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In the process of refitting our bathroom and decided to replace the existing downlights as they're looking tired. There are three 240v units, with a fourth 240v unit above the current shower that also has a 12v fan unit enclosed. I got a bit of a shock (pardon the pun) when inspecting the...

Hi All, My Combi is loosing pressure very slightly. I filled it so that the gauge read 1 bar earlier after noticing a dip, and now it has dipped again. There are no obvious leaks, but I do have two radiators removed for decorating. Its a Worcester Greenstar 350i. My thoughts are that...

I've fitted four new radiator valves (Myson Petite) and one is appearing to, what can only be described as 'sweating' There's no water runs down the pipe, but around the nut at the base a little water seems to collect. I've given it a few tightens (1/16) of a turn and that initially creates a...

I've started to take a look at how I'm going to lay out my floor and I'm confused on something. Not hard to be honest :D Basically If I lay board one and cut off 1/3rd at the bottom of this board to start row two I'm then left with a sawn end with no click system to use on row two. I take...

Having cut a sample of my new engineered floor it's obvious my general purpose blade on my Evolution mitre saw isn't going to cut it for the floor (pardon the pun) It's leaving a poor finish. Rather than try and source a 210mm 25.4 bore fine blade which seems to be tricky, and expensive, I...

Thanks to a rather helpful SKY engineer I now have a cat 5 and telephone extension in my bedroom. This provides a phone point, and the ability to run SKY anytime plus. At the minute it's just cable coming in along the floor, and he's used the little termination boxes with inbuilt cables to...

The previous owners of our house 'fitted' two outside lights. Their idea of fitting was drilling a hole for the mains cable, pushing it through the wall and sticking a 13amp plug on the end which went into a socket! Obviously I've removed these as they were an eyesore if nothing else, but...

Has anyone fitted an F type faceplate and found it has damaged their LNB? As soon as I fitted it to my second SKY feed I was getting no signal messages. However it settled and both feeds worked. Now it's completely gone. Is it something I've done, or just coincidence?

I've got 4 square meters to cover in my hall and thinking of going for solid wood. Mainly as it'll be cheap due to size, but good quality. Having never done this before is it a nightmare? Skirting and facing will be off and I can ensure I have access to the correct tool(s) to cut out the...

I've got two radiators to replace and have used an online BTU calculator. It gives the following results: Room 1 2350 - 2825 Room 2 1775 - 2125 Both are bedrooms. I'm looking at Kudox radiators through Screwfix as they have a sale (20% off) The single panel type are obviously cheaper...

My plasterer is half way through skimming two rooms then I'm starting on fixing skirting and architrave. He has suggested laying my hands on a nail gun to make things quicker, and there's less chance of cracking plaster. So looking at hire prices they're not cheap, and the hire depots seem...

I'm replacing two radiators as they've seen better days (thick with paint etc) However they're an odd size - 640 and 790 wide. Measuring centre to centre of the pipe gives 700 and 850 (ish) respectively. I say ish as the pipes are old and not exactly true. I was considering adding valve...

Hi all, My first of many posts here I think :lol: I have skirtings and architrave to replace in four rooms. I got a good deal on some Ogee profile material in MDF and bought an Evolution 210 sliding mitre saw also. I have a large selection of other tools. Having only needed to cut 45...