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Hi I have a 6 month old Bosch fridge freezer As if a couple of days ago the led right and led display on the interior are either not coming on, or coming on intermittently when the door opens. I'm guessing there is a proximity sensor /magnet type setup and possibly some obstruction. Any ideas...

Hi. I have a 16th century cottage and about to decorate on of the bedrooms. It has wooden beams at irregular intervals - typically 30cm-60cm spanning most walls and ceilings. Semi structural - and listed! Looking for recommendations to avoid paint splashes on beams as I'd rather be using a...

Hi I live in a rural property where the prior owners unfortunately cut a few corners with an extension. Upshot is there's a few long plastic pipe runs (water and central heating) in the loft. All insulated - but with the inevitable rodent chew marks on insulation now and then. Swapping to...

Hi all Appreciate the golden rule of eaves - is to keep them clear. A year ago I moved into a 16th Century Kent cottage (listed) - with 'kent peg tile' roof. Eaves cut into the upstairs room space - so the usual 'how do I insulate my roof whilst allowing it to breath' situation. Previous...

Hi I purchased a 1600's house a few months back which has historical woodworm (obviously) but following 2 independent assessments, no sign of new infestation. However - having had a *really* good look around the loft, probably 10% of the rafters have been well chewed through and I suspect need...

Hi Currently in a 4 bed 1950's detached. Pretty solid construction. Planning to put in a rear extension. Will be a mix of single story and double story (as 50% of rear is already extruded on both floors). appreciate the work will cause some movement. We do need to re-glaze the whole house...

Hi About to move to a new property. Looking for a DIY system including cameras , sensors and ideally Google home integration. Sensors need to be pet friendly. Ideally predominantly wireless though will wire some elements of needed Recommendations appreciated.

Hi Have a 1950s council flat with a series of internal doors needing internal locks replaced as starting the show age. Existing locks are 60mm deep with a 50mm backset ... Seemingly impossible to find. The faceplate is 75mm. Current available ones seem much shorter and would have nothing to...

Hi Have a 1950s council flat with a series of internal doors needing internal locks replaced as starting the show age. Existing locks are 60mm deep with a 50mm backset ... Seemingly impossible to find. The faceplate is 75mm. Current available ones seem much shorter and would have nothing to...

Hi moved into Partner's old 1950's flat recently and trying to make sense of the telephony setup. Broadband is slow (10Mb when should be 30Mb) and wiring hasn't been touched for a long time. Long term IT specialist - but used to ethernet - not this stuff. Any help appreciated - see images *...

Hi Have moved into Partner's flat and she has a very old Saunier Duval F30E combi. Never seen one before. Pressure will move between 0.5 and 2.6 bar without any topping up of the system. When below 0.6 boiler will not start. I'm use to a little expansion and contraction when heating is on but...

Hi We are spring water supplied. It's underground MDPE to the base of our external water tank, which is fine. However the final three feet is a vertical 1 1/4 inch polypipe into the top of the tank. This is exposed to the elements. Any advise on frost protection appreciated. Generally if...

Title explains most of it! Swapped out two old halogen floodlights (500w) with LED lights (50w). Nothing fancy needed with the electrics. Since installing, my normally reliable ethernet over power plugs (Devolo) are dropping signal almost continuously when the external lights go on (I first...

Hi I'm in a 1800's Yorkshire Stone (fairly soft) house. I've had DPC done through most of the ground floor, fairly successfully by professionals. The house is directly on to foundations adjacent to a large farm field which catches quite a volume of water. I'm now planning to do 'the...

Hi I live in a 200 year old coach house which I've been in a couple of years. It's solid stone/cavities which have had a chemical DPC (fairly successful, a couple of revisits). I'm now looking at the attached garage (well the coach bit of the house!). No DPC work has been done here. No...

I have an ancient lead tap external to my property. I'm looking to replace this. The stop tap in the house doesn't isolate this as it's on a different feed. I had the water supplier (Yorkshire) come out a couple of weeks ago to locate the stop tap for this ... which is around 200 metres away...