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Looking for recommendations for strip lighting for some planter walls, a stone round seating area and around a paved step. I'm wanting the strip lights to be able to change colors.

I don't know if this is in the correct section of the forum but thought I'd ask anyway Incase it is. I've had a rotary laser level for a few years and two years ago it got wet and the bleeper stopped working but the arrows that find the level still worked. I hadn't used it in over a year and...

Just looking some guidance for some strip led lights for outside. I'll be tiling this area 14x6m with a white planter wall on one side and stone radius seating area. The wall and seating area is 6m away from the house. I also meant the strip lights at the step of the house. I can take a 1.5...

Is it possible to use MDF for stile and rail doors with thin ply in the centre. I've been finding it very difficult to source joinry grade oak or pine where I live. I tried using pine from the local builders yard but the timber isn't that good. Lots of knots and small twists. I have all...

New 14x6m extension going into a 2400sq ft house. The house is heated by a wood burning stove and oil with plastic pipes branch system. In this new extension I'm thinking of a manifold for the rads instead of fittings under the floor. Is it just a case of tee off the heating flow and...

I have a gas stove for cooking in my kitchen with 6 rings. Lately anytime I cook on it my angel carbon monoxide alarms go off. One in the living room and one in the kitchen. Where would the fault be. There is no gas leaking. It's just when I use the stove. Once I open the windows and...

Just a random post. I'm left with these screws and bits and don't know what they are fir. It doesn't show in the booklet every screw and bit location. On the booklet, the stop and start buttons are located on the front but when I go to use screw location underneath, they don't aline with the...

I have 16 rads in my house. Got work done a few years ago and moved the rad with some plastic pipe. The plastic pipe was connected where the rad was, and instead of drilling holes through the joist. The pipes where brought over the joist in the void area then back into the same room on the...

I'm looking to attach a hose to a rad valve to drain down the system since there isn't a drain valve. Which fitting should I get to attach to the rad which will connect to a hose.

See pics. I had a new insulated plasterboard ceiling installed in my house s few years ago and the consumer unit cover was cut to accommodate the new ceiling. You can still get to all connections when the cover is off so not to bad. I will be getting an electrician to connect a 10sq swa...

One is a simple question that is about this cable on the roll. Sent the misses for 2.5 cable but she came back with this. I'm 99.9% it's 1.5 cable instead of 2.5mm for sockets that I needed. See pic of the roll. Second question is I picked up this light in screwfix and I already have a 1 5...

Wanting to find router bits so I can make some kitchen doors. I extended my small kitchen 5 years ago and one thing or another I just hadn't put the extra few doors on. Now, I think I'll do it before it turns into another 5 years lol. I prices about for 7 new doors and was getting quoted over...

I have this burner in years but it's starting to give abit of jip. It's taking ages to fire up or not for up at all. It's not an air lock because have oil in it. Wanting to know the process of elimination to work out what the problem is.

I've a large home and site and now looking for a home cctv system, possibly 8 cameras. Night vision and back recording thst I can view on my phone. I was briefly looking at some swan cameras online However looking at some reviews of it, people have been sending them back because of some issues...

I'm looking to change my PVC fascia, soffit and windows from white to anthricite. I have seen a product online, ronseal upvc paint which also has a primer in it to save having to prime first. Has anyone used this product before. I can't seem to find any reviews online apart from one on screwfix...

I'm trying to work out the sand and cement for building a straight wall and 3 pillars. The wall is 37m and the pillars are 2 blocks on flat upto a height of 1.3m 40 linear Meters bed of mortar x 0.100 wide x 0.016mm high = 0.06 x 5 beds of mortar= 0.3 ton. Throw in 0.2 ton for the pillars as...

I have two carbon monoxide alarms. One is a fire angel and the other I don't know the make. My question is, how long do these take to make a reading or how to use the digital one. Sometimes I would press it, it gives the temperature for example 24 degrees and zero ppm and other times it...

I have a soffit overhang off 245mm from rendered wall to the start of fascia. Im putting new stone on the face of the house which is 165mm of the wall which will leave me 80mm for new spot lights. Maybe even 70mm or less so I the spots aren't tight against the stone and underside of the fascia...

I bought a shed 2 months ago for storage for tools and weights etc.. was supposed to install it on a base when first arrived but with being so busy, I couldn't get around to it. Now thou, I have built up just over 300mm with blocks on its flat around the perimeter of the base and will be...

Finding it extremely difficult to lock this door . I have two in the house and the one that I'm finding it difficult to lock, this round part at the top of the locking mechanism isn't going to the top of where it should. I's there an easy fix or is it a whole new mechanism and if so, what is...