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Hi, am having a hole in wall gas fire fitted. The cost of installing it is £400. Is this expensive or is this the going rate? The job consists of removing the old victorian fireplace mantel thing (2 Screws), putting the new gas fire in the wall, with a lintel above it, connecting it ot the...

Sorry, bit a of a stupid question. I am taking one radiator off downstairs. I will be isolating by both valves on the radiator. Does my central heating still work with the one radiator removed? Thanks

Hello, My alarm is displaying the fault. CIE Fault. I am unable to reset it. In the log, i can see at around 8am, Power Restore, and AC Power Restore. Was not at home at the time, the alarm was armed. Have checked user guide, master user guide, and installation guide. Cant...

Hi Ive recently had a premiere 24 installed. At the time we had no phone line, but the installer has left the wires by the phone connection bix and they just need to be kroned in. Ive been told that the unit can not send a txt to a mobile becuase it has no GSM/UMTS unit in it, but what it...

Hi, Do i need to put anything like PVA or owt like that over the plywood on my bathroom floor beofre i tile the floor?? Currently, have 20mm high quality plyboard over the existing floorboards. Floor is rocksolid! Have powder adhesive, waterproof, and ultra flexible, for the floor...

Hi, My cellar has flooded to about 10cm high. I need to pump it up about 2m and then about 4 m accross to get it out of the house. Can anyone reccommend anything. The only pumps i can find only start to work at 10cm and only pump for 2m.

Hi, I think i may be trouble in terms of the Current and my lights, but really need a sparks advice to confirm. I have 8, 50w Bathroom Downlights. 400w in total. (I know, the bathroom has no window!) Each light has its own 12v transformer, so i planned to loop in loop out to all the...

Just a quickie to confirm really. My electric cooker and hob will be at 9000w if every single thing is maxed out at the same time. Ive bought 6mm for it, but just read that 10mm is correct. 6mm will be fine wont it?? i think 9000w is around 36 amps (ish)

I am currently rewiring the kitchen. The wires were all messed up so what ive done is took the kitchen out of the downstairs ring main, so now all the downstairs sockets are on 1 x 32a MCB with 30ma RCD Protection. I am going to run in new wiring for the Cooker and the Kitchen Sockets...

I am currently trying to pick an all in one alarm system that both does Intruder and Fire in one unit. My house is currently having some work done to it, so in theory i could go wired or wireless. However, i am very sceptical of a wireless system becuase my wireless broadband is crap, my...

Hi, everyone. This is my first post on a DIY forum. Just got my first property and currently trying to learn to do as much as possible myself. I have bought myself a ryobi kit, as it was reccommended to me for decent quality and price home DIY.... nothing industrial, not used everyday or...