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Hi All I need to install an outdoor socket to charge my new car, it is a hybrid and can charge from a normal socket in about 5 hours so I don't see the need to purchase a "proper" car charger. I plan to run this to its own dedicated 16a MCB in the consumer unit, my consumer unit was updated a...

Hi All In the video below you can hear a noise that sounds like there is a bee in my boiler, it is very odd noise and is very intermittent(once or twice a week). I have had someone out to look at the boiler and typically it was not making the noise, he inspected and serviced the boiler and...

Hey everyone, my tiler has finished his first day of tiling and I am not happy with the results, he has not grouted yet so not sure if that will make it better but I don't really want to settle for a poor job, I not sure if I am being fussy or not but seems like he has not used tile spacers in a...

Hi Everyone, hopefully an easy one, I have come to fit my new bath overflow but unsure what way it should be fitted, i dont think I need the foam bit but my brother seems to think I do, it seems strange that the metal fitting on the inside does not have some king of rubber seal on the inside of...

Hey everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum or not but seemed like the most suitable. Also I am sorry about the long post I had a plasterer start work on my bedroom on friday and he was almost finished on Saturday when the plaster he had put on the ceiling fell off, he was plastering...

Hey everyone, I am in the process of re doing my main bedroom and I have removed this air vent from the wall http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9998/imag1221l.jpg http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/1350/imag1220h.jpg http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1884/imag1222b.jpg It looks like it...

Hey everyone, oil was running low on thursday so got 500litres on Friday, it may have run out on friday morning before it was refilled but I cant be sure, since then my heating has not been working correctly. I have to reset the boiler and then it will fire up and all the radiators in the...

Hey everyone, my mum lives in an old flat roofed house, I think they were put up during the war time as temporary accomodation but then they just kept using them, only picture I have to show the type of house is this one http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2972/73541526.jpg It is an end...

Hey everyone With the cold weather recently my central heating stopped working last night, after some investigation tonight it seems the pipes running from the boiler to the house have frozen and one has split, now whoever installed this boiler was a total cowboy, the pipes are ran about a...

Hey everyone, I am looking to fit patio doors in my living room where there is already a window, guy in works think its a pretty straight forward as he has done it before, he says there should already be a lintel in place so I dont have to worry about this but am not 100% sure. My window...

Hey, I am in the middle of refurbishing my living room and I am getting it replastered next week so in the process of removing skirting board and door frames etc but it is prooving to be very difficult First the skirting boar isnt very deep and actually goes down the back of the floorboards...

Hey everyone, I am in the process of redecorating my living room and I will most likely be getting the entire room replastered, I am tracking the walls for my surround sound system to hide all the cables and I want to try and get rid of my radiator pipes. All my downstairs radiators are...

Hey everyone I am just about finished stripping my living room and have noticed a few problems that I will need to sort before painting it. There has been a picture rail at some point and when this was removed someone has filled it in pretty badly as it must have ripped chunks of the plaster...

Hey everyone, I am in the middle of building an entertainment unit for my living room using some 12mm MDF, I have got all the wood cut but have a few problems. Some of the bits of mdf are warped slightly, should I just screw it altogether and it will eventually straighten up or will I need to...

Hey everyone, I am currently in the process of redoing my living room and original plan was just to have 3 devices for my av setup but now I have had a change of plans and now I need space for at least 5 or 6 so need to make my opening wider. Here is an image showing what I was original going...

Hey everyone, a neighbour just pointed out that a few of my roof tiles have fallen off, not really sure what I should do about this so any advice would be appreciated. Picture http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7720/imag0384.jpg

Hey everyone, since draining and refilling my central heating system 2 of my radiators are not heating correctly although I cant be sure that they were heating before as I have not lived here all that long so could be that I have only noticed it, It is oil fired central heating and the 2...

Is this something I can do myself? Quotes for a door fitted etc are coming in at around £500 all in I have been told you can pick up doors with all you need for about £200 so this sounds very tempting! Old door is just a crappy wooden thing and want to change it for a upvc double glazed door...

I am blocking a few pipes off but due to lack of space and the pipes being so close together I can not get a pipe cutter to go all the way around them, can I just cut the pipes using a hacksaw and then put the compression stop ends on? Any advice would be appreciated.

Hey everyone, my fireplace looked like this last week http://app2.propertynews.com/images/large/36792993.jpg It currently looks like this (I have removed all the lose filling stuff now) http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8963/image346.jpg My plan is to mount the TV on the wall and...