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Hello, We want to swap our pendant light in the office to an LED panel. I guess I’ll have to remove the ceiling rise and wire everything into a junction box of some kind. Can anyone suggest the best thing to use. The panel won’t be flush to the ceiling but obviously we won’t want to see wires...

Hello, Our landing carpet is in a real state and needs replacing (with something), I think one of our pets has had some accidents on it. Might have been the dog when he was a puppy during lockdown. I’m concerned that if we replace the carpet with new carpet the issue will remain and the dog or...

Hello, Our stairs and landing are currently old carpet but nice nice due to pets. We were going to recarpet, but expect the pets will creat the same issue. So we thought laminating would be a better option. our landing is L shaped. If we do laminate should the laminate run in one direction...

Hello, One of our gate posts has failed. I think the best fix would be to attach a new gate post to the concrete fence post adjacent to it. Are these posts easy to drill into. I don’t have any fancy kit, just a hammer drill. Also I’ll probably be drilling into the rebate of the H. Is that...

Hello, We have a metal garage up and over door. Red paint, with a think, drippy coat of black on top. It’s quite large 4.5 m by 2 m. The paint is very flaky in places, revealing large areas of bare metal, but well stuck in other places. would it be advisable to remove all the old paint before...

Hello, Has anyone used BioGel adhesive for quartz tiles? I’m seeing differing recommendations, on which adhesive to use, with some websites suggesting a two part latex adhesive. Keragoll BioGel looks very good though, and sounds like it might make the job somewhat easier. Fwiw we are using...

Hello, Rather than cut a hole in the middle of my cement board to fit the plumbing, would I be able to join two pieces around the plumbing instead? cheers

Hello, we are redoing our bathroom at the moment. It was tiled from floor to ceiling, but when they came of so did the plasterboard. We are thinking of half tilling when we redo it. Should I use backerboard all the way up, or just to where the transition would be, then use MR plasterboard the...

Hello, How easy is it to install a cold water storage tank? Is this doable for a DIYer on their own? If it is how would one go about it?

Anyone recognise this thing I found under done insulation in the loft.

Hello, We are in the process of installing a digital shower. It will need a 3 amp switched fused spur to run from. The smart valve and the switched spur will both be in the loft. We currently have an electric shower. The wiring for that runs into the loft, then into a ceiling switch, then...

Hello, We are in the middle of our bathroom refurb. We’ve decided we want a digital shower, but are having difficulty finding a plumber to plumb in a smart valve and larger capacity cold water storage tank. I phone them for quotes, leave a message, email them. They don’t get back to me. Post...

Hello, We are currently refurbishing our bathroom. we would like to instal a digital shower (duel outlet for shower and bath filler). We have a gravity fed system. Should we instal a separate shower pump as well? If so should we also install a larger cold water storage tank? David

Hello, We’er going to tile the floor in our kitchen and dinning room. There’s a bit of floor between the two where the pipes for the dinning room radiator go just under the floor (I think it’s plaster over them). I was going to lay some concrete over the top ready for tiling. Do I need to do...

Hello, i need to get rid of some PIR wires before I lay my hallway floor. Our alarm is old and we’ve never used it since we be had the house. Can I disconnect (cut) the PIR wires, or will that set of the alarm etc. Is it safe to cut then? regards.

Hello. I’m replacing the light in my kids bedroom, and putting in a ceiling rose. I have a multimeter, but don’t know how to use it to identify the cable coming from the switch. Would anyone be able to offer any help or advice? It’s a Multimeter from B&Q if that helps. Thanks.

Hello, I replaced our living room light and dimmer switch recently. Everything seems fine and the new dimmer switch works the new light, but every now and again When the kitchen light is turned off it will also turn of the living room light. What’s the cause of this, why is it intermittent...

Hello, It’s time to decorate the living room. I have a textured ceiling (a stipples paint effect - I have no idea what the technical term is), which has some nasty cracks in it (from when the kids flooded the bathroom). I think I need to remove the dodgy bits, but haven’t got a clue as to how...

hello, I've got an ikea pendant lamp which needs to hand on a hook. I've got a hook on a plate which screws into the ceiling. But it looks like useing the hook plate would mean removing the existing ceiling rose base and cover and dealing with the wiring. I'm not sure of the best way to...