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Hi all, I've got two long but narrow cupboards and I want to hang them one above the other on an internal plasterboard wall in the kitchen. The wall separates the kitchen and the living room and I suspect the wall is stud and plasterboard but I wasn't 100% sure where the studs were by tapping...

To cut a loooong story short, my old pump went duff and was leaking to earth, blowing the RCD and various fuses. It was a Myson compact CP53. I went and got a replacement which is also a CP53... made by interpart. But on the highest power setting it's rated at 57W - the old pump was 104W. The...

Hi all, Need some help from someone who actually understands the black magic that is plumbing! I just replaced the hot water down service stop cock/gate/tap thing - it's just above the hot water tank on the first floor. Everything seemed to be going so well. Now we have everything working fine...

Hi, I've got my garage consumer unit in (mounted on a bit of MDF batoned to the wall) and the lights installed and wired up. I'm well-chuffed with the job so far. But I just can't decide how to get the submain feed from the house to the garage. It's gotta go about 3 metres along the...

Hi, I'm wiring up my garage and there's one bit I'm undecided on - how best to terminate the SWA. 10 years ago I wired up another garage and I brought the SWA right through both walls. That was fine but the new property is newer and the entry points much more in-your-face. So I'm...

Hi, I'm usually pretty clued-up on DIY but this one's got me foxed. The newel post at the top of my stairs is wobbly/broken... and its design is also a bit weird. It seems to be attached to another post which protrudes about 15 inches down into the under-stairs area. The newel post...