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I had a fence built before Christmas, it's closed board with concrete posts. The company I used, used wooden wedges to secure the rails in place and as predicted with drying out and high winds they have started falling out and some of the panels have dropped Now before I get the company back to...

Just curious , it's a 1930s house - the main cable is inside steel conduit and the earth comes out of the conduit along with the main cable - the steel conduit then has a bonding strap attached to it. Main fuse is 63amp

I plan on using a Hepvo vertically with a McAlpine WMF3 Spigot fitted directly to it (with the running adapter) Does anyone see any issues with this ? The washing machine uses a separate waste pipe.

A friends house has been clad in polystyrene slabs for insulation (its a no fines house) not sure how thick (maybe 50mm) and rendered. Problem is I need to fix a hook for a washing line, not sure what fixing to use (was thinking of a long frame fixing)

Weird question but is there such a thing as a UK mains plug where the cable isn't wired from the bottom? e.g. from the top or front like european or american cables.

Typical, while renovating the kitchen I took all the old ceilings down, while they were down I fitted new plumbing - thought I'd try plastic as I could thread them through the joists etc. Used the proper tools used proper inserts etc. left the pipework exposed for 6 months while I got on with...

Setup looks like this, and I need a feed to the hood. What would be the ideal way to acheive this? (or how do you do it) I'm thinking spur off the ring upto the isolator bring cable down then back up to a fcu hidden inside the chimney part (lots of cable) plus not so easy to change the...

I need to add a new radial circuit for a hob and cooker. The hob is induction type running at 6kw and the oven is 2.3kw with diversity I make out the demand to be about 22.5amps So should I just use 6mm cable and a 32amp mcb or should I future proof with 10mm while everything's in bits...

Is it acceptable to use flex to connect a FCU to a Flex outlet plate? (In a cavity)

My old vaillant vuw242e DHW is too hot even when turned down would this be a thermistor problem ?

Seem to have lost the screw that holds the blades on, anyone know the size I need for a replacement? I think the bosch part number is 2609000295 cheers

Is it ok to put 2 cables through this (1 x 3core and earth and 1 x T&E (both 1.5mm) for lighting circuit? Thinking of running from loft to ground floor through a partition wall with an inspection T for short run to a metal box (Upstairs lighting circuit and 3core and earth for landing light...

I need a gas pipe capping off (15mm pipe) I could do it myself with a compression fitting but I'm a bit scared of gas (plus it's under the floorboards), how much am I looking at for a professional to do it?

I've a friend with a wasp problem, the wasps are flying in and out between a length of roof tile just above the eaves (about a 4ft section) I've been in the loft and only found 2 dead wasps and no sign of a nest - even though there's visible light between the felt and tiles. Any ideas how to...

I'm currently debating replacing a window with french doors (probably upvc) but i'm unsure if the opening will be too big for them (width of 1300mm and height of 2200mm) Question is would I be best off narrowing the opening to 1100, and reducing the height say to say 2090 ? There will be...

Thinking out loud I'm considering knocking a wall down between my kitchen and dining room, to make more space as the kitchen is tiny. (approx 14' x 3.5'). opening the wall would increase floor space to approx (14' x 13') The wall i wish to take down is single skin brick. The span of the...

I'm fitting a new door to a noticably out of shape door frame. the frame is square(ish) however one side is 10mm taller than the other. I could just cut off to suit, but this makes the top rail shorter than the other doors - i could insert a filler - but i'm staining / varnishing the doors...

I've fitted new architraves to a door frame, all level and great - however the wall isn't. I've a gap that starts at 10mm at the top, to 0mm at the bottom between the wall and the architrave edge - Any ideas on how to dress this up ? I've considered caulk/filler upto a certain depth then...

How long do these things last, seems to need replacing yearly ? Got a new diverter fitted last year and the diaphragms gone again!

Any good suggestions for an electric shower that runs on < 0.8 bar ? Cheers