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    Can anyone help me purchase the correct replacement plug?

    No idea where I'm going wrong here but I'd guess I need a 5V plug capable of putting out at least 1.5W?
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    Can I repair this waste pipe without removing bricks?

    I've had some landscaping work done and the builder smashed the waste pipe for my sink and dishwasher getting his digger in and out. The pipe is buried beneath the kitchen floor so it can't be accessed from inside without considerable damage. While the pipe is cracked at outer layer of brick...
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    Would you recommend a sail shade here?

    We're having the garden landscaped at the moment and as it faces south west, we get a lot of sun through the kitchen/patio doors...although not when this pic was taken: While we have internal blinds, the heat gain/glare is still quite annoying so I'm looking at a number of options to shade...
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    Should I replace this PVC roof lantern?

    We moved into our current house about a year ago. You can see that our dining room has a roof lantern roughly 2.5 x 2.5m in size. The previous owners went for what I think must have been a fairly cheap PVC unit. It has been really cold in winter and actually far worse in summer as the garden...
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    Could this extension be re-roofed?

    I have plans submitted (see attached) for a larger rear extension but I’m not sure I have the stomach, or funds, for a full demolish and rebuild which is what my architect has proposed. I'd also add that having lived here for 12 months, we've agreed that we'll likely move again in 5-10 years as...
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    Material Alteration of Existing Attic Bedroom

    Hi all, Looks like this happens all the time so forgive yet another building regs post. We have a three-storey terraced house. The house was built around 1890 and featured a bedroom in the attic and a complete staircase...none of this was added. In January of this year, we stripped the attic...
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    Adding New Room to Existing Room-in-Roof

    My house, and all the houses on my street, were built before 1900 and included a room-in-roof, with stairs and a bay window. We've just recently ripped out the old lath and plaster (Jesus wept...what a mess that made), insulated and are finishing up the boarding. The room originally included a...
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    How To Tidy Up This Exposed Radiator Pipework

    This radiator (800mm wide) sits in my landing. With the radiator mounted onto the wall, the radiator valves would sit more or less directly above a joist. I've attempted to annotate the image to show the hot/cold feed and return pipes along with the notched joist. I'd like to: Put a new...
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    Temporary Cellar Renovation

    My Victorian terrace has a large cellar that, while not liveable, is pretty dry and doesn't smell. Long-term, I'd like to convert it into liveable space but we don't need the extra room right now and it'd be expensive to do as it might involve lowering the floors. I'm 6'3" and can stand up in...
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    Smoke/Weed Smell Coming Through Chimney Breast

    We live in a terrace and on one site, our neighbours smoke a lot, both cigarettes and weed. The smell isn't overpowering but it's particularly noticeable in our master bedroom which has fitted wardrobes on the party wall that we didn't install. There were some large (grapefruit-sized) holes...
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    Install Nest for Underfloor Heating

    I've installed Nest for my boiler and have a second unit that I'd like to use for my underfloor heating in the bathroom. The current system was only put in a couple of months ago but I think it was done on a bit of budget and we have a bulky unit, with a crap user-interface that contains the...
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    Rewiring Hallway Lights in Victorian Terrace

    I'd like to rewrite my hallway lights so that I can have a two-way switch in the landing, a two-way switch by my bathroom door. This would allow me to turn the hallway lights off from the hallway or upstairs (I always forget to turn the lights off and then realise once I'm upstairs). Where do...
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    Lath & Plaster Attic Room Renovation

    Has anyone renovated an attic room-in-roof with lath and plaster ceilings? I'd like to tackle mine at some point and was considering some of the schemes that subsidise costs but I'm not convinced that any of them would actually be any good. The room-in-roof isn't particularly cold in winter...
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    Running An Electrical Cable Along An Outside Wall

    I'd like to install a new socket in my kitchen on an outside wall. The nearest socket that I could run power from is on an adjacent wall and the path of least resistance (I think) is to drill through the wall and run the cable outside. This would avoid having to channel through the plaster in...
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    Concrete Blocking Cellar Drain

    My Victorian terrace has a drain in the cellar that became blocked recently. We're not putting much into it (washing machine, condenser dryer, condensing boiler) but at some point in the house's long history, some moron has poured a load of cement down the drain. A plumber was able to unblock...
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    Re-Routing Electrical Cables In The Cellar

    I've just moved into a Victorian property with a cellar that I'd like to convert into a proper utility area for now and liveable space in the long-term. There are effectively three rooms in the cellar: one below the hallway, one below the living room (front) and one below the dining room (rear)...
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    Ventilating a Cellar After Insulation The Ceiling

    I've just moved into a late-Victorian, mid-terrace property with a great space in the cellar that we want to use as a storage/utility area. While there is a useable drain, there is no ventilation to the space and I'd like to make sure I'm on the right track with my plans. Two surveys didn't...
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