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Hello, I am looking to replace a Salus RT500RF wireless thermostat with a Honeywell T3R. This is what the wiring looks like on the Salus receiver: How would I wire this to the Honeywell? The examples I've seen online have two flexes from the boiler but as you can see I only have one...

I am trying to replace the ceramic gland on my kitchen mixer tap. I can get the one off the hot tap fine. But when I take the cold one off the bit that the gland sits in (sorry, don't know the name) unscrews as well. I can't get the gland itself off the other bit, or vice versa. I've...

Hello all, I've discovered a small leak at the bottom of a uPVC door. Here's a view of the inside (please excuse the state of the paintwork etc.:all part of the work in progress). Since taking up the carpet I've noticed a small but annoying amount of water collecting along the join between the...

I'm asking this as I tend to over-engineer such things. I have a handrail to fix to a wall with these brackets: http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Chrome-Effect-Handrail-Bracket/p/165491. I don't think the holes in the brackets will take more than a 4 mm screw. The walls are brick, with dot and...

I am looking for a replacement keyless chuck for use with a Bosch 18V hammer drill. Will this work on hammer action? The same product (as far as I can tell) is described a bit differently here. I'm getting a bit lost with the different descriptors (hammer, rotary, percussion, impact, etc.) Thanks!

From time to time our toilet makes a sound as if there is water going into the cistern, but only very briefly: it only lasts only a second or so, if that. There seems to be no obvious reason for it happening (it doesn’t seem to happen when we run taps, or when we have just flushed it etc). I’d...

I am looking to put a junction box in an existing lighting circuit to run to new loft lights. A convenient place would be just above a light fitting in one of the bedrooms. The wiring at said light fitting looks like this. In the loft, the wiring looks like this. My question is, does...

I'm planning to use an SDS drill to remove a load of plaster (hall and stairs). I'll need to buy some kind of bit. What's the best to use? I've seen flat chisels, spade chisels and this chap even uses a tile lifter. Or maybe it doesn't really matter? Thanks, wrathkeg

Hi, I am trying to fit one of these to a brick wall. The fixings it came with are like these anchor fixings but with M6 hex screws. I followed the instructions and first drilled a 6 mm pilot hole followed by a 12 mm hole with a masonry bit. The drilling went fine into sound masonry. I hand...

Hello, I've recently been given a guitar from 1963 like this one but in slightly worse shape. I am trying to remove the three volume/tone controls (bottom right of the picture) to do some deep cleaning. I've removed the little grub screws on each control, but the control knobs still won't...

Evening all, At my local cricket club there are some pitch covers with hoses to drain the water away to the outfield. The hoses (31 mm external diameter, 25 mm internal) are fixed to an outlet on the gutter with a jubilee clip, like this. When the covers aren't in use the hoses are stored on...

Anyone got any experience of using a splitter (hydraulic or otherwise) for flags? I need to cut some 32x450x450 concrete flags and don't really want to risk life or limb with a power saw.

I have some bags of cement left over from another (recent) job. Obviously a bit of moisture has got into one of the bags: it's gone off in one area. Am I still safe to use the rest of the bag on a paving project, or is it best to dump it? Ta.

Hi. I am planning some paving for my back garden. I'd like to use a simple slabs but some more interesting detailing along these lines http://www.pavingexpert.com/images/flags/pattern_stackbond_bands.jpg I was thinking of using 450x450 slabs with a close joint of 5 mm or so in between...

I have a Wickes security light with built in PIR outside. It's been there for about 5 years with no problems. Recently it has started to spend more of its time at night on than off. It's not on permanently, but switches off then back on after a delay of from a few seconds, to a bit longer...

I am looking to replace the euro cylinder on a uPVC door. The one currently installed is 50/50 but it sticks out a bit on the outside (about 3mm). I know that protruding cylinders can be more vulnerable to attack. Is it best to replace it like for like, or with a 50/45, which would mean the...

I'm looking to buy some bare root fruit trees to plant in the winter. Of course there are loads of places online that do these, but I wonder if anyone has any experiences of good/bad places to buy from? Or is it better to try to find somewhere local?

Hi. What's the best way to make fixings into hollow bricks (the ones like air bricks)? I have a couple of wall brackets to put up to hold guitars - so not a huge weight but not something I would like to see fail. Some people suggest drilling then filling the hole with gripfill, putting in a wall...

Hi. I am planning a stepping stone path through an area of gravel with landscape fabric beneath. Would I get away with clearing off the gravel and laying the slabs on a normal dry sand and cement mix on top of the landscape fabric? Or should I cut the landscape fabric so I am laying the slabs...

Hi, I am starting to plan a small stone wall in my garden, about 2' high. What mortar would you recommend? Seems like the simplest recommendation is 3 sharp sand to 1 hydrated lime, left pretty dry. Does that sound sensible? wrathkeg