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Hope you can help please. Have done a full reinstall of Windows 7 Professional on my Dell Inspiron laptop. I can get internet from my router ok but only with a cable - no Wi Fi seems to be available. (I realise now I've installed the 32 bit version on a 64 bit laptop, so I don't know if...

I have checked other posts but these don't seem to answer my question. My boiler is completely dead. Nothing on the LED display. The manual says "If '0' is NOT displayed then NOT a boiler fault". The boiler has no display at all, therefore I'm assuming the fault is electrical? The boiler...

My son lives in a 14 year-old house. It is timber framed & built on an estate by a national builder. He has just had his annual gas boiler check/service by a registered gassafe engineer. There has never been a problem before. However on yesterday’s check the engineer has failed the system on...

Hi there I want to remove all tiles in my half-tiled kitchen, and then just have all the wall smooth enough to paint. The wall above the half tiled level is very smooth and good enough to paint. However I've been told that the 'good' wall will need to be plastered, in addition to the wall...

I've read previous posts re hanging a kitchen cupboard on a stud wall, and the answer was to use 'metal hanging strips cut to length' or 'metal hanging rail'. Please can anyone provide a link so I can see what these look like? Many thanks

It looks like our water softener has been overflowing all night, and the salt container is now empty. (It is set to regenerate at 2am, so maybe it just kept on going?) Can anyone please advise if this is likely to be a valve and if so is it easy to replace? Or might I need a complete new...

I am replacing a 1970’s cistern & s-trap WC pan. I HAVE managed to find a supplier for an s-trap pan (with the help of this website – thanks!) so that’s not a problem if it's the only option. I would prefer to replace with a close coupled suite. However the hole in the floor is around 30cm...

Good Morning. I want to replace a 1970's ceiling rose/batten holder with a new 3-light ceiling fitting. I have disconnected the ceiling rose/batten holder and there are 3 red wires and 3 black wires (3 reds connected to one terminal, 2 black to another, and 1 black to the 3rd terminal...

Hi there. I have a Belkin Wireless Cable/SL Gateway Router. I have been told that because of the good security that's on the router I don't need to install security software separately on the computers that are connected to the router. Is this true? Also, do Belkin continually update...

I have the software/hardware to convert my home videos (VHS) to PC and I want to download onto DVD as a backup. My PC can take DVD- or DVD+ or RW. Could anyone please advise which will be the best for this particular purpose? Needless to say I want to 'future-proof' if possible! (I...

Help! We've just removed a dimmer switch to clean it, and forgot to note which way round the wires went :oops: . The 2 terminals on the back of the switch have the letters VL and LI alongside, and we have one red and one black cable coming out of the wall. Could anyone advise me what...

We're replacing a full size glass panel (170cmx54cm), in an old internal door, with something other than glass, but don't know what to use. We plan to paint it white to match the surround. We have managed to remove the glass in one piece without damaging the frame. Please could anyone...

I would like to site a small freezer (H86cmxW55cmXD60cm) in an understairs cupboard, to free up space in a small kitchen. Would this be dangerous? If it's ok to site it here would it be a good idea to install a smoke alarm inside the cupboard just in case? Would I need to put a...

Hi, hope you can advise me please. I want to site a freestanding electric cooker at the end of a run of kitchen floor units, ie next to the side wall of the kitchen. The side wall and back walls are both tile-covered brick, and there are no wall cupboards anywhere near. I will use a metal...