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I'm renovating old property which was rewired 15 years ago and have noticed cable looping back on itself between sockets in the same rooms. For example, in the lounge 2 live 3 core cables enter the room and 1 of them is wired into a double surface mounted socket (socket 1). The other cable goes...

We're in a 6 storey apartment block on the first floor. The pump house / room is directly below us and the noise is very irritating. It starts with the pump running for around 10 seconds followed by what sounds like a heavy relay clicking off. This continues periodically during the day and...

I've a 5 year old gas heating system which I have to pressurise every few months and which I'm assuming has a very small leak somewhere. I've searched but can't find it. Someone told me I could add some sort of sealant which may cure it. Can I ask for advice please.

I'm fitting spots in all the rooms and after installing them, have tested them by wiring into the ceiling rose switch and neutral side. The problem now is that I want to remove the ceiling rose. I've done so in the first room by disconnecting the rose and putting them into 4 seperate terminal...

Can I ask for help in identifying this type of double glazed window handle please. I need to find a replacement but nobody seems to know the type. It was riveted onto the window frame of a 20 years old apartment block.

I'm hoping to light a driveway inexpensively using little LED lighting 25 mm lamps. I'm thinking that it should be low voltage for safety and cost but how do I calculate the size or rating of the transformer? Is there a simple calculation I can use? Also what type of cable should I use? I'm...

I have a couple of dozen 20 Watt MR11 bulbs on a dimmable switch in a room which I'd dearly love to change to 240 AC mains voltage as the transformers often go and it's a pain changing them. Is there any type of bulb which would fit the existing bulb holder (MR11 size) and which would mean I...

I'm about to order a new kitchen to go into a rented property. I've fitted 5 or more kitchens but its mitreing the worktop which I'm unable to do. A kitchen fitter charges me around £200 to do this and while I accept this is a fair price, it's eating into the overheads. My question is - is...

The boiler is approximately 9 years old and has been gradually dropping pressure over the last couple of years. Originally I had to top up every 3-5 months and this has now reduced to a weekly basis. At the last service the engineer could not find any leaks in the system or rad joints. He...

My son rang me a few mins ago to tell me that his Bosch Classixx 6 1400 Express washing machine had stopped in the middle of a cycle. Around the same time, the main consumer board tripped and I'm guessing this is connected. It may have been that an internal fault within the machine caused it to...

I have a 5 year old Logic Combi 30 serviced around 4-5 months ago. The rad heating supply is fine but I've noticed recently that if I run the mixer tap in the wash hand basin for a while when shaving, it runs hot for about 30 seconds and then goes cold. I then have to run the tap on full hot...

I have one of these machines in a rented apartment and the last guest told me it wasn't spinning or empting the water. I was able to open the door and drain the water away using tins and tried it again. It seems to wash fine, but won't enter a spin program or drain the water. There is a...