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My son needs to attach 10cm posts to a wall. His problem is that the wall is sandstone and he is afraid that something like 'Hammer Fixings' or 'Concrete Bolts' might not hold firmly. If he uses either of these fixings, what sort of length would he need? Unless there is a better way of doing it...

We have just received a Siemens Ceramic Hob. Unable to get a 'proper' lucky. The original wiring is the 'normal' three wires. Having taken the cover off the ceramic hob wiring connection I find five terminals. There is an engraved diagram to the left which is marked 1N, 2N and 3N. Terminals 4...

We have bought a Cooker Hood with facility for outside extraction. The 'plumber' has drilled a 115mm hole in the wall which is about 2m away from the hood. I can get 115mm flexible hose but is it OK to just push that through the hole in the wall and connect it to an outside vent? Another...

I need to fix a mirror to a bathroom wetwall. The board is 10mm thick and quite solidly made although corrugated, it is attached to plasterboard I am not sure what fixing to use. Any help would be appreciated Thanks Brian

I have one of these http://www.screwfix.com/p/bg-nexus-13a-2g-dp-switched-socket/67928 and was going to use 2.5 T&E cable. The cable will be coming out through a wall and I intend to use the bottom entry point. My question(s) are: Is it better to use T&E or normal round 13A cable? Should I use...

I have a fence panel which, at the moment, is just lying against the front of my house, the other end is fixed to a post . I need to fix it to the wall but cannot figure out the best way to do it. If I could remove the panel then there would be no problem but I cannot. I have heard that I can...

My house is in the process of being stripped and roughcasted. My question is, should the roughcast go all the way to the ground, or, as most seem to do, leave a plain concrete? band at the bottom? The roughcaster, who seems to know his job said that it would look better casted all the way to the...

Can anyone recommend reasonably priced HSS bits (for wood and metal) for a SDS drill? I cannot seem to find any anywhere. Brian

I am buying an SDS drill from Screwfix as my Bosch hammer drill will not touch my walls. If I use a 10mm x 450mm drill to go through my outside wall, what sort of speed should I use? With a normal hammer drill it is best on a slow speed but does this apply to an SDS drill? Sorry if this is an...

I have a Lamona LAM3400 cooker with a blown element. I have checked all over the place for a replacement and there does appear to be hundreds. My question is, my cooker, according to the label inside the door is a 2.3kW oven. I cannot find anything like this. Most of them are 1.8kW. Another...