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I am in a 7-year-old property. I want to convert a single light switch that currently controls a single outside wall light into a double, in order to switch an external 12v cctv camera. The exterior wall is clad and the current light switch is on the internal wall directly behind the existing...

We are in a 7 year old property with suspended chipboard flooring. The shower room is overlaid with plywood and screwed down onto the chipboard with really close spacing. The tiles are porcelain and the floor area is 2.6 sq metres. We can feel slight movement of about half of the tiles...

I am in a 5-year-old property, so all circuits are new. There are 4 x 240V 7W downlights in the bedroom. I decided to install a bedroom ceiling spotlight by means of a piggyback off one of the downlights. In preparation for installation, I switched off at the wall switch and the annotated...

I have a battery operated Response CL6011B Intercom/Doorbell. I want to use a power supply. A 12V 300 mA one is specified. Would a 12V 1000mA power plug suit, and not be problematic electrically speaking? I ask because I have a 12V 1000mA plug from a cctv camera I could use.

On the walls, our tiler was a dab and fix tiler rather than all over screed. I did not see the floor tiling go down. We now have 3 loose floor tiles. Unfortunately on of them goes under the toilet base. Can I lift and re-fix them, and if so what is the best procedure? The floor did have ply...

I am looking for a neat wifi camera to sit above and monitor the internal entrance door to my flat. The stairway has natural light during the day, and is lit all night. I want a camera which will immediately activate my android phone (without any delay) when someone approaches my door. This...

We are in a 5 year old property. About 6 to 8 months ago our 220v - 240v 5W GU10 led bathroom down lights would only switch on intermittently. It is a Jack and Jill bathroom, so there are switches at each entrance. One is a double switch which controls the down lights and extractor. The...

I need Adobe Flash in order to operate my UCAM 247 IP cameras. It has already been phased out but Google Chrome will absolutely not support it after December 2020. I don't know if this will affect other IP cameras as well. Does anyone know about this and what can be done to keep Flash dependant...

Am I correct in my approach of spurring of the 13 amp ring main using only a 13 amp switched FCU to link directly to the 12v transformer for the led strip?

I have just discovered that a Spirotech MB3 filter I had fitted was installed wrongly. It was fitted on the flow pipe rather than the return. The system is 5 years old and after 5 annual services only the latest Viessmann c.h. engineer noticed it. He specialises in Viessmann and really seems...

I know this has been discussed a number of times, but I would really appreciate a reply specific to my system. We are 2 years in a new build with a Veissmann condensing boiler and plastic pipework. At the beginning of the c.h. installation I requested the installation of an MB3 Spirotech...

We had a feature wall done in the bathroom with rippled cream glazed porcelain tiles. I don't know what the tiler did wrong, but there is a wide grout haze around each large tile. The tiles were essentially meant to blend together so when looking at the wall you saw a virtually uninterrupted...

If there is a chipboard floor and an electric mat for underfloor heating is to be laid, is it necessary to lay ply over the chipboard first or can the electric mat just be screeded onto the ply?

I am looking for recommendations for the best acoustic non vapour underlay.

Am I correct in assuming that acoustic battens are essentially for the reduction of impact noise transmission downwards through floors and that they are not much benefit for reducing the upward transmission of sound from a room below? There are resilient bars on the ceiling below. Would an...

I am seeking the best solution for sloping floors in a timber frame new build flat. I won't go into the reasons for the sloping floors. A surveyor and structural engineer have confirmed it is not a structural problem. The builder has discussed 2 possible solutions. The first is to take up...

We are in a new build timber frame property. There has been movement and the shower room walls have settled and the tiles have cracked along grout lines in 3 places from floor to ceiling. The builder will soon be tackling the problem. I am concerned that once the tiling has been re-done...

I currently have Kermi radiators, but can't seem to find a 300w x 600h. What radiator of that size would you recommend to match the Kermis? Thanks

We have a hairline crack to the front of our composite shower tray. It extends vertically for about 3 inches and does not go over the top edge. (I think it is composite but it could be thick acrylic) The builder doesn't want to replace it and we are not too keen on all the upheaval...