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Greetings all. Thanks for your previous advice, i've had an outdoor socket installed and the Kitchen is a week away from normality. Now im planning lighting for my garden, although theres no rush to install anything this time. Its a project I want completed by next summer. Im researching...

Afternoon Gentlemen, a weatherproof socket is needed in the Garden. Here is the plan.... My Consumer Unit has RCD, but I also want additional protection. I considered the MasterSeal PASSIVE RCD till I realised this won't protect the cable running through the wall between the nearest...

Afternoon Gentlemen. I am planing on drilling through my Kitchen Wall to feed the Ducting from a new Cooker Hood installation. At the moment, the new cooker and new cooker hood are on the way (3-5 working days delivery :roll: ) so I am preparing the Kitchen now.... and here is the...

Afternoon ! following on from some great advice I've received from this site, I've contacted a local electrician to install an FCU to connect a new extraction hood..... I would like to buy a FCU's which co-ordinates with the new colour of the Kitchen (meaning, the MISSUS wants the...

Good Evening Gentlemen.... Here's the situation. After the sudden death of our Electrical Cooker i've been nominated by the Missus to redecorate the entire Kitchen. Among other things this also involves INSTALLING a new Electrical Cooker and an Extraction Chimney. I've researched the...

APOLOGISIES IN ADVANCE IF THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE TO POST... Basically Gentlemen, I have a damp problem in a small cupboard under my stairs. when we first moved in a few years ago, a bunch of things were boxed up and thrown under the stairs for storage. Im now re-decorating the...

Hello, I've received excellent advice on this site for my Garden Project, thanks. Now im planning on re-decorating my Bathroom. Here is the Problem. Our Toilet has always had problems flushing. We haven't lived here that long, but since moving into our house me and the Miss have never...

Thanks for reading, I'll keep it simple.... We've got a lovely paved garden in our new home and the Missus now wants a BBQ and SPACE FOR STORAGE.... I've designed it and its gonna take 600 Bricks approx. Feel free to look at the Photo i've attached in the GARDEN PROJECT ALBUM. Its a...

Might sound stupid to the Pro's, but i've just had a look at the kitchen sink I want to move and i've noticed green and yellow wires attached to the hot and cold pipes underneath the sink. Closer inspection revealed a metal tag which says "Electrical Safety Connections DO NOT REMOVE" Emptying...

Just moved in and my existing kitchen sink is fine, just want to move it about 1 metre along the same wall to the right. Any of you experienced gents have any advice??? I plan to disconnect the waste and the taps, remove the sink, move the unit/cupboard 1 metre along the wall, put the old...

I'D LIKE SOME EXPERIENCED ADVICE ON HOW BEST TO: STRIP layers of paint off a brick wall withour poisoning myself PREPARE the brick wall for coating. COAT the wall with water-proof, transparant, glaze-effect type stuff. As you might have noticed I'm not sure what to coat the bricks with...

Ello, I need some advice for my next DIY project - Installing a cooker hood with out destroying the house. Heres the problem. If you picture the cooker in front of you, the only wall I have leading outside is to your left - So the hood needs to be attached to the wall opposite you and the...