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Can I just check the right way of connecting one up? got a metal faced 1 way dimmer (push button on/off). The terminals on the back are P1,P2 and ~ with an arrow thru it. Wiring circuit is black, red and earth. does the: black go to ~ (is this the common/COM?) red to either P1 or P2...

can anyone tell me how you remove the tap covers on the following type of tap? The taps are dripping, so I want to look at the ceramic cartridges and perhaps clean them up as they are only a year old (so couldn't have worn away just yet surely, more like debris inside the tap causing problems?)...

I'm normally ok changing tap washers, but can't seem to figure out how to get to these ones. Normally i'd pop off the hot/cold cap and unscrew the cover before exposing the body/spindle etc. But can anyone tell me how to do it with these ones? They are the saturn range from B+Q (£200). It has...

Anyone know where I can get some wrap around covers from (chrome ideally). I need to cover over a gas pipe that runs through a kitchen worktop and looks a bit ugly so thought I’d cover it up. The pipe is about 33mm wide.

Hi Just decorating my sisters toilet. I've taken off the old wall paper and prepped the walls by filling holes and rubbing down the walls. I put on the lining paper a few days ago, and went back today to carry on. I've found a small wavy line of brown speckles on the paper beneath the window...

Last night the heating (on timer) came on at 5.30pm, and went off at 7.30pm. I have 2 bedrooms at the front of the house and a bedroom and bathroom at the back of the house. The airing cupboard is in the bathroom and has the cylinder there, with a grundfos selectric pump UPS 15-50, and Drayton...

Hi I need to put down vinyl floor tiles (tile or laminate effect-sister hasn't decided yet!) in a bathroom. Just needed advice on best way to tackle it. The floorboards aren't in great shape and need sanding to take away the uneveness. Then was going to put down 6mm ply and stick the tiles to...

Hi I need to paint one of those dark mahogony (effect?) bath panels white. I was going to key the surface by lightly sanding it before painting. Then give a few costs of oil based white undercoat before giving it a top coat of oil based white gloss (or perhaps a satin finish) Does this...

Hi i'm not a plumber, but was asked to look at a monobloc kitchen mixer tap yesterday as the flow from it was very slow. The downstairs toilet sink taps work fine(which takes its hot and cold feeds from under the kitchen sink), so do the bathroom taps upstairs, so wasn't concerned about low...