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Hi I am looking to put a plug socket up on my wall for a wall mounted TV. Is it possible to spur off the attached photo of a socket which is close by? Thanks

Hi I have just installed a pair of wooden bifolds doors on my wardrobe. When I close them, they dont stop square but keep going as if they are folding closed too far. Almost as if you kept going the would fold the other way. Is there a way to move or adjust the hinges so when they are closed...

Hi. I woke up this morning to a freezing house. My thermostat is on a schedule to come on at 18 at 6am. I woke up to no heating on but the target said 18 but actual said 13. I pressed boost and it came on. I checked the heating history in the app and it said it was on 20.5 from midnight onwards...

Hi I have an old stereo system in my workplace which has speakers with bare wire connections into the back of it. The speakers are in the corners of the ceiling. Would it be possible to connect these speakers, via an adaptor to the 3.5mm output on my echo dot & do away with the old stereo system?

Hi Yesterday I got a shock from my bathroom light switch. I took the switch off & noticed there were a couple of broken earth wires. Luckily there was enough length in the cable to be able to cut it and re-connect them. All was fine, but then I switched on my dining room light and it blew the...

Hi My mother in law told me she has to have the heating on to get hot water in the house. She has a condensing boiler in the loft, along with a water tank and a header tank, and a cylinder in the airing cupboard. The heating control panel doesnt have a hot water option on it. There is also an...

Hi I have just bought 2 china fan palm trees, approx 2 ft tall. I re-potted them into bigger pots. Is there anything specific I need to do to them?

Hi When I switch on my main ceiling lights I notice they flicker for a few seconds, every light in the house does it when I switch them on. What could this be? I have LED bulbs all through the house apart from the kitchen and dining room. Could that make a difference at all?

Hi I would like my outdoor soffit lights to come on at nights and off in the morning. I currently have a row of 6 sealed unit type bulbs along the soffits. I was thinking, could I replace the end fitting with a standard fitting, and fit a GU10 dusk to dawn bulb? Would that work the other...

Hi I have recently started noticing that roots from my conifers are starting to show up on my lawn. I noticed one was just breaking through the surface last year but now theres a few. Its in the corner of my lawn so doesnt get noticed much but I fear it may get worse. Is there anything I can do?

Hi I have recently purchased a building which has an old dated polystyrene suspended ceiling. Sort of thing you would see in an office type environment. How would I go about replacing it for a plasterboard ceiling? Ive had a look up behind one of the tiles and it looks as if theres no wooden beams.

Hi My washing machine has just stopped right at its last spin of the cycle. It starts to spin then immediately stops. It does this 3 times then stops for about 5 mins then starts again. Ive looked in the back and top and cant see anything obviously broken. Although there does seem to be quite a...

Hi A couple of my fence posts have come loose and are leaning slightly, and was wondering what is the best way to straighten them up again? The fence has been up a few years now. I put the posts in to the correct depth, but my issue was, they are right on the edge of my neighbours path which is...

Hi I recently bought a set of wooden bifold doors I would like to use to separate my lounge from the dining area. I will be building a stud wall, but have noticed that the ceiling beams are running parallel with where the doors will be hung. Ive not actually checked in the loft yet to see if Im...

Can anyone recommend a soffit downlighter that is adjustable to point at a different angle? I have recently fitted downlighters in the soffits but have just spotted where I would like another one. My garage is joined on to the house but it sits set back and is a pretty dark area, especially when...

Hi I have a granite fireplace and a gas fire. I want to get rid of the gas fore and put in a log burner. I have built a false chimney breast around it with fireproof plasterboard. Could I put in half brick tiles on the inside faces of the chimney breast/fireplace and that would work? Also, above...

Hi I have just purchased a smart switch for my lights and am after some assistance with the wiring. The existing 2 gang switch is like most I have seen and basically have 2 sets of terminals on the back (one for each switch) but the new smart switch only has what it seems one set. Can someone...

I have just bought 5 downlighters and a PIR sensor for my soffits. The PIR has an input and an output. Do I have to wire the mains straight to the PIR, then daisy chain along to the downlighters from there or can I put it in anywhere? Only reason Im asking is because the location for the PIR is...

Hi My gravity fed shower has really low pressure. Ive checked the piping and the hot supply is fed from the vent pipe off the boiler. The pipe is teed out the top of boiler, It goes down the way to other outlets, and up the way is the vent line which hangs above cold tank in loft. The hot pipe...

Hi Im still putting up with horrendously low water pressure to my shower. Its a gravity fed thermostatic shower. Im supposed to be getting a pump fitted soon but have been thinking. I will be fitting a new kitchen next year, and will be moving my boiler up into the loft. I know its a bit of a...