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Recently, and during gusts of wind it seems the shower cubical and sink drain makes an odd sound, what could be causing this - any hints for me to look for? Real basic knowledge here! thanks

bottom fed in the toilet. its leaking ever so slowly allowing the water to drip out of the overflow

The under unit led lights in our kitchen dimmed recently. The strips were not faulty and were tested elsewhere. Turns out the power at the junction box of this set is not 240v but around 133v what could have caused this, is there a fix?

Hello all Whats the best way to add a double socket off of this? this is a double socket in the hall, and i want to drill directly through to the other side of the wall for another double socket. I didnt add this to the house, probably built with the house

I want to smarten up the area understairs, which is aerated blocks, with some big gaps where the builders havent mortared on both sides of the block. Its only understairs, to keep the cleaning stuff in, and leads off the garage so i will probably not paint, or worry too much about it being...

Tempted to get one of those spider light pendants like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-3-5Heads-E27-Pendant-Light-Spider-Retro-Vintage-Edison-Ceiling-Lamp-Chandelier/311880787009?hash=item489d8b2441:m:mB7qYUCX615tATxA88VvhNw -or-...

This is still a great alarm system, and one I have extended with a wired keypad.. sadly however the pad doesnt pass on the alarm arm/disarm sounds as i had hoped. (see main panel not by front door) has anyone extended the sounder from the main panel to another location using something similar...

Hi BG Engineer came to install the Hive v2 (hot water and heating) and to my surprise on the boiler control added a back plate type thing? what is it? is it standard as I didnt see it on the list of items. See pic (from web) its the thing on the wall that the controller plugs into. It caused...

this (see image, the white switch) is in the garage, powering the alarm panel. what do i need (switch wise) to convert this to supply a pir led security light over the garage aswell? thanks

our front door is housed in a hallway, with the walls snug to the door - what options are there for a door chain type thing for security? a standard door chain would not work due to the wall being right on the door frame at right angle

looked online and found many different answers. had our kitchen done, which involved moving light switches and sockets around. this was done by a builder sub contracted by a kitchen fitter. i emailed to ask if he should have sent us something, no answer..

hello, I've already bought some dulux weathershield smooth masonry paint for outside, but now i am wondering have i bought the wrong one? did i need the textured one? see photo of wall thanks

standard sort of bw with radiator in it, which i think is not very efficient is there some options for DIY insulation to the ceiling inside (must be 10-15mm thick) or how difficult would it be to do outside type job? cheers

I want to create some extra space under our stairs. is it doable? do I need supports? I dont think its a support wall. its in a small walkway (700mm width) to garage. (A) is an external wall, (B) is a load internal wall between inside room and garage, the other side (C) inside garage aerated...

i want to replace my door with a second hand one i've seen door width and height fit pretty well, with the frame there is a small difference would someone know if this is workable for me? measured wall to wall on ours = 91cm door step (which looks like our frame width) = 89.5cm door for sale =...

We have an old wooden fence looking a bit sorry for itself I'd like to replace with a brick wall, 200h x 1140l x 21w (cm) between two houses on boundary. Its quite long, and wicks reckons 1300 bricks, so may be quite costly :-( Never done this before, is it something a new starter should...