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I live in CF38 and I put an Aerial in my attic any old how and it just worked from the off with freeview. Now I have purchased a second TV... Where could I point it now that I want to split the signal? Can I use a compass/map and do I point it towards or parallel to the transmitter?

My son had a new TV for Christmas. Right next to where he wants it there is an airing cupboard with a socket for the Immersion/pump/heating controls. This circuit has its own 16amp circuit breaker on the RCD side of my consumer unit labelled "Immersion heater" Is it OK to plug the TV into...

Is the cold tap water in the bathroom up to drinking standards? Really what I want to know is.. Does it come straight from the supply or does it come from a storage tank in the attic or something? I realise that you have the hygiene issue with being in the same room as the toilet!

Hi, I am tiling the floor in an out building and want some advice on adhesives. The floor has had a new concrete screed put down. There is no damp course in this outbuilding but it has no visable signs of damp or water. I am using ceramic type tiles. In the past I have used a BAL flexible...

Just want to say that I couldn't get my Ford Focus bonnet open. I found this thread and the info in it was brilliant. I followed exactly what it said and opened my bonnet. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1390135#1390135 Thanks.

Hello, Can someone advise me what size SWA I should purchase for the following? (3 x 4mm ect!) less than a 30 Meter run from the house to a garage sub board. The garage will have 4 double sockets and 2 strip lights. Sockets will be used for power tools, pillar drill, grinder ect! May have...

Hi, Has anyone got any novel ideas or tips that make grouting a tiled floor less messy? Such as something on the lines of those things that put icing on cakes? At the moment I mix up the grout and apply it into the gaps with a spreader and use my finger to give it some shape. I do about a...

Hello, I am going to lay 400mm by 400mm ceramic tiles over some vinyl tiles in my kitchen. Half of the vinyl tiles have been painted with that black tar like adhesive as there was some more flooring glued to the top. All the tiles are sound. I was thinking of using a BAL flexible adhesive...

My Ford Focus TDCI 2005 that I have had from new started making a funny noise yesterday. When I put my foot down to accelerate in any gear I can hear the sound of air blowing from the dashboard area? Its not the blowers or aircon. I turned them off. It sounds like a pressure leak or...

I am having a go at fitting my own kitchen. I am about to fit a built in Washing machine. Am I right in thinking that I just leave a 600mm gap between 2 units for the washing machine to slot in? And the door attaches to the washing machine! The fitted washing machine comes with these...

Fitting a new kitchen and I can see that the copper water supply pipe before the stop tap is travelling through cement and has a green copper oxide residue on the outside. Should I be worried about this?

I am fitting a kitchen and will tile the floor afterwards before putting the plinths on. I can see a problem approaching and wonder what others have done in the past. The end panels on the kitchen come out further than the plinths and go down to the floor. So how do you tile around or...

I am fitting a kitchen and will tile the floor afterwards before putting the plinths on. I can see a problem approaching and wonder what others have done in the past. The end panels on the kitchen come out further than the plinths and go down to the floor. So how do you tile around or...

Hi, I have smashed the glass on my old back boilers fire! It is a Glow worm Co ordinate LFL fire with a back boiler. Is there anywhere I can get a replacement glass? can I get a piece cut to size? Also I have removed the broken pane of glass. it was held in by 4 clips. Am I allowed to do...

Is it possible lay slate tiles over vinyl floor tiles either directly or by using a self levelling cement first? The reason I ask is that old vinyl floor tiles contain Asbestos and I dont really want to go pulling them up. Thanks

A plumber has just moved a radiator from one side of a room to the other for me. He used 10mm as he said it was fine for a small radiator. The existing pipework is 15mm. All the radiators in my house get hot but my new one stays stone cold! I kept it on for an hour and the one pipe gets...