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Hi, sons old inbuilt oven packed up and I said I’d help him for a new one. What I wasn’t expecting is for it to be wired into a junction box that has a cable connected to somewhere that isn’t even 2.5mm, looks more like lightning cable. Looking at the fuse box there is a thick cable not sure...

Hi, at sons house. Setting his water to 40 c it’s too hot to put your hand under, setting it to 39c and it’s Luke warm. is this diy fixable or do we need an engineer? thanks

Hi, son bought a mid terraced house a couple of years ago. The attic has been converted into a room, see attached pic (estate agents pic before he bought house), but it wasn’t listed as with a loft conversion as it isn’t up to standards. Surveyor also said it breaks various rules (especially...

Hi all. In May 2019 I contacted the council as my wife saw a rat on my neighbours doorstep, and I saw one coming out of a road drain across the road. A few weeks later another neighbour said they had had rats in their attic and couldn’t understand how they got there, and pest control sorted it...

Hi all. Have thick tiles hence have at least 10mm deep gap (as in gap from front of tile to the wall behind it, not gap between tile and worktop) Am I being stupid if fill the depth with silicon and make it flush with the tiles rather than having a 45 degree bead? thanks

Hi all, In our living room we have laminate flooring, skirting board (installed after flooring, hence covers edge of flooring), papered then painted walls, wooden window sills. Last January we had central heating installed. Soon after we kept finding these patterned bits of paper that flaked...

About 12 years ago our toilet was replaced. At the time the soil pipe was sanded down back to metal and as far as I'm aware (not sure) metal paint was applied. New toilet and lino being installed next week, as you can see from the pic, rust and a line along the top has gradually appeared over...

Hi all 11 year old Anglian windows, need to replace a couple of the frame seals (not the glass seals). I've attached pics of the existing ones that I cant find anywhere, am I right in presuming I could replace them with something close like The first pic I can use bubble seal The second...

Last one in the chain flickers once it’s been on a few mins, if I remove the bulb, the flickering moves to next one in chain. if I replace the old halogen transformers with https://cpc.farnell.com/powerpax/led-dr-12v-1250-15w/led-driver-12vdc-1-25a-15w/dp/PW04025?CMP=TREML007-005 should it...

Hi, sons just moved into a new (to him) house. kitchen has 3 GU10 bulbs in light fitting, landing has 6 GU5.3 bulbs. All halogen. Only one of the six on the landing was working. I removed one of the others (which is how I found out they were GU5.3) and only two of the three GU10 in the...

Hi all. Kitchen ceiling has a sheet of plasterboard as it's ceiling, the bedroom upstairs gets both smells noise and cold from the kitchen. The wiring is all rooted through top (or near top) of joists. I intend to put 4" insulation on the plasterboard, which will under the wiring. But some...

I live in the east of England, and we get a lot of lightning in the summer. Twice in the past three years I've had my router zapped and had to replace it, since then, I always unplug the router from the phone line whenever I hear thunder approaching. Tuesday night, thunder started, I...

Hi all, just noticed a crack that wasn't there a few months ago (pre 1930 house). It goes from the ceiling to just past top of door. No crack in upstairs room, zero signs of any cracks outside. A few times the front door has heavily slammed shut in the wind when back door is also open, mind...

Hi, just had a faulty meter replaced (faulty in that I had no electric) and while he was at it, he replaced the sealed fuses and the tails coming from the fuses to the meter. He gave me a warning notice that the tails going into the fusebox are only 16mm and I should get them upgraded...

Hi all. OK, I know I've screwed up, it's felted perfectly (decent torch on) apart from one thing, I didn't use any arris rail. I'm about to put gutters at the front and rear of the shed, but I want to stop water going off the sides. I was thinking using roofing adhesive to stick plastic...

My pillar drill started not turning on propery. Each time I pressed the green button it would only go while I had finger on button. I would have to try it up to 10 times before it finally stayed on. No problem I thought, I would change the green/red buttoned on/off switch. I took it apart and...

Hi all A friend has a Mira Advanced ATL Thermostatic shower that works properly except he had to replace the shower hose. The end that goes into the unit had a washer that's earthed, but as you can see from the attached pic, it's broken. He's asked around and the only success he's had so...

Hi all. I built a workshop for myself around 2008, when it finished, the roof looked like this It was fine for a couple of years, but since then I have had nothing but problems with it and have had to make numerous bodges concluding in me having to rip part of it off and replace with cheap...

Hi all Have sockets on my kitchen wall, I know the cable runs down from them all so nothing above them. I want to fit metal bars across the wall like these http://www.no29design.com/2013/01/the-newly-uncluttered-kitchen-counter.html Obviously nothing will be hung over the sockets...

yes I know, should have hired a pro :) I've put a top coat on my landing walls, I did a pretty good job with most of it (for a diy-er) But there was part of it that the wall was slightly uneven, so I (probably stupidly) evened it up with the top coat and decided I'd give it a second...