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Was cleaning the understairs cupboard in our new house and this popped out at me. It's setting off my wee detector, but only on low, not the big alarm you get when you touch plug sockets. It's a 100 year old house so could be from any era! Can't trace it back any further as it goes right under...

I've made a bit of a rod for my own back and need help finding a solution. I had an outbuilding constructed. I asked them to dig a bit deeper for extra head height on the inside, so the building is below ground level and the cladding is level with the grass adjacent. I'm now planning to put a...

Some info: I've got 10mm laminate, going onto 5mm foam gold foil backed underlay with a chipboard subfloor. Questions: 1. Do you need to run the underlay up the wall a few inches instead of just flush to the wall edges, then cut it away at the end? Why is this? Seems a faff with the spacers...

I was digging in the garden and hit this. Stopped as soon as I saw it was blue and hairy. I know absolutely nothing about asbestos, so not sure if it should be ringing alarm bells, or I'm being overly cautious. I've already called the pros about coming to look at it, but as they can't come...

I've drawn up plans for a 700mm wide decking path using timber joists, decking blocks etc etc, but I feel like I'm massively over complicating it. I also want it to be flush with the grass level, so I'll need to excavate a whole lot of soil. In these photos, I can see the guy has used some kind...

Disclaimer: I'm useless I've managed to get the area that needs lifted loose as a big solid block (About 7 different sized slabs that are all still attached at the joints). The spade is able to lift the whole thing up so it's definitely loose from the ground. Problem is two fold: - it seems to...

My partner bought a sideboard she wanted me to upcycle. I painted it with furniture paint and given it a few coats of chalky finish spray lacquer but she's since decided she'd like to convert it to an undersink unit with countertop basin. Is there a finish I can apply directly on top of the...

We've purchased a hot tub and are getting a socket installed outdoors to power it from. I'm not DIYing the socket, but I'd like to be armed with the best solution when I get an electrician in because I know it can be a tricky job with lots of pitfalls and risky shortcuts. I'm a bit paranoid...

I just changed two light fixtures and put new bulbs in. They're controllable from a dimmer switch. When I turn them on, they flicker like crazy. I've since figured out that dimmer switches have a min load (usually 40W), but the bulbs are LED and only 6.5W - is this the likely cause of the...

I've got a 4" deep timber frame on top of paving slabs ready to fill in before the artificial grass arrives. The area is 4m x 5.5m. I have a couple of questions: - Should I remove some or all of the paving slabs before filling the frame in? Is there any benefit/harm to keeping the slabs? - What...

I know this is bad. Really bad. I'm a grade-A idiot. Hopefully the worst DIY mistake I ever make. I just got done laying 6m x 4.8m of decking onto joists without leaving gaps between. I put three nails in each board - one either side and one in the middle. The nails are ring shank, I think. I...