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We recently moved into a new house (few months ago) had a leak from bathroom into kitchen which caused a damp plaster ceiling. Well ok I van live with that, new ceiling in kitchen was on my to do list as it looks like the worst plasterer in the world done it blindfolded. Also leaky toilet that's...

Hi I know you are probably sick of downlighting questions but I can't seem to find a definitive answer to my question. I an fitting 4 50w downlights in my bathroom (all ip rated showerlights) I have one transformer which is suitable for up to 250 w, it has four output blocks so each of the four...

this socket is in my living room any ideas what it is ?? my house was a police house many years ago and im wondering if it was on old police radio socket or something ???

anyone any ideas what this might be ? this socket is on the wall in my living room, im thinking a radio socket or something. my house was a police house many years ago could this be for the police radio ?

hi there i have decided to build a raised deck which will be at the level of my french doors. the area was slabbed with 3ft x 2ft (2"thick) slabs but it was on a fair old slope so first job was to lift my slabs. next I levelled the ground and relayed some of the slabs to act as a sound...

is it ok to lay slabs which will support raised decking onto soil ? the soil would be 3/4 inches deep with solid concrete underneath. there would be 8 4x4 inch posts supported on the bolt down type of post feet each one would be sitting on one concrete paving slab (measuring 3 ftx 2 ft @2"...

i am fitting raised decking in the back garden, the area near the house is slabed but it is on a slope it drops around 1 foot from one end of the deck to the other so the slabs are on a fair old slope. i will be using post feet to keep the timber off the slabs. i was wondering whether cutting...

can i please ask some advice from the members of this forum i am going to build some raised decking but the ground is not level (but i can level it if needed). i am a very reluctant to and would rather not fit a ledger as i have heard horror stories about splitting bricks etc, and as for digging...