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Hi all, I moved into a 25 year old house a couple of years ago and am thinking about future improvements I can make. The house originally had an integrated double garage. This has been converted to a single garage,and a dining room (which we rarely use in the winter for reasons that will...

Hi all, I have a shower bar which i am finding is getting quite stiff to turn the left hand knob which turns the shower on (up for rainfall, down for hose). The right hand knob that controls the temperature moves freely although the little knob that you push down to reach the higher...

Hi all, I am going to replace a ceiling pendent for a new light/fan. The instructions included are not the best as they appear to be for a slightly different model with a different base so don't show me what I should do with the earth. The bracket and light are both metal. The bracket that...

Hello all, I plan to hang a new radiator on a dot and dab wall using M6 rigifix anchors. The 4 x brackets are quite small which means the two slots for the fixings are quite close together. I am a bit concerned that drilling two 12mm holes in thermalite blocks so close together for the plugs...

Hi all, I am soon going to hang a new radiator in my house. It's the first time I will have hung a radiator in this house so I am looking for a bit of advice. The house was built late 90s and the walls are plasterboard with an approx 25mm cavity and then breeze block. What would people...

Hi all, Here is my setup.... Ideal Classic FF250 Brand new Gledhill 250L unvented cylinder and associated pump, zone valves etc (installed 2 weeks ago) Nest Gen 3 Thermostat (installed 2 weeks ago) All radiators have been bled As mentioned above I had a new HW cylinder and Nest programmer...

Hi all, I am looking for a bit of advice please. I recently moved into a late 90s built house and want to replace a radiator. The existing radiator was a bit of an odd length so the one I have purchased to replace it is approx 180mm shorter, so I am looking at needing 90mm extension each...

Hi all, I'm going to be replacing a couple of sockets in a bedroom soon and want some with built in USB ports. The current one I have is a cheap BG branded one and gives off an annoying whine/hum which I gather is quite common in cheap ones. You only notice it when a couple of feet away, but...

Hi all, I would like to lay some softer and warmer flooring on top of an existing ceramic tiled floor in our conservatory. Not sure exactly what we want to use yet, but something like the faux wood Karndean planks we had in our previous house. We don't use the conservatory much so it will...

Hi all, I plan to install a new socket high on a bedroom (stud) wall for a TV. The other side of the wall is a large airing cupboard where I can access the ring main. Ideally I want to make the TV installation as clean and clutter free as possible. I can't decide whether to: a.) install...

Hi all, I moved in to a 90s house recently and want to start doing some decorating etc. The house has microbore piping to the radiators and it is not something that I know anything about really. Through my father in law (who knows much more about plumbing than me) and a bit of googling, I...

Hi all, Apologies in advance if I get any terminology incorrect. I moved into a house about a year ago with a system boiler. I've always lived in houses with a regular/conventional boiler system so I'm still getting my head around how a system boiler works. I'm looking at doing some...

Hi all, I moved into a new house earlier this year, so this is the first winter. The house is approx 25 years old and has the original (system) boiler with HW cylinder (serviced each year). When we first moved in we had plenty of HW. However, since winter has come along and we have had the...

Hi all, I moved in to a new house earlier this summer which I believe has a system boiler (I'm used to a regular boiler in my old house). The HW is programmed to come on twice a day. This week (as I am sure a lot of people have :)) , the CH went on for the first time. I noticed that when the...

Hi all, Earlier this year I moved in to a new house. The windows in this house have the slot vents at the top of the frame that you can open and shut to allow air to flow through. We have found that even when shut, they seem to let a lot of noise through. If a neighbour is out in their...

Hello all, I just moved in to a new house with a reasonably old CH/HW setup. I've got a roughly 20 year old (regularly serviced) boiler and a large HW cylinder. The heating control allows me to program the HW to come on/off twice a day. Initially I have programmed it to come on for a few...

Evening all, I'm a bit behind in the world of LED lighting as before having a baby earlier this year, we didn't really use the main lights very often. However, the existing halogen spotlights are now getting a lot more use (and some of the transformers have died) so I think it's time to look...

Hi all, I am looking for some product advice for painting a wood/varnished cot white. Ideally I really dont want to have to sand it as it will be a bit of a nightmare dealing with all those spindles! I was recommended Zinseer B.I.N primer, but after speaking to their technical department...

Hi all, I am replacing a pendant lamp for a large LED ceiling lamp. It's not massively heavy, but is big and I'm just a little concerned that the plugs I have purchased will not be heavy duty enough. Will these be ok...

Hi all, I have a wooden door that is sagging badly and the catch is no longer landing in the hole. I have tried to tighten the screws but it has not made any difference. I am a bit confused about what my next step is to try and get things aligned. As you can see below, the alignment is quite...