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Hi I renewed the architrave around my internal door. Due to the plaster being out further than the door lining, I had to attach 6mm stripwood to the door frame and then the architrave on top. When I open the door due to the extra 6mm, obviously the door won't open as far as it would...

Hi guys I have changed all my lightbulbs in my living room to LED's. They are golfball SES led bulbs from Toolstation, they are not a named brand, so I'm guessing that they are their own make. I have two fittings with 5 lights in each. I changed the first fitting around a month ago...

Hi I have already laid a bamboo floor in the new extension of my house, I say new but its about 5 years old. No problems with that as the floor was quite level. I now want to lay another bamboo floor in an original part of my house but I am not happy with levelness of floor. The house...

Hi I was wondering if any body could suggest an easy way to trim some wooded flooring and to cut a gap under some skirting that is already fixed to a wall? I have laid some wooden flooring and where the threshold bar will be going the boards are bit jagged. This is due to the boards...

Hi I bought a downlight from Wickes some time ago in a sale for the cupboard under my stairs. There is a socket in the cupboard and I want to run a spur from the socket to a fused unit with a 3 amp fuse in it. Then I would wire the light to the fused unit. However, I have lost the...

Hi I want to replace all of the skirting in 2 of my rooms, both have 1 rad in them. However, the skirting I want will be taller than the skirting I previously had. I don't know exact measurements but I guess the rads would need lifting by about 5-10mm. Is this possible? I mean is there a...

Hi all I am currently laying a T&G bamboo flooring in my living room. I have got about 1/4 of the way through and I am unhappy with some of the gaps that are between the boards. The floor is a single plank with a beveled edge. Everything looked ok when I was laying it but I think as I...