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Im looking to replace my existing florescent tube lights for the corridores and toilet and kitchenette areas of my dental practice. Any suggestions on the make and model of some LED tube lights, ideally with sensor too. Should I avoid microwave sensors as someone told me that they can...

We have what I believe is a sash window (the sliding up and down wooden ones), after taking up a tenancy on a first floor office. The window doesn't stay up and is quite heavy so have to jam something underneath to keep it open. Looks as if a rope on the right side has torn away. What is the...

I'm looking to replace an old Sky+ HD box for my elderly mother's home which intermittently works. We don't want a freesat or other free to air clone box as we want the free to air channels on Sky which my mother is more familiar using. We never used the recording function of the old box as we...

We have a Neff 4-burner gas hob bought around 2008. One of the burners has been playing up for 10 years (it doesnt ignite easily) and despite having an engineer come around and use some wire wool to clean the connection etc, he said that they are supposed to perform like this i.e. you need to...

I had a Viessman boiler engineer tell me that my gas safety certificate from my gas engineer when servicing my boiler was incorrect and was for landlords, even though it says "Landlord / Home owners gas safety certificate" on there with the word landlord crossed out. Should I be expecting a...

I found this article interesting if not least because I found it funny that the complaining neighbour states that she thought there would be a maintenance gap between the two extensions. What - all circa 3 inches of it?! The couple who infilled - are they wrong? my neighbour build up to the...

What is the reason they put shingle stones around a pipe underground? Is it purely for allowing drainage from overground?

Any suggestions please for a toilet which is not wall hung using a Geberit frame but is still off the floor? this is for a loft bathroom which has only a 200mm or so thin wall.

Could I please get some advice on how best to approach the idea of finding the right company in NW London to powerflush a 4/5 bed semi home that has never been power flushed before and has radiators. What are the things to watch out for and what is the correct way of doing it as I understand...

Got the above 4-year old combi boiler which has a built in 40 litre storage tank. Had a radiator removed and a new towel radiator fitted by a handyman. Boiler went on the blink after he partially drained the system to also change some pipe work in a bathroom and capped off each side of the...

Am I correct in understanding that you can install a IP65 rated GU10 ceiling spot light above a shower?

I'm having a torrid time with Valspar paint bought from B&Q. This is both their trade version and V900 paint. It's supposed to be scrubble paint but having put one coat on our plasterboard walls (they were skimmed a few years ago and had one watered down white emulsion paint put down before...

When replacing the old lead or copper cold water supply from the street to inside the property, if the main stopcock and meter is in the street pavement, are we allow to connect the new blue pipe to the street stopcock or can we only go up to the boundary? In our case we have a double thick...

I’ll be installing dimmable GU10 across my home and was looking at the BG electrical range of black nickel light switches and sockets. I notice that their dimmer switches are leading edge rather than trailing edge though in all likelihood I’ll probably be buying a normal light switch and...

I had pest control confirm that rats have chewed into my various plastic drain covers in my garden which has resulted in smelly dead rodents under my ground floor. Are there any metal replacement covers available for the typical 150mm by 150mm drain covers?

Hi i bought a clearance sale 800mm wall hung unit and basin with the brackets but without the screws. Any ideas on what size screws or bolts I should get to safely secure the unit to the wall? Thx.

We have several of the 112cm wall hung Geberit sigma toilet frames which we are slowly connecting one by one. Most of the tanks fill quickly but for some reason one of the tanks fills really slowly like 3-4 minutes despite the stopcock in the flush plate being fully opened. The pressure on the...

Does anyone here own an air source heat pump? If so, what size is it and could you please outline roughly how much more you pay in electrical energy costs since you had it installed?

https://www.screwfix.com/p/british-general-800-series-13a-2-gang-sp-switched-smart-socket-white/306HV?tc=ST8&ds_kid=92700055281954484&ds_rl=1249401&gclid=CjwKCAiAqIKNBhAIEiwAu_ZLDlb8k8yStSpYbCYyP6UtQnEy_m9NwwG9G1pu7X9D771miqzCdJyJthoCRqoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds I have bought a few of the above...

Hi Some suggestions please: 1. When painting a loft room which has sloping ceilings (that form part of the gable roof), should these be painted white to match the ceilings or best to match the colour of the paint of the walls? 2. I'm stuck for ideas as to whether I should paint the whole...