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I am having GU10s put into a room approx 3m x 3m, I am wondering how many I need to give enough light. I am thinking 4? It is a kitchen. I am also having them in a bathroom,a room slightly smaller and want it to be quite bright.

How should skim beads be finished? I have just had some plastering done and the metal of the bead (solid corner not mesh) shows through. My plasterer tells me this is normal and just needs multiple coats of paint. Is this normal and how do I paint it? Do i treat with a metal primer before...

A friend is converting a house into 2 flats. All electrical work has been done by a qualified electrician on weekends. He has now found out the electrician's boss won't sign off the work because he hasn't done the job and would be potentially liable for tax if he did sign it off. The guy who did...

I have just installed a new bar shower. The shower comprises of a metal pipe that leads up to a large shower head.The pipe connects to the bar via a deflector which has a button that sends the water to a microphone style shower head via a flexi hose. The connector from the deflector to the bar...

I have a gas fire in the front room I want to remove. Do I need a suitably qualified plumber/gas fitter to remove it or can I do it myself? It looks like it can be isolated from the supply by turning the valve next to it off with a screwdriver. Alternatively is it OK to disconect the...

I need to fit a heavy glass shelf with a ceramic basin on the wall that seperates my house from next door. I need a fairly deep hole I guess but don't want to go through into next door! I live in a Victorian terraced house, 3 up 3 down buit circa 1899. How thick generally are walls and how deep...

I have bought a Solo walk in shower enclosure from B & Q. There is no mention in the instructions of fitting the tray on a bed of sand and cement but instead just using the adjustable locakable feet and the fact the glass side panels are then attached to the wall. Is this the way to go as it...

I have just fitted a new toilet. The pan connector has a slight leak when the toilet is flushed. It is a flexible one and the pan is 300mm from the soil pipe inlet slightly offset. From browsing these forums, flexible connectors don't seem popular. I bought it from B & Q. My question(s)...

Due to a blunder in planning on my part it is going to be a nightmare to run the waste pipe from my bathroom basin straight between the closest joists and out through the wall. Is it OK to run it through a hole in 3 floor joists and then 90 degrees and out (Victorian house, 6.5''x1.25''...