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Hi all, I've just removed a false chimney breast with a view to rebuilding as a new media wall. There was obviously originally a full breeze block fireplace that has been chipped back to allow for an in wall gas fire in the old false breast I just removed. At one point of the old breeze block...

I've just had a new Premier Elite professionally installed and I've a query about how they've set it up. They insist it's right, but I'd like a second opinion. The hall has a PIR and the front door a contact sensor. The keypad is in the hall below the hall PIR. Arm mode is timed exit. Front...

Hi all, Trying to remove this bath filler so I can provide additional support as it's twisting on the wall. Callipers say it's 27mm, but I can't find a box spanner/socket with thin enough walls to fit without fowling the body. Is there a tool I'm not aware of?

Hi all, I've got an issue with my chimney I'm looking for some advice on. Property is a 90's build which we've recently moved into. Poking about in the loft late Autumn I noticed damp on the rafters/joists around the chimney. The chimney construction is per the below, though there is also a DPM...

I need to temporarily disconnect the control panel of my Veritas 8 alarm so it can be removed and the wall it's sited on can be plastered. Can anyone advise the best way to achieve this? I could disconnect the control panel from the mains and remove the battery within it, but I believe the...

I'm currently in the process of redecorating a couple of bedrooms and am preparing to replaster. The house is a 1930's semi with UPVC windows and cavity wall insulation. I've removed the old reveals in order to replace the window board and understand I should really be closing the cavity...

Hi, I've recently moved into a new house, a 1930's semi, and have been investigating the source of some damp creeping across the floorboards from the exterior wall under the stairs. Having lifted a few floorboards it would appear the floor is ashphalt with a very thin layer of bitumen...