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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    You are greatly overestimating my skills. I just about know the difference between a flat head and a phillips screwdriver. I have had a look at the youtube videos detailing how to chase in wires. It seems waaay to complicated. I'd rather pay someone to so it properly than spend time trying to...
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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    Book suggestions are also welcome! I shall try and track that one down.
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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    Thank you, I'll take a look.
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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    That will probably be my next step if the youtube tutorial fails.
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    Getting Rid of Trunking and chasing in wires

    The doors haven't actually been rehung - they still open into the room. Someone opening the door while I'm in my birthday suit isn't my biggest concern as I'm living alone. I just want to get rid of the ugly trunking as cheaply as possible.
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    Getting Rid of Trunking and chasing in wires

    There is trunking around the bottom of the walls which connects the sockets. Ideally, I'd get rid of that too. I think the previous owners wantd to do everything as cheaply as possible as they rented the place.
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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    Basic decorating would probably be a good start as I'm going to have to paint all the walls. Most of the things that are wrong with the flat are big jobs best left to the professionals - plastering, fitting a new kitchen, chasing in wires and installing plug sockets. My radiators aren't...
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    Getting Rid of Trunking and chasing in wires

    Hello, I recently purchased a flat and all the wires leading from the light switches to the light fittings are covered in ugly trunking. I want an electrician to chase the wires into the walls. I've had several quotes and they vary enormously from £750 up to £5000. Each electrician says...
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    Recommendations for the clueless beginner

    Hello! I know very little about DIY, bu really need to learn as I've just bought a flat which needs more doing to it than I thought. There are loads of youtube channels out there but I really don't know where to start. I'd like to get a good overview of things and not to sound completly...
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