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Hi, Been watching someone build a shed/home office type structure, but think they are doing it wrong, but do not want to say anything to upset them if we are wrong, so would like to know whos right ? They have constructed the base as below onto compacted mot , but the floor bearers have...

Hi, Our bedrooms face a local but busier through road about 30-40mtrs away which is generally not too bad but with so many folk using badly or un-silenced cars and bikes it can be disturbing. Two questions please - - what is the best type of glazing against such noise, we currently have...

Hi, Most places refurbishing alloy wheels need the car for about a week, unless you happen to have a spare set of wheels! so not keen on loosing the car for a week, plus being rather old ( the car and us ! :D) cannot really justify the £250+ they want for doing 4 wheels. Quiet a few ytubes on...

Hi, Looking at the Hilook THC-T120 cameras but there are two versions , the T120M and the T120MC. The only difference we can see from the datasheets is that the M has a low light level of 0.01 Lux and the MC is 0.02 Lux, though do not know if that is enough difference to create a different...

Hi, Fitted new Floplast guttering with 68mm downpipes, but the original 40 years old pipes measure approx 63mm OD. Is there an adapter for joining these 68 to 63mm pipes ? Not found any after many web searches. The 68mm pipe does fit over the 63mm and thought that would work with some...

Hi, Am installing a second hand 2MP AHD from a friend, but need some RG59 cable, probably Shotgun as that seems to be cheaper than buying a separate .75mm power cable. Seem there are varying qualities, some say with Solid Copper Conductor, (the best ?) others with copper clad Alum or Steel...

Hi, Have the above diy alarm system running fine for 4 years, windows and doors fitted the magnetic sensors and one internal PIR. Am experiencing a very random problem, say once every couple of months, which make it difficult to isolate /prove if its a sensor. Have the main house door and...

Hi, Been helping out on a model rail room 8x5 ft which is in an extension to an external garage. It has block walls and then 75mm of insulation before a plasterboard lining. Though generally feeling quiet dry, a couple of large kilrock moisure traps do fill up over a month or two and after...

Hi, We have a 8x5ft dry store/work room attached to the end of the external garage thats lined with plasterboard with some insulation behind it, but it can still feel cold and takes a lot to heat it up. Have seen mention of WallRocks Thermal liners which they say helps the room heat up...

Hi, Our 20+ year old Grundfos UPS 15-50-130 Selectric, not within the boiler, probably needs replacing and would appreciate some choice advice. 1. Seems the UPS2 15-50-130 is a direct fit, but cost about £140 and its said Head Only units are available, but hard to find at a lower price. If...

Hi, Having to re-point the house bricks on the exposed side and have managed to match the mortar using a little powdered cement dye. The wall area is about 5 mtrs long and 1 mtr deep. If I point along one horizontal row, its about all I can manage in one mortar mix. The next row being a...

Hi, We are having to re-point our 1980s house brick walls below the dpc as they have become eroded; up to a couple of feet deep / exposed at the rear of the property. To match the existing colour we are having to buy the sand and cement rather than the ready mixed products which are too...

Hi, We have used a portable air con unit for a couple of years and this has proved quiet good, its only problem is that the 'Fresh' air it needs to draw in and expel is often full of fatty /paraffin smelling smoke etc from the barbies that come with the hot weather. Would seem that a small...

Hi, Looking to do some re-pointing on the 30 year old house bricks where below the dpc they seem to have used a very weak mortar that is eroding away; seem to be a common problem on other similarly built houses nearby. While its only just 3 courses below the dpc that are exposed at the front...

Hi, Dulux do the EasyCare Washable and Tough paint in Cornflower White, the colour we want for our kitchen, but they do not do this colour in the EasyCare Kitchen range ... ! ? Is there an actual difference between these paints or is it really just the same with different words used for...

Hi, About 14 years ago we had a new Click consumer unit fitted which had a 100a master switch with 4 MCBs and 4 RCDs with their own 63a rcd master switch. The 4 internal circuits were connected to the MCBs and the external lights and garage were connected to the RCDs. A friend recently...

Hi, Helping some young friends who have recently moved into a nearby similar property. Their lounge wall, skimmed plasterboard is finished in emulsioned lining paper which looks ok when viewed face on, but under evening lighting down the length there are some obvious dips around the...

Hi, Have seen this interesting thread, Mist Coat or PVA - Bare Surface Basics, which suggests just using size as the sealer for wallpaper, but from other posts its seems if you subsequently strip the wallpaper it can pull off the plasterboards paper as well. Most Drywall sealers come in large...

Hi, My Toyota Corolla has handbrake cables as in the diagram below. It has separate cables going to each rear drum, which as I understand, the equaliser should apply equal force to each. ( that said its a little easier to understand the equaliser on set ups that have a looped cable going to...

Hi, For the novice user doing a one off smallish dry lining job, what is the best choice for joint fillers ? There are the powders and ready mixed tubs ? Even Gyproc do two versions, Joint Filler and Easy Fill. Any advice please...