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I'll try to keep it simple - we have a light , it looks like it used to be a ceiling rose, and was replaced with spotlights and the loop-in connections are now all in choc blocks, which fitted inside the light fitting. There's only a small hole in the ceiling for the cables to come through like...

Advice needed please. I wanted to get a professional to do this for me to save the hassle and make sure it’s done right, but had absolutely zero interest from any local builders so I’m considering doing it myself. A gas fire was removed leaving a hole in the inner skin roughly 40x80cm. The...

We've got roof valleys with lead base and the mortar has started to crack and crumble. I haven't inspected it so I don't know if any of the lead itself needs to be repaired, but the mortar does. I'm wondering if the best person for the job would be lead specialist or a general roofer? I...

Hi, I have a couple of issues to sort. 30 year old house, upstairs rooms are plasterboarded: a few fine cracks in the paint where wall meets ceiling A few cracks above and below window For the 1st one I thought adding some scrim tape and some sort of filler, maybe same approach for walls...

Hi I have a Bosch fridge freezer - model I think is KGN34X00 Short story is clear ice is building up in freezer. I had one attempt to defrost it (switched off for a day) but didn't cure it. I wanted to remove the plastic panels inside to get to the drain hole but wasn't sure how. I've...

Hi - hoping someone can help me... I'm removing the floor tiles in the kitchen with the aim of putting down new ones. It's a concrete floor and the tiles are stuck with a grey hard adhesive but under this is a thin black layer of something before you get to the concrete floor. Any ideas what...

Hi - hoping someone who knows more than me can advise. In the kitchen on a stud wall there was a fused spur connected to warm air heating system, as far as I know this is on the main socket ring. As it's not used it just has a block connector to maintain the circuit and will have a blank...

Hi, I need to replace the felt roof on my garage and got three quotes, but I'm not sure if the materials or methods used are different or which sounds like the best option. The quotes were: a) 1st layer bs747 type 3b, 2nd ht180 bonded in hot bitumen, 3rd technatorch sbs torch on green...

Hi, I'm looking at installing some lighting inside a wardrobe. The plan is to use a flourescent tube less than 20W. I found this switch which might be OK for turning the light on when the door opens: http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/FM143.html, but it says it's rated at 2 amps...

I've got a question about removing the plastric trim around uPVC windows: recently fitted windows, recessed about 2 inches with a plastic trim in the reveal and then another plastic strip on the outisde. I need to remove these pieces of trim before plastering, but prefer not to damage them or...

I have a question about altering a stud wall, which looks like it is also a supporting wall. In a terrace house the stairs run from the front towards the back on the right hand side. To the left of this is the living room, and the wall is between the 2. What I wanted to do was basically...

Hi, I have a Thorn M boiler which has recently started making a noise which sounds a bit like a pressure release from a valve opening, it last for a few seconds and hapens maybe every few minutes at most. Don't be mislead by my pressure release description, I have no idea what is causing it...