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Hi there, I would just like to clarify something in regards to sizing a newly plastered wall. I did this without reading up properly and I don't want to cause myself too much agro down the line. I sized the plaster with a normal mix of wall paper paste - not a watered down version of this...

Hi there, We have bought a house that has a concrete block garage (with asbestos roof :x ) I would like to get rid of this garage and replace it with a flat roof going from the wall of the house to the big boundary wall that you can see in the photo - it stretches from the top of the...

Hi all, We have bought a house (3 bed, 30s semi) that has a 10yr old Vaillant combi boiler - it does not have a room/hallway thermostat - just the dial on the front of it. We chose to leave it on 24/7 at one temp (about 1/3 of the dial) with all the necessary rads on full. I am going to...

Hi, I need to add a socket to a ring. I have located the wire but there is no slack on either side - it will become the first socket off the CU. Are there any sockets out there that have the wires connect at the ends (in one side and out of the other) rather than both meeting in the middle...

Hi, I have installed a pair of flood lights (2x twin 42w) but they are on a 2 way switch so only one has power at a time. I would like to have both with power (they each have a PIR) so is a 1 way switch suitable for connecting the two? I don't think there is any necessity for a double pole...

Hi, On our new house (new to us anyway) we have started stripping back the old wallpaper - it is coming away well but so is some of the plaster and the sand/cement behind. I am tempted to get a plasterer to fix it up and make it a nice flat paintable surface however money is a little tight...

I am setting up for a charity event a big Scalextric track. This is to be used at a fair which won't have much in the way of plug points (as far as I know). My idea is to rent from HSS a generator with a 240v output and simply plug in to that. However....I don't want to run the generator the...

Hi, I am looking for some advice on repairing the ceiling around spot light fixings. In the bathroom I have spotlights but where they have been removed and refitted a few times to repair or replace them the plaster around the hole has been chipped away and it can be seen beyond the light...

I need to disconnect the in-laws washing machine for the arrival of a new one tomorrow. This box is called the Aqua Stop and somehow has a 240v supply. The big nut above it is pretty tight and can't get it to budge easily. When I turn it, it just turns the whole isolation valve round the...

Hi all, We have had fitted a 9kW electric boiler. The cable used from the double pole switch (fitted by an electrician with the RCOB) is 6mm - is 6mm suitable for this? The cable is 25cm long and we run the boiler at under half demand. It does not get hot just a slightly warm. The...

Hi, We have a Grundfos Bronze Pump in our system which I think circulates the return cold water pipes for our flat. When we moved in 2.5 years ago to now I noticed it was always hot an extremely quiet. I thought this was normal. We have just had a new boiler fitted and they re-wired it to...

Hi there, We are looking to buy a new boiler and have an electric one fitted in place of the gas (for various long drawn out reasons :() In the manual of the boiler we are considering it says it requires: -- Double pole RCD with trip level sensitivity to 30mA -- Double pole linked switch...

We have a small flat with under floor heating and a Keston Celcius 25 in a pressurised system. Having read many horror stories on here I still can not find a definitive solution. The problem started when the boiler stopped igniting properly. It would try and fail 4 times then give up with an...

Hi all, We have this washer dryer and on a small to medium load it is trying to spin (from the start of the cycle) but just can not turn the thing over. I thought the belt was slipping so I took the back off to see whilst it was going and its not, it just vibrates where the motor does not...

Hi all, The in-laws boiler has started making a strange noise. It starts about 30 seconds after the gas comes on and lasts about a minute until the gas goes off again. The flame can be seen clearly through the little window. Any ideas what it is? Sorry this is in an .amr format which I...