Search results

My house was built in 2007 and all light fixings are bayonet. Apart from 2. The hall and the landing. Which both have these weird fixings for weird bulbs I've never seen before. When they turn on, they come on like energy saving bulbs. As I'm replacing many of my lights with LED bulbs, I wanted...

I saw these at a friends rented house, there were no markings and the landlord put them in. I'd love to buy some but can't find them. I can find the switch and find the sensor but surely they come as a package as the switch would need a receiver? They look like this. The sensor, obviously...

Hello, I'm needing to cut 67 and 23 deg angles in beading - imagine a picture frame stuck on the wall, now skew it so it's in line with the bannister and stairs. So I thought what I could do is get a hand/mechanical mitre saw, but everywhere I look, mitre saws come with a predefine spec of...

Does anyone know? I cant seem to find it anywhere. I bought 240v Halogen downlights recently and they specified 14cm clearance radius. However, having discovered that what I thought to have been some kind of driver, was in fact just a plastic box with a choc block in and swapping the bulbs for...

I'd like to remove my fireplace. It seems fairly straight forward. But there's 2 fuse points. So it goes fireplace hardwired into fuse box one (13A). This is on the left, has black fireplace cable in, grey cable out to right. As you'd expect. (at least I would). But then there's a second fuse...

This seems to be the best place to ask - does anyone know of any interior deisgn forums like this place? I've found a few but they are generally underpopulated and full of mums or people who don't actually know about theory and stuff. I'm looking for some knowledgable input on my project...

I've just bought the house I've been renting for the last five years and desperate to get rid of this pink wallpaper in my bedroom. My mum reckons she'd just paint it - she's quite handy/crafty. I know ideally it should be removed, but what do you think? Is it too inconsistent to paint? Or...

Can anyone tell me how to remove a back box with red clips? (photo attached) The logic makes sense, push back clips, pinch them together towards the middle of the box, pull whole box out. But that doesn't work. I've been told if I keep applying pressure to get them towards the center of the...

I've just bought my first house and mounted 3 down lights. Now I'm coming to run the cables I'm a bit confused (fwiw a qualified electrician will be making the mains connection). While I attempt to trace these cables, anyone know what's going on with this setup? The house is circa 2006. I've...

Hello! Awesome website/forum, I've already learnt a lot - thank you. I've just bought my first house and ready for some decorating etc. I'd like to replace some twin socket faceplates with twins that have USB ports on. I'm happy to give this a crack but from what I've been reading there is a...