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Hi there, earlier in the summer, I had a double weatherproof socket professionally installed to my house. This is tapped off of a double socket inside of the house and is for mowers/strimmer. I have got some mains operated garden lights and can see that the housing for my double socket is...

Good evening, I have booked a brick worker to come and extend my patio. Whilst he is doing this work, I suddenly thought, this would be a good time to get him to take up some of my existing slabs and put something underneath to help run wires through, whilst he has the cement mixer there. At...

Hi there, My house comes with the below light fitting and energy saver bulb. I have been trying to get my LED bulb to work in the light housing. I bought an adaptor that will allow a screw bulb to connect, but whenever I connect it, it is just dead. Is there a difference in voltage or something...

Hi there, I made a post elsewhere on this forum and it does seem I have quite a lot of snagging issues. My main telephone socket, in the under-stairs cupboard works well, but all of the internal ones around the house are dead. If I get a phone call, I have to go and sit in the cupboard under...

Hi there, I have been quoted £60 by my local electrician to install a double weatherproof socket for mowing lawn / strimmer. I would quite like to source my own socket and wondered if anyone had any recommendations. There seem to be so many out there. My house (it is brand new) has been...

Hi there, I have purchased a shared ownership new build and moved one week ago. The shared ownership Housing Association has told me the builders are coming in this week and I should have a list of snagging items ready for them. Can't say I have ever done this, but have been around the house...

Hi there, I have a nice new shed which came with my house. I am looking to put some sort of flooring in the shed, just to give the original one a little bit of extra protection. Whenever I look up online on Wickes or Homebase sites, it is only giving me the sort of flooring that you would put...

Hi there, I am due to be moving in to my new house soon and wondered if anyone could tell me what this blue part coming off of the main water feed is?

Hi there, Someone else on this forum had very sensibly suggested that housing a DVR in the loft and then running the camera cables down from the roof behind the guttering is quite an easy and neat way of putting some CCTV cameras on the side of the house. My house is complete now and I got to...

Hi there, Not sure where else to put this post. The house I am currently renting has four recessed lights in the bathroom ceiling. Two have recently blown. I have taken one out and can't say I have ever heard of such a bulb: Aurora AU GUF 4011/30 11w GU10220-240V WARM WHITE The cheapest I...

Hi there, Just wondering if this is possible... I have a sattelite cable running from the loft down into my lounge. It must have been installed when the property was built. The house has plasterboard walls and, I can see from the loft that the wires go into some very slim trunking. Was hoping...

Hi there, Can anyone tell me if my shed roof needs any attention. I am due to move in soon and it looks a little creased. Not sure if I should be adding it to my snagging list or not.. P.S. Never had a shed, so not sure what the roof should look like!

Hi there, I was looking at buying a house in this street, and noticed on Google Maps, you can actually see the side of the house before they bricked right up to the roof, it gives a very good view of the wooden rafters. The roofs on this street seem to have a nice high pitch compared to others...

Hi there, We were expecting a cylinder in our new build airing cupboard but the builders have put in a combi boiler instead. Can anyone tell me if the pipe work in there will be sufficient to heat the cupboard? We had viewed and turned down a property in the past which had the following in...

I am hoping to move into my first new build house soon and I am running through any snagging issues. I don't think the cement above this window looks quite right and wondered if anyone could tell me what it is referred to so I can put it on my list, and the builders will know what I am...

Hi there, I am hoping to move into our new build shared ownership property soon. We have been out to view it a couple of times and the only thing I have noticed is that there seem to be a considerable amount of drains on our drive. I counted six in total and another in the back garden making...

Hi, We were supposed to be getting a shed with our Shared Ownership new build house, but now it is almost complete, the Housing Association have said the builders are refusing to put sheds in. Not much we can do about it. I had wanted to extend the patio as they have not put that many slabs...

We have this mystery fused spur under our stairs. It is a rented house and the housing company have no idea what it does or is for. Does anyone have any ideas?

Hi there, I am due to purchase a new build shared ownership property very soon. I have not been right into the loft as my ladder was not long enough, but like most new builds, it has a very thick layer of insulation. I don't want to void any warranties, but could really do with boarding a small...

Hi there, I am trying to get some ideas on storage for this bathroom. It is quite small 2.37m by 1.93m and lacks any areas to put storage in. The radiator is not a towel one which is a pain, but this is a shared ownership new build so can't really make any major changes until the 2 year...