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I am refurbishing my kitchen and have come across this, it was above the old kitchen cabinets? What is it and what do I need to do to make it safe?

So moved into a house about 60 years old and the separate upstairs toilet has a normal wall light switch should this be changed to a ceiling cord pull one? Like what is in bathrooms?

Hi just brought a new house and the consumer unit was changed prior to us moving in, the cable going into the consumer unit just hang and not attached to the wall or in trunking. I have attached a picture of the old consumer unit but the cable problem is the same. so is it a requirement for...

Just moved into a house and have no instructions for the hot water and heating control unit and it has not model or manufactures name. Anyone have the instructions or what make and model it it Picture attached thanks

Moving into a house soon and wanted to ask a question if the electricity meter is a pre payment one first before I look silly and ask for them to ensure the key is available, as I have never seen or used one. Or is is just a normal meter and not a pre payment one. The gas is just a normal meter.

After some advice, I’m moving house and have a scantronics 9651 alarm panel, so when I move out do I leave the electricity on because if I turn it off the alarm panel will obviously revert to battery back up and the new owners are investment buyers so no one will be moving in on the day I’m...

My UPVC door that that has flag hinges wont fully open, it just stops about 3/4 when you open it, not the end of the world but quite annoying. The bottom hinge is slghtly loose to the door, but i cant see how to take the cover off to check it. Tried to find some guides online but with no...

The next item on my list of DIY jobs to do is to fix the oven Its a Baumatic B550 about 8 years old, the oven takes ages to heat up and only seems to get very warm never hot and the thermostat light never goes off. There s power, its not in automatic mode, the top grill/heating element...

Hi i need some help in changing a batten lamp holder, though it would be easy as there is only a red and black cable going into it. But i think i havee brought the wrong one as i got a loop in one and connected the cable but it does not work? Which one should i get a non looped in? I have...

Im after a new programmable room thermostat, i want one which shows set temperature and the actual room temperature. I like the Horstmann C-11-B, any other suggestions?

Indesit washer dryer IWDE7125S very noisy on spin Advice please, its about 3 years old and sounds like its about to take off and explode when on the spin cycle, apart from this ts working well. Is it probably the drum bearings and if so whats the repair cost likely to be?

I'm after a digital room thermostat to replace my TLX6501 that has died, i would like one that displays the room temperature and the set temperature. I like the siemens RDH10 but not in stock anywhere locally and would like to get one as soon as possible. Any suggestions?

Hi Outside the back door for the width of the house for about 6ft its currently covered with slate chippings, then the grass starts, we would like to change the slate chippings with something more child friendly but don't want to turf this area suggestions?

I know GU10 light fittings get hot...we have lived here in our house for 6 years, the previous owners had fitted 6 GU10 light fittings in the sitting room, the bedroom floor above has laminate flooring and over one of the spot lights the flooring is getting quite warm/hot to the touch. I...

Hypothetical question Would a Gas safe engineer fit a secondhand boiler supplied by the customer, just wondering as there are always ones for sale on ebay and too me this seems a recipe for disaster

My watergem filter tap has started dripping from the tap. Can they stripped and maybe replace a washer or should i just buy a new tap and replace the whole thing?

Need some advice before winter and the addition to the family 2 bed mid terrace, open plan kitchen and lounge fully pumped central heating system via Thorn Olympic wall hung boiler (yes i know its old lol) The thermostat is in the living room. the living room is always nice...

Need some more advice Need to change the telephone lead going to my dialler SD1+. I can put my alarm panel into engineers mode, then reading the instructions the cover comes the off SD1+ by inserting a screwdriver blade in 2 places and the top cover pops off. I assume this will give me...

I have knocked and broken the wired part of one of my door contacts, although it still works (althogh see below), i need to change it. Where is the best place to buy a new door contact (5 screws inside), lookingf at ebay but bit concerned about quality etc but dont want to pay a fortune for...

Just a quick question on an old Thorn EMI Olympic boiler. Just had some work done on the boiler today, now my normal service guy always check round the casing with some gizmo a "sniffer" to check for leaks to make sure the casing is sealed. Had to use someone else today (long story) but...