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I have what i suspect is original lighting wiring in my house which was built in 1960's. The wiring is 3 core, red black& earth. there is also a seperate thick red wire. i have a double switch in the front hall which operates the hall light and the outside light. there is only one set of...

I bought a '60's built bungalow with a flat roof garage attached. the roof slopes to the rear and the down pipe goes through the concrete then into a black 'plastic' 100mm pipe. I excavated it tonight as i thought the drain was blocked. common problem around here. i went down to 1300mm but...

i have had to put in some hedging plants to plug the gaps caused by the butchering of fur trees in the past. I have chosen 3 different types of plants. however as they are between the wall and tree trunks the sun light gets to just a few which means the others will be drowned out soon. what...

I am building a timber frame garage next to my brick built garage. I need to know if people have use grp and steel and which is better suited or more preferable. the garage is 2.7 metres wide by 5.5m long. it is going to be dense block up to 3 blocks high which is going to support timber...

I took the gas fire out of the fireplace to look what is behind it. the chimney is central between living room and kitchen. I thought there might have been a back boiler but it's empty and there is sooting in places, i assume it was actually a real flame fireplace. I need to take the chimney...

Valliant Eco tech plus 832 - 4 years old We have had the diverter valve changed, brand new Valliant part but still is not switching to heat the hot water. Exactly the same problem now as before we changed the valve - what else could it be to not send or receive a signal with the diverter valve?

I've bought a new house that has a single garage that is attatch by about 3 feet. The size is 5.5m x 3m but i'm going to extend it to 7m x 4m. The new roof beams will be c24 50 x 200 and i'll be using 0.7mm box profile steel sheets as roofing material. I'll also be plasterboarding the ceiling...

Hello, i wish i'd found this forum a while ago. I recently bought a petrol mower with a non running briggs and stratton 500e engine. I've done the following, stripped & cleaned the carb checked for spark checked compression. Still it won't start. Not even with easy start. The only niggle...