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Hi all, As title, I have two 15W LED PIR security lights running through a switched FCU and they are blowing the 3A fuse within in. I would have thought 3A was way more than capable of handling that load, is there something I'm missing? A bit more detail if you've got this far: We've recently...

Hi, We have a flat roofed kitchen extension, roughly 3M x 3.5M, that was built in 1980. It's by far the coldest part of the house so I'm wondering about trying to retain a bit of the heat by adding insulation. We had it re-roofed last year (I wish I'd thought about this back then!) and there...

Hi all. Due to me being lax and not re felting my shed roof last year it now needs replacing! The thin OSB has become water logged and is sagging quite badly. Trouble is, it's an 8 x 10 shed and the (apex) roof is made up of four 5' x 5' sheets. Since most DIY places only sell up to the...

Hi all, We're having new carpets fitted and when the guy came to quote us we had a conversation about our hallway floor. It's part concrete part suspended timber / floorboards due to the house being extended many years back. Where the two types of floor meet there is a step, with the...

Hi all, New carpets are immanent so I've got the old ones up to do a few jobs. I found an access panel so had a look under the suspended timber ground floor and it seems the CH pipes under there are hardly insulated. They just have a bit of that felt stuff wrapped around them (badly)...

Hi all, We have a house with suspended timber ground floors and tons of airbricks. Whilst this gives the timbers good ventilation it leads to very cold floors, especially at this time of year. I'd love to insulate underneath them but that is a bit impractical for a few reasons: 1) I'd need...

We are thinking about having an extension built onto the rear of our house, divided up into half utility area and half an extension of the dining room. I'm a pretty competent DIYer, but I don't mind admitting that laying footings, knocking a hole in an outside wall etc are well beyond what I...