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Good Afternoon all, Got a bit of a question or two here regarding 2 Way switching of two lights on two floors which I hope someone can clarify. Background: Starting with a bit of background to the story, Had a new bathroom put in back in 2019, as part of this the Consumer Unit was swapped out...

Hi All, Been doing some work on my house trying to fix things and do a complete redecoration job and while working in the kitchen I noticed a dripping from the main soil stack where the kitchen sink joins it. would anyone be able to advise how I go about fixing the leak or advise on the cost to...

Good evening all, hope everyone is doing well. I have a couple of questions that I am hoping you guys in the know can help with. 1. Can I install additional sockets in my kitchen? Currently I have 5 sockets(2 x 2 gang 1 x 1 gang) along one of the walls with an additional 2 gang socket on...

Hi all, Ive been redoing my front porch, that has a flat roof from the garage over the portch. and i noticed when installing some downlights in the ceiling that I can see light though the end. so I took a camera and had a look and can see that the two joists that hold the ceiling are just...

Hi all, I'm currently redoing my front porch due to damp and a flood. Ive stripped back the paper to what I think is the original plaster and I plan to put up lining paper and then paint or wallpaper. What's the best way to prep the walls and what should I do? Pics below.

Ok so I want to put some outside sockets in as well as some outdoor lights. I am planning to run conduit to the sockets etc as they have knockouts for it. However for the lights, most seem to be rear entry and I can't work out how to run the cable to them from conduit on the wall surface...

Well I took the plunge and removed the bubbling cracked paint and it came off in chunks, think it's just the old layers of paint and paper as the grey/white plaster underneath is nice and smooth. However I can now see the full extent of the water damage from a roof leak. Plaster was just grey...

Hi all, not sure if this is the right section or not so apologies if it's in the wrong place. I had a small leak in the roof a while back that has since been repaired and is now dry, unfortunately the damp has caused some issues on the plaster on the partition wall. What is best to fix this? I...

Can anyone tell me what this is on my wall? It was next to what used to be a fireplace. PXL_20210107_221203492 by nfz300zx posted 7 Jan 2021 at 10:17 PM PXL_20210107_221208274 by nfz300zx posted 7 Jan 2021 at 10:16 PM

Hi Guys, Very new here so this my first post. Just bought a house and it has an old Wylex rewireable fusebox. I know it should really be updated but can this work be done myself and then signed off by someone else? Im trying to keep costs down and am more then comfortable working with...