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I have a vauxhall vectra 1.8 sxi on a 53 plate. I noticed the other night that whan the car is unlocked the number plate light will stay on indefinitely (I presume) and will only go off when I lock the car. It also comes on if I open the tailgate only. Surely this isn't supposed to happen...

I successfully laid some flagstones a couple of weeks back, barring a few I’ve had to lift and re-set, but my pointing didn’t go anywhere near as smoothly. I looked around at the various bits of advice on the forum and decided to go for a 3:1 building sand to cement, brushed dry into the joints...

Afternoon all I have 3 double external sockets (one of which is in my shed) at my house and wanted to make sure they are set up correctly, being as I don’t know who did them. I have a separate ring on my consumer unit for the kitchen sockets, of which there are four. Only one of those is...

Morning all I have paths around my house which are surfaced with rough concrete and they look very dirty and tired, as well as being a bit jagged and painful if you fall. I really don’t want to be hacking them away and replacing them, so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what I can...

Hi all I've read and digested a lot of the infomation out there on the web - most notably pavingexpert.com and also a lot of the posts on this forum regarding bedding mixtures. Thermo - who appears to know his stuff - recommends wet mortar as opposed to 10:1 a dry sharp sand/cement bed...

Hi all Whan trying to change the ignition coil pack on my Megane Coupe, I came across a rounded hex bolt, which I really need to extract. Trouble is, somebody has obviously tried before and snapped off the tip of a stud extractor in the bolt. It doesn't look like it goes very deep, but I know...

Morning My ‘plumber’ has made a bit of an error. He installed a shower, tray and quadrant enclosure for me and it’s leaking like a sieve. First he didn’t bother to tighten the trap (oops), then I find water pouring from beneath the curved rail that sits on the tray. I spoke to him and he...

Hi all I have fitted a basin in my bathroom with a pop-up waste and it’s leaking. There’s a nut that screws onto the rear of the bottle trap, through which there’s a rod with a ball on the end. It’s this nut that’s leaking. I’ve replaced it in case the nut was faulty, but it seems to have no...

Morning all. I have searched the forums and can't seem to find an exact match for this problem I have recently laid ceramic tiles in my bathroom with undertile heating. I connected up last night and all was fine until the surface of the tiles started to show dark blotches where there are...

Hi guys I’m new to this forum and there appear to be some knowledgeable, helpful people here. Great. I don’t know who wired my house, but I’ve seen something which confused the hell out of me. In the roof space above my bathroom I have a 30 amp former shower cable, which runs into a...