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I am looking for an AC to 12V DC adaptor that I can connect to a fused spur to power a thermostat. I would rather it was hard wired and not one that was plugged in (otherwise I'll need to install a socket for no reason) and it will be mounted inside an airing cupboard. It will only need an...

I've had the Nest thermostat for a couple of years and now looking to upgrade to v3 with hot water control. My biggest problem now is the mess of wiring that is my heating controller. The heat link is currently in the airing cupboard wired like this: And this the mess of wiring at my...

Been a bit of an idiot this weekend and drilled through the power supply for my electric shower in the loft. Electrician came out this morning to repair, junction box fitted to join where the break was. I wanted to ask what people think of this repair? I know replacing the whole cable is the...

We are having some work carried out by an electrician, including installing some new sockets in a partition wall. We really need to get the wall up and I wanted to know if I could install the sockets in the wall (and the cabling) as long as it is not connected up and we leave enough cable etc...

We have just moved into a new business premises and have built two offices inside the factory. However, we're after an idea into what to use for the roof. It needs to be quite well insulated from noise and the cold of the factory. Naturally we can't spent a fortune, but anything at a...

I recently had a Nest thermostat, and am having one small issue... When it was first installed, it was connected to a live that was only live when the heating was off, this resulted in it the heating constantly going on and off in a loop. The installer then used another live which appeared to...

For some reason when our hot water starts heating, only sometimes, the pump makes a lot of noise when it comes on. After a minute or so, when you can start to hear water, the noise stops and it just sounds like a pump. It doesn't happen when the heating is on, and only happens a few times...

I am trying to find some flex/cable that is similar to the cable I have for my Christmas lights, but I am really struggling. The cable is 2 cores side by side (similar to speaker cable) and each core has an outer diameter of approx 1.5mm. I'm looking for clear or black, does anyone have...

I have built a small area of decking which I want to put a summerhouse on. Does the summerhouse need a floor or can I just use the decking as the floor? Thanks in advance.

I ordered some christmas lights from eBay, they're clearly chinese but the ones I ordered last year I had no issue with. These ones are concerning me though, because of the plug and cable that comes from the plug. It just doesn't look safe, but perhaps it is. Can someone please advise...

In my house I have 3 lights controlled by rania dimmers, one single and one dual. Last week I noticed these 3 lights had started to flicker, I presumed some issue with the wiring but none of the other lights on the same circuit were flickering (tried with same type of bulb to test, but...

I am trying to find some modern looking taps (preferably waterfall) that will give a decent flow rate at 0.2 bar. I need bath filler and basin mixer taps. I have seen these: http://www.betterbathrooms.com/taps/tabor-waterfall-taps/tabor-waterfall-bath-filler/ Which quote a 0.2 bar flow...

Is there any way to guess or approximately work out the water pressure from taps in a bathroom? We are replacing the bathroom and have found some taps that require 0.5 bar pressure and wonder if these are even an option. Our second choice of taps say minimum of 0.2 bar. Any help would...

I would like to install a few lights in our garden, they will all be LED and I have no power outside (getting it installed would be too expensive). What I would like to do is have a solar panel on our summerhouse (which is pretty much always in the sun) and charge a battery of some sort...

I hope this is in the right place and someone can advise. I have 2 sets of christmas lights, both with the same connector type however one controller can 'remember' the last setting and one cannot. I want to swap the controllers over so the more important one stays as it should be on the...

I wonder if someone can help. I am looking to replace our built in oven, which has a gas hob above it. I wonder whether there may be a 'standard' way of installing these, our house was built in 1995. The reason I ask is because I have measured in the gap above the oven from the front of...

I built a new deck last summer which was oiled and it looked amazing. Over the winter it went mouldy and looked awful, despite cleaning. I had to get it professionally cleaned by a pressure washing company, and it now looks a lot better but it's still black/grey in places and oil is left...

My deck that I built last year is in need of a good clean and I notice that on some parts the oil hasn't completely soaked in and is starting to flake on the surface. Is there something out there that will remove the old oil from the surface so I can give it a good clean and re-oil this year...

I've just laid a laminate floor in our kitchen and went right under the washing machine (this was to make it easier to get the machine in and out as read on here). Now, when the machine is on the spin it vibrates around too much. On the old lino floor there were no problems at all. It...

I laid a new deck in the summer, and it's been treated with 2 coats of Liberon decking oil. 6 months on, and I have marks like this on the decking: What causes this? And is there any way to get it off?