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Sorry mate, are you saying I bought this house on the strength of a bloody remote control garage roller door ? A garage my car has never even been driven into ? Apologies if I'm taking it the wrong way but, if not, do you have anything helpful to add ? To everyone else - would...

Thanks for the info ! Do you reckon the lintel is sitting on top of the grey breeze block as well as that one brick, or do you think it's resting on that 1 brick only ? If you look at the two links at the bottom of my original post, the pillar on the other side is 1 brick width wider - I'm...

Hi all, Looking for some advice from those in the know. Bought house just over a year ago, had standard survey done - all ok. The house has had a full height extension added in the mid eighties - this added porch, garage and bedroom+bathroom above the garage. Inside the garage there is...

the screws themselves were only £2 or something - but I reckon £7 to deliver them is a bit steep I'll use the paint thanks for the tip.

Hi - I have these black nickel / black iridium wall sockets & switches. Problem is the screws with them are about 25mm and don't reach the backplates in the wall. The screws are the same black colour - the silver ones holding them in just now look naff. Anyone know where I can buy say...

thanks for the help ! it's actually red tape that's wrapped round the black - but considering whoever did it has put red tape round the bare earths I wouldn't lend any weight to it. I'll get the new switch - cheers

This is the only switch that controls the light. The old socket I took off had on the back : In L N Out L N

Hi all, Hope someone can help me out with this. Changed about 10 switches/sockets in my kitchen with no problems except for this one! There is an intermediate switch in the kitchen that controls the outdoor security lamp. I'm positive i copied the wires as the were but the problem is it...

I should've mentioned ... I've just moved into this house but the treadmill was working fine in my old garage with no tripping.

Hi all, I've tried to look at various posts around the forum but couldn't see a post which matched my situation. My garage has a board with two fuses in it (fuse wire). One if 15A and goes to a double socket. The other is 5A and goes to a strip light on the ceiling. The garage has an...

Hi, Hope someone can help me out here. I have a Vokera boiler (5 years old) which is losing pressure. I use the tap next to the silver braided pipe/flex to put pressure back up to 1.5. Two/three days later it is at zero. Their is a minor leak (drip, drip, etc) coming from the Y joint...