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I have a Samsung 55" curved screen smart TV which is ~ 8 years old. Within the last couple of months a "misty moon" has appeared about 100mm from the left and the same down from the top of the screen. It's only about 20mm diameter but appears on live TV or recorded TV programmes and on...

Hello. I recently had a loft conversion installed where there is a 40mm (43mm external) basin waste pipe positioned to come out vertically through the soffit of my bungalow and attach to a 68mm rainwater vertical downpipe some 3 ft away from where the 40mm pipe exits the soffit. This has been...

My LVP in the hallway has been down for 6 years and still looks good. It is laid lengthways along a hallway some 7metres long. the width of the laid LVP is ~1.4m plus the door entries of which there are 1 at either end and 1 either side some 5m along the run. There are 7 boards across plus the...

I have seen some threads related to insulating stud walls in dormer bungalow eaves spaces and some references to VCL but it's not clear for me and I don't want to do the wrong thing. I have a dormer bungalow where I walk through the back of a dormer bedroom wardrobe into the eaves space...

Hello, I have seen a few threads on this topic but some questions remain for me. I have a 1970's dormer with suspended wooden floorboards. The last EPC recommended floor insulation to improve the energy performance of the property. I've had other floorboards up and there is about 10" (250mm)...

Hello, I have an outside double power socket about 50 feet from my house, in my back garden. Been there since we moved in 5 years ago. No trouble. Handy for plugging the mower into. I want to put a flagged path in the area where, I think, the underground power cable is routed to the outside...

Hello, I am looking to build a 10x6 shed for the garden tools etc. Pitched roof. 1 door. 1 window. Unclear if 2x2, 3x2 or 4x2 should be used for the wall frames. Sure, the "bigger the better" makes it stronger and potentially more durable. But I intend to keep the costs to what I need, so was...

Hello, I have removed an old fluorescent tube light from above a dressing table recess between 2 built in wardrobes. It was operated by a light switch on the wall in the dressing table recess. I have installed a new led light which has the live, earth and neutral wires ready identified for...

I have read many of the threads related to my topic but would still appreciate some clarification. I have an 80W IPX4 electric towel rail that I will fit in the bathroom but outside of zones 0,1 and 2. I would like to run the cable from the towel rail through the wall, ( wall not tiled ) and...

There are 3 twin and earth wires coming out of the ceiling where I removed the previous light fitting from. The 3 red lives are all connected together. The 3 green earth wires are all connected together. 2 black neutral wires are in a block together and the other black neutral wire is in a block...

The photos show that mortar has been used to finish the top of the wall into the eaves space in my dormer bungalow. I have seen in other houses where this has not been present and air has drafted through that space. This, I believed, was the required ventilation for the eaves space. In this...

I am an enthusiastic, reasonably competent DIYer, with a passion for only spending money on what I have to. I have a dormer bungalow and either end of the house has eaves space which you might refer to as loft space. It is walk into space with some floor boards that have been installed at the...

I have an ornamental street lamp in my front garden. Light switch in the hallway operates it on/off. In the glass enclosed lamp part is a standard circular galvanised junction box. I want to use a laser light projector at Christmas to light up the front of the house. Can I connect this to my...

I moved into a 1970 dormer bungalow 1 year ago. 1 downstairs room has had a damp problem. I have noticed that in the eaves space (loft ?) there is no gap around the edge of the building where the air, usually, I believe, comes into the loft. When I peel back the loft insulation I see the inside...

Hello, I intend making my own picket fence. 4x1 pickets with 3x2 cross pieces. 4x4 posts to support the 4 sections I will make. A key point before starting , however, is what kind of wood to use. I am thinking of pressure treated wood as, I am led to believe, this can last for 15 years under...

I have a granite lintel above an upstairs window in my 1949 semi. I can see a crack in it in the centre slightly diagonal and top to bottom of the lintel, approx. 12 inches (300mm). It has been there for at least 20 years and I have no reason to suspect anything is wrong. However, it is...

Hello, I have searched the 'net for how to replace my old fluorescent 8' single light unit with a double 6' LED version. I have this simple thought that the present light fitting is connected to the mains by a single cable with several wires in it. In principle, therefore, I should be able to...

Hello. Recent heavy rain has highlighted a problem in my house that I moved into 6 months ago. Brickwork below DPC did have tinges of green when I viewed the house but I put this down to a spell of heavy rain that the sunshine would fix. Recent heavy rain leads to pools of water that does not...

I am seeking to fit engineered wooden flooring around a non rectangular room to create a rectangle fairly centrally where I can fit a carpet into. The current floor is wooden floorboards covered with carpet, most of which I have already removed. I do not intend removing the skirtings. I would...

I am seeking to change a 4 gang wall light switch to 2x2 gang light switches next to each other. I am assuming that the 4 gang has a single power supply, so it might not be simple, for a mere DIYer, to make this mod. I would appreciate guidance how I can achieve my goal. Thanks, in advance, for...