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Hi Folks I'm after some buying advice for ceiling lights. We live in a late 60's bungalow which has a full length dormer extension in the roof. I am in the process of modernising the upstairs hallway. There is no natural light in the hallway except the little glass panels above each of the...

We have 3 "Pairs" of these units upstairs. They are the type that flip inside out for cleaning purposes. All three show the same symptoms where they rub and collide with the frame when closing. This makes for a very creaky and stiff closure of the locks, some of the locking pins have already...

We have this old stone wall that needs a little attention in the odd bit. Structurally it looks okay. I'm going to have a got at tidying up the pointing. Should I be using a lime mortar? I'm no expert by any means, should I be looking at NHL 3.5 hydrated lime? possibly a 3:1 ratio with...

Thoughts and opinions on how I should tidy up the walls of our former Kitchen? This room no longer houses our cooking/eating activities, I've stripped most of it out and intend to convert it into a day room/office for my wife. The walls are mostly brick with about 15mm plaster on surface. They...

Thoughts and opinions on how I should tidy up the walls of our former Kitchen? This room no longer houses our cooking/eating activities, I've stripped most of it out and intend to convert it into a day room/office for my wife. The walls are mostly brick with about 15mm plaster on surface. They...

I have a full length flat roof dormer at the back of my property that is about 16m long. The gutter had outlets at both ends of the dormer. I'm replacing the existing plastic guttering with deepflow plastic. I'm after some advice on best practice to achieve a slope towards each outlet please.

Having had our kitchen completely relocated to another area of our house I'm planning on converting the old kitchen into a play/gaming room for my 2 sons. The project is 99% complete but I've now realised that I should have relocated the lightswitch that controls 3 outside lights. The switch is...

Or more accurately a ventilation question about insulating the roof. We have a single brick garage/utility room built on the side of our 60's bungalow. My intention is to insulate the utility part of the structure with PIR board between the joists. Having previously used this style of...

We're about to start changing out our downstairs bathroom. Our house is a 1960s Bungalow which has an upstairs Dormer added and includes a full sized bathroom. Our downstairs toilet is full sized too due to the original layout. Upstairs bathroom has a Mixer shower straight from the Combi...

I'm hoping to retrofit 2 x 22mm motorised valves into the outlet side of my boiler pipework to create 2 separate heating zones. As it stands the boiler outlet Tees off in 2 directions, upstairs and downstairs. My hope is that during the night I can have upstairs Rads on and downstairs off...

I'm looking to set up a portable air con unit in my baby sons rm as it gets uncomfortable hot in the summer due to being south facing and in a loft extended bungalow. Running the vent hose out the window is a bit if a pain in the butt. I came to the conclusion that I'd like to bore a hole in...

Last year we moved into a 1960's bungalow with the loft space converted with a rear full length dormer which encapsulates 3 bedrooms, an En-suite and a family bathroom, the work was done late 1970's. Unbeknown to us the flat roof appears to lack any sort of decent insulation. We've managed to...

Hi all We moved into an older property (1960's) last year, it is a bungalow which has had three extensions done as well as a full length dormer upstairs containing 3 rooms and a bathroom. We've had the heating on pretty much 24/7 all winter due to my wife being pregnant and already having...

Hi Folks we have the Yale 6400 wireless system in our home. It's been up and running for 3 weeks now without an issue...until last night that was. At night we arm downstairs when we are upstairs in bed, this morning a 0230hrs we were woken by the Alarm system going off. Upon further...

I'm looking to buy a 240-12Vac transformer to increase my garden lighting from the origonal 3 lights to 5 lights I've bought a transformer from Maplins http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29782&doy=20m6D its the 200VA model I've tested the transformer with one lamp and it is...