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Hi, looking for some suggestions for what material I can make some tall sliding doors for some built-in wardrobes from? Doors will be approx 2400mm x 600mm (needs to be a min of 16mm think for the track system...

My wireless thermostat has packed up so have purchased a new one (updated model as the previous one is 12 years old). Thought that it would be a simple straight swap over of the receiver unit however the terminals are completely different. Old one I'm assuming that this is the correct wiring...

Just thought I would ask for some advice here before wasting a roofers time coming to check. Just been up into the loft to get some boxes down and noticed that some of them have damp patches on them. Went back up and had a look around and found water drops on the loft boards scattered around...

I'm looking at getting some covers for my downlights as I'm losing too much heat as the insulation in the loft has been pulled back away from them. Can any one recommend which kind is better?? either the metal ones http://www.screwfix.com/p/halolite-downlight-insulation-guard-220mm/97932 or...

I need to remove my kitchen extractor so I can get the walls plastered. In my previous house the extractor had a standard plug on it that was plugged into a socket that was hidden in the chimney, which was nice and simple. This extractor however has T&E cable dropped down from the loft above and...

Was wondering if anyone had an idea as to what might be the cause to the problem I'm having with my boiler? Turned the heating on this morning and I noticed that the radiator in the room I was in started making a racket. Checked the boiler and the pressure had dropped to 0. So I depressurised...

My mates just moved in to a new place and has one of these on the outside wall that the previous guy had fitted. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Masterplug-Weatherproof-Outdoor-Mains-Power-Kit-Twin-Socket-RCD-Protected-Plug-/400781158453 my questions are Are these legal to fit yourself? Don't you...

Just changing some sockets as the old ones are unswitched (which I hate) and got to one that has 3 wires going into each terminal. Which I thought was strange as I couldnt work out where the spur would be running to, so I had a route around under the floor to find that the cable was about a...

I'm short on space so need to have 2 single sockets, one above the other. The cable (green line) from socket 2 at the top needs to drop straight down to get back to the ring, is it ok to run the cable through socket 1's pattress box?

can anyone recommend some decent (but fairly inexpensive) conduit that I can use to bury my existing pond cable into the ground? The current cable is just attached to a wall, but I would like to bury it out of sight thanks

Can someone give me a rough idea of how much sand I would need to make a sand bed for paving slabs for a shed base I'm getting a 12 x 6 ft shed, depending on what size slabs I get (400mm or 450mm) the area covers by the slabs will be either 8m2 or 9.11m2 and I want to lay a 4cm bed of sand...

hi just want a bit of advice have a digital aerial mounted in my loft, it has 1 cable running down that is plugged into a tv with built in freeview. I'm getting a couple more tvs for round the house and want to split the aerial signal between these other tvs (1 of them has built in...

Hi, just got a bit of a question I need a new socket in my dining room, however the floorboards are overlaid with laminate and I dont really want to rip them up. The place where I would like the new socket backs onto the living room and a socket on the ring main. my question is...