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Hi, we have 2 uPVC tilt and turn double glased windows (about 15 years old, pretty bog standard I think) both of which feel drafty when closed down the hinge side (top to bottom). I'm guessing wind is somehow getting past the black rubber seal on the sash of the window which is meant to be...

Hi Realise similar has been covered before but thought I would just check it out first. Our upstairs WC has an extractor fan which is ducted out vertically through the attic. It's dripping water through the fan opening which I'm guessing will be condensation? I've attached a photo of the...

Hi I'm trying to put a shelf up in my daughter's house. It's a semi detached and the wall I'm trying to put the shelf onto is the dividing wall between her house and the neighbour's (living room to living room). It's apparently double thickness plasterboard with a space in between for fire regs...

Hi We're having a new sink and toilet in our little upstairs cloakroom. There's no bath or shower and it gets very little use (occassional quick pee/wash hands). Do I need water resistant laminate or will the non water resistant stuff do? Thanks in advance

Hi, sorry, I now there have been similar threads but thought I would post my own specific circumstances and the investigations so far 9 Year old Worcester 38 Cdi (combi) Losing pressure over the last week. Basically I fill it in the morning to 1.5/2 bars and by bedtime (10.30 ish) it's down to...

Hi, I'm not even sure of the terminology here so bear with me! I'm going to wallpaper a feature wall in our bedroom which slopes into the eaves i.e. it's a normal straight vertical wall for the first 175cm or so then it slopes out towards you as you look at it to join on to the ceiling for...

Hi, we have for some reason I cannot fathom, just the one round pin socket in an upstairs bedroom which we've never used in the 20 years we've lived here (the socket, not the bedroom!). All the other sockets in the house are modern ones, including the one in the attached picture below the round...

Hi, hope this is in the correct forum for this question (mods feel free to move) Despite the fact that we live in Scotland, my daughters south facing conservatory is way too hot during the summer (a common problem I know). Winters are fine because she has a log burner in there now but we were...

Hi My neighbour has a security light triggered by a PIR sensor (one of those round ones with a round plastic lens in the middle). It's located under the soffits at the side of his house and (you know what's coming next) it keeps triggering particularly when there's any wind and the light shines...

Hi (pure curiosity alert!) My daughter has a semi-detached house built about 20 years ago with a conservatory added about 10 years back. There are 4 x 2-gang plug sockets in there along with one wall light and 2 switched fuse spurs. I've just been putting in new shiny sockets as part of...

Hi I'm working on a coffee table for my daughter. It had some kind of ugly composite middle which I've managed to cut out and as you can see from the attached pic I'm left with a hollow frame. My plan is to fix some kind of wooden backing to the underside of the table, build it up a little then...

Sorry about this but I can't see this having been covered already. The old wiring from the ceiling is standard one each of Red (L) Black (N) andyellow/green (E) in a connector box, so 3 wires into a connnector box. The new light fitting has 3 bulbs and 2 cables each of which has one Blue (N)...

Hi Just about to lay some laminate in a room and was wondering where the folks on here would start from. Seemed logical to me to start on the mustard coloured solid wall (pic 2) and work back to where the slightly tricky doors/alcoves are directly opposite (pic 1). But maybe I'm wrong, does...

Hi I'm in the process of decorating a room and as part of that am swapping out the old white plastic switches and sockets for chrome ones. Most are straightforward, like for like with obvious neutral, earth and live wires but this light switch has got me puzzled. Why are all the wires red...

Hi I want to replace the old white plastic extension/slave phone socket which as you can see from the photo sits proud of the skirting board, with a more decorative chrome one. The box is easy enough but in terms of the faceplate, how does it work? Do I just undo the 4 screws that seem to be...

Hi I had to detatch a landline socket from the skirting board and in doing so seem to have pulled a wire out. I can no longer dial out and if I dial in e.g. from my mobile, I hear it ring on the mobile but nothing on the landline. There are only 3 wires and 6 numbered connectors on the socket...

Hi I'm in the middle of fitting a new fluidmaster fill valve to our upstairs loo to replace the old ball type one which was making the dreaded foghorn noise. I've got it all back together and am just trying to reconnect the mains supply. Problem is that I can't seem to stop a small leak coming...

Hi Doing up the kitchen at the moment and there is an old unused socket above the sink that must have been for an extractor fan (long gone). Its still wired (i assume live) with live/neutral/earth going into the connectors. I've got a nice shiny copper blanking plate which I'll fix over the...

Hi Went to take a meter reading this morning and found that all the digits are flashing 88888 88 etc. (that's not the reading before you ask!) The meter is an Ampy 5193A model. The red LED is flashing away which I'm led to believe indicates power is being used and our supply is fine...

Well, like it says on the tin, I've just fitted a new kitchen mixer tap with the pull out nozzle/hose. It's the type with the central lever right for hot, left for cold, pull forward to turn on. It replaced an old mixer which worked just fine. All I did was turn the hot and cold water off at...