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Hi I'm planning on some recessed lighting in the wall along my stairs, just above the stringers. I've been Googling trying to find appropriate fittings, but all I seem to come across are LED units with integrated bulbs that can't be replaced. I'd rather not use these as it will be a pain having...

Hope this is the right forum. Our ground floor toilet has started to drain slowly, but only in the evenings. First thing in the morning, it drains normally. The house is then empty during the day and by the time we get home from work, water sits high in the bowl when flushed. Following morning...

Hi everyone! My shed is about 8 years old and last winter, small amounts of water started getting through the felt. I think its leaking through the holes where the felt tacks went, some of which have come out. I was wondering about painting the roof with a bitumen paint, eg Bostik...

Hi everyone After some help please! I've needed to get an EICR for my flat that I rent out while I am working away for a while. The flat is a 1990s build, I've owned it since 2000, as far as I know, the installation was original when I bought and I've not had any significant electrical work...

Hi everyone A couple of years ago, we heard some scratching in the loft at night. Never heard this previously in 6 years in the house. Investigating, found a small rodent nest amongst some halloween stuff which inadvertently had some chocolate left amongst it. There's no other food up in the...

Hello everyone I have a Centrestore unvented cylinder. Every now and again, the water pressure and flow rate at the taps drops right off. I read the trouble shooting in the user manual and followed instructions to clean the filter in the pressure reducing valve. Each time I remove pressure...

Hi everyone My immersion heater is tripping the RCD, but it doesn't trip straight away, it strips about 30-60 seconds after coming on and when it is on you can hear it making the normal noise associated with a working immersion. The heating engineer says that he thinks the immersion is fine as...

Hi everyone I have a CenterStore unvented cylinder for hot water. Recently, whenever I turn on a tap (hot or cold), I get a hard to describe noise coming from the airing cupboard - it's a sort of noise like someone's blowing a trumpet that either lasts until the tap is turned off or 3-4...

Hi everyone A strange one happened today... Following using the iron, I went to switch the socket off before removing the plug. As I switched the socket off, there was a pop and a flash followed by a small puff of smoke. The RCD tripped at the same time. It seemed coincidental that it would...

Hi guys, I have an unvented cylinder that I had fitted to my 1980's build house a couple of years ago. The incoming mains to the cylinder was also upgraded to 22mm at the same time. All has been fine but the last couple of days when filling the bath, the flow rate and/or pressure (I know...

Hi all, Hoping to get some advice... My house is a 1980s build with the dreaded microbore. I've recently had an extension done and a fair bit of work done inside. Where the heating system has been extended, 15mm has been used, but some of the original microbore still exists. All of...

Hi guys, I've moved into a house which has recently had an unvented cylinder installed. The house is a mid-80s build. The original setup seems to be that the cold supply to the storage tank in the loft is 15mm. There were then 2 outlets 22mm from the tank - 1 fed all of the cold taps and...

Hi guys, I need to replace the free standing electric cooker in my property. The new cooker will be of a similar power output as the existing cooker so it will be a like for like replacement. Am I permitted by the regs to remove the old cooker and connect the new cooker to the mains? I...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me. I have recently moved into a house which was built in the early 80s. The central heating is pretty much original as far as I can tell - original looking rads and microbore pipes feeding them as well as feed and expansion tank for the central heating in...

Hi I'm planning replacing some units in by bathroom which will involve rerouting a bit of pipe and some new taps. I'm a bit confused by the WRAS approval that I see marked on some products. Do all parts that I intend to use need to be WRAS approved? There are a lot of taps in...