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Has anyone used ethernet for powering a Ring doorbell? Getting tired of constantly changing the batteries in mine. Despite it being a new house, no doorbell cabling was provided, and there are no power sockets by my front door so it would involve a lot of fishing cables round downstairs...

Hi, I have had a leaking gutter all winter. It has now been repaired but I can see the wall has gone a funny colour outside. I had a leak further along and the wall is quite green. Can anyone recommend what I should use to get the wall to look normal again or should I just leave it? Thanks in...

Hi there, I have two thermostats, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor. They go back to my Baxi combi boiler. As such, I only need smart thermostats that control the heating as there is no need for hot water control with the boiler being a combi. This is the wiring behind my...

I recently had my carpet changed for LVT and now the shocking condition of my skirting boards is more obvious. I am not sure if some kind of glue was used with my skirting boards, but they have always had this strange yellowing to them. In the cupboards, the paint is yellow on the skirtingboards...

My house is 5 years old so almost still a new buildo_O. I have had quite a few issues with the gutters and roof. Leaking gutters and tiles flying off of the roof. Several issues have been dealt with by the builder through snagging in the past. The latest saga is the gutters front and back are...

Hi there, my newbuild is not so new, about 4.5 years old. I have noticed the following and wondered if anyone could tell me what could be causing this? The door has not had any bangs or damage that would cause this. It seems some of the plaster is coming away between the doorframe and...

I bought a chest of draws from Made.com earlier in the year. Sadly, they have gone bust now, shame as they did some nice styles of furniture. I am finding that the paint finish doesn't seem to have been treated. We have a Neom diffuser on this piece of furniture. You fill the diffuser oil in...

Hi there, I had a company in back in 2019 to install a TV on my wall and also run cables behind the plasterboard. The guy put in the boxes to route the cables with the bristles on however, neglected to realist that there is a baton between the box he put behind the tv (drawn in red) and the one...

I need to change the seals on my bathroom sinks as the O Rings have started to become very loose. I have taken some measurements and I am getting 33mm wide for where the rubber actually attaches to: The outer measurements of the plug are 34mm: Can anyone recommend some suitable O Rings that...

I am thinking of getting a set of smart thermostats to help keep my heating costs down. I have a combi boiler, no hot water tank and two thermostats. One for downstairs and one for upstairs radiators. They are battery powered thermostats and this is the cabling behind in the backbox: Can...

One of the planes of glass in my composite front door shattered during the summer. Maybe a temperature issue as nobody damaged it. As it is double glazed, there is just one layer of glass left so not ideal. I contacted IG Doors, the manufacturer and after quite a few weeks of chasing, I have...

Hello, I keep getting the same error showing on my Texecom system, I installed it in April 19 so I am surprised it is already having issues. The error on screen is Charger Fault. If I log in using Wintex, I can see loads of Charger Fault messages in the log starting on 5/8/22 so it is a...

Maybe not a DIY Disaster but a pretty poor way to leave my new fibre install by the BT Openreach engineer. My line is still not hooked up but when I ventured outside to see how the cable had been run, this is what I was greated by. The brick isn't too bad I guess, looks like maybe he turned...

Somehow one of the internal panes in my IG composite door has shattered. As it is double glazed, the front, outside facing pane is still there so the house is secure. I have tried to remove the beading but I am getting stuck wherever there is a circular marking on the beading. Does anyone...

Hi, I live in a four year old new build. I noticed this morning whilst checking the pressure of my boiler that under the boiler, there are two pipes which go into the wall from the base of the boiler. There are now visible cracks in the pain to the side and above the two pipes as well as a...

Hi, can anyone point me in the right direction as to what I need to do to sort this corner out? It is a 3 year old new build. The plastic strips which go along the edges of these tiles in the boxing at the back of the bath seem to be cracking and coming out of line. Have checked and there is no...

Happy Mother's Day everyone. Several of my neighbours have been setting sleepers in their sloping back gardens and I would quite like to do the same. I can't do it myself due to back issues, but was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on ways to cut costs. The garden slopes down towards my...

My fence is about 2.5 years old and is starting to fade. Can anyone recommend the best treatment paint I should get applied to it? It is going quite green in areas. I have got about 11/12 panels to do. Much appreciated.

Would be grateful if someone could advise me on what to do here. I have a standard on/off single light switch. Have upgraded the ceiling fitting to a LED one and would like to remove standard wall switch and put in a dimmer. I have got a Varilight V-Pro 1-Gang 2-Way LED Dimmer Switch. But...

Hi, I bought my new build house two years ago. It came with a cheap Zanussi fridge. But it is just too small to fit the food in. Several times, I have come down in the morning and the door has popped open. Have been looking at replacement fridges, preferably with a water dispenser and I am...