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I think I have an old version of this tap: http://www.bristan.com/epages/Bristan.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/Bristan/Products/%22N%20SNK%20EF%20C%22 The taps say "1901" on them but it's a slightly different shape. I would guess the tap is at least five years old, possibly a lot more. Is "1901"...

The brother in law some how managed to crack a door spindle by twisting it too hard! I took the spindle to my local hardware "has everything" store but they didn't have a similar one. It's tapered in two places, the middle is thicker and the ends are thicker, but the taper is at its most at...

A house I have moved into. The render is just over a decade old. Repainted about three years ago. Cement render (I assume) on a cavity wall, built in early 2000s and rendered immediately. Should it be showing cracks like this? Not massive cracks, but still...

I am trying to get a Veritas 8 alarm system to set. This system was installed by a previous owner. When I enter my code, prior to pressing "Full", the zone 1 light is on and the unset light flashes. If I then press "Full", the panel bleeps with one bleep probably about a second apart (maybe a...

I stepped on my plasterboard ceiling on Sunday when in the loft. D'oh! There is a small half credit card sized hole and some cracks leading to it. If it were just this hole it would be easy to fix, but there's more. The hole is right on the edge where two plasterboard panels meet. Both...

See the image: I want to access the tiles on the upper roof above and between the two windows, in the middle of the photo. This is to make it easier to strip back the felt and apply insulation maintaining ventilation gaps. See...

I'm doing a loft insulation project and looking at the eaves to ensure insulation and ventilation. My ideal is to join ceiling insulation (cold loft) onto CWI, or near as possible. However, to do this I have to find the CWI, and I'm coming up blank atm! The eaves are extremely difficult to...

This morning, 5am, woke up to a drip, drip, drip... from our ceiling. Oh-oh. Went up into the loft and found this was the culprit: This appears to be some sort of pressure relief valve. It says "10 bar" on the top. The water was leaking from the black screw at the top. When I closed it...

We have a ground floor extension with pitched roof at the front of our house. The walls of this house feel very cold to the touch. They feel hollow to the knock, so I assume some use of plasterboard. Following thoughts such as...

I have a letterbox in the middle of our door which I want to block up. The aim is to remove the terrible draughts coming through the door. In addition, we want deliveries to be made at a different part of our house, so I have installed a wall mounted post box there. Does anyone have any...

Current situation: Oil fired boiler 24 hour programmer next to boiler Standard TRVs on 80% of rads - 22 in total No room thermostat Only half the rooms are heated (although with time more and more rooms are being heated - growing family) Where I want to be: 7 day programmer Zoned...

I'm getting contradictory advice about this. For securing posts in a post and rail fence, should I use metal post spikes? Or simply drive the posts into the ground (assuming they themselves are spiked of course!)?

According to the manual for my Aurora LED downlights I need to wire the downlighters in serial. This is fine. But what sort of wire/flex? I only need one wire from +ve to -ve of each light on the loop. Therefore is 2-core a wasted core?

Well I've been getting familiar with all the different solutions for covering downlighters in the loft such that insulation can be laid over the top. There are a few standard options: http://www.alertelectrical.com/prodvar/9174/aurora-au-dig340-galvanised-steel-downlight-insulation-guard...

A quick check, because I'm not clear on the regulations... what is notifiable etc. Can I replace existing low voltage halogen lamps with transformers with their LED equivalents myself, or must it be signed off and notifiable? I was going to swap out the transformers, lamps and holders for...