago we moved into a new build and had this matrix system fitted by Home Hub Insallations. There is cat 6 wiring all around the home including speaker cable. The thing is we only had 3 tv's connected to it and now want...

Hi there, Wonder if any of you guys can help. I want to convert my garage into a Home Office/Storage area. So the office would be at the front of the garage looking out of a window and perhaps 1/3rd of the garage at the back storage partitioned off with a stud wall. It is a Taylor Wimpey New...

Hi there, I wonder if anyone could help. I have just replaced an outdoor light with an Up & Down Light, on the right hand side of the front door. Now the missis has said another light the other side of the front door would look good (she's always right). Now the light switch is right behind...

Hi guys, I wonder if anyone could help me. I went into the garage the other day and heard the boiler keep booting in about every 30 seconds. It seems to get upto temperature, turn off and then drop in temperature quite quickly, it then boots in to get back upto temperature and do the cycle all...