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Hi everyone, I installed a composite doors yesterday and wasn't sure if these grey spacers are meant to stay on the inside of the frame? Wasn't sure if they are meant to stay there or be removed? Thank you

Hi all, Took on a DIY project and while it was going on decided to protect the wood flooring with this self adhesive film: It was all going well until the time came to remove the film. Sadly as it was being removed it took some of the varnish with it from the flooring :( I bought some...

Hello, I want to add more sockets into the room thus I want to extend the ring main from an existing socket. Currently the socket in the room is wired as such (a socket and a spur to the left of it): My plan would be to do this (use wago connectors to connect to the spur and continue one of...

Hello, I'm planning to replace the carpet in my living room with engineered wood. I've done this already on the stairs and the upstairs landing. Once carpet is removed I plan to use self leveling compound to make sure that everything is flat and level and then apply damp proof membrane. From...

Hello, I just wanted to check if my understand of the wiring is correct before I go on with the replacement of the switch. This is my current witch wiring: And this is the switch I will be replacing it with: If I got this right the wiring should look like this?: Thank you :)

Hello everyone, I got an issue with a wall in a storage room. When I removed all the stuff I realized that the paint it flaking off but more oddly there was odd crumble white power behind the paint. I've attached the pictures below: The brickwork behind is not great but what also...

Hi everyone, Would like some advice on insulation of the front door. The front door is made out a really nice wooden frame (looks better on the outside): And I really like the look of it, however it's not the warmest. The bottom panels were just basic thin wood ones so I was able to cover them...

Hi everyone, Got an is issue that I would like some advice on. I had a leaking tap on the upstairs bath, so I shut the water of and removed the tap to find out the rubber washer had perished, do I put everything back together opened the mains again went to shop and got replacement washers. Got...

Hi all, I got a cable running into an airing cupboard in which I want to install a network switch and AC/DC adapter for a camera. The cable 2.5mm runs direct from consumer unit which is wired to a 16A fuse in the CU. Currently cable just terminates into a switch that I assume was used to power...

Hi all, Trying to add two new sockets and having hard time deciding from where to extend the ring main. There is a socket to the right but I can't quite find where it goes and there is no real way to check without ripping into the wall and there is nothing underneath so it means it runs up...

Hello all, I plan to move my radiator to the other side of the room and existing piping is in speedfit under the floor. When looking to buy additional pipe I am presented with two options. Which one would the better choice and why? The Polybutylene is the layflat version is that easier to...

Hello all, Just moved into a new house and was met with a nasty surprise. The boiler (Ferroli DOMICOMPACT F30D or F24D) is losing pressure within a span of 4 hours or so. It goes from 2.0bar down to 0.8 - 1.0 bar. The boiler itself appears to be working fine and heats the house up withouth a...