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Looking for this type of connector that will fit inside a light fitting, something that isn't much bigger than a generic ceiling rose. I have used click connectors for downlighters with great success but they are too big for the fitting I am thinking about using it for. It's to make it easier...

I have some old - I am assuming imperial- compression fittings in my house. Recent one was an octagonal nut but think previous one I had a problem with was hexagonal. The nuts on the '15mm' -assuming 1/2" - compression joints are a wee bit too big for my 15mm compression spanner. Normally I...

I need one sheet of plasterboard 2.2 m long and 65cm wide (9.5mm thick). I don't really want a join in it because of where it is (for a wall facing a door and quite close) - I would need to do a good finishing job to cover it up. Looking around to get this length I would need to buy 2.4m x...

These are not low voltage - just on a mains circuit. (FItted by previous owner who I call mr bodge-it for good reason) All in zone 1 and I am pretty sure not IP rated - so I know are dodgy. I have screw in LEDs in them but think it is about time to replace them with something safer. I thought I...

Fitting cam/furniture locks in particle board (I think it is - Ikea kitchen doors was really difficult to drill, looks like compressed cardboard of something - worse than chipboard or mdf - kind of thing that blunts drill bits -or in my case hole drill bit) First couple were ok - got...

Stupid mistake alert... This is a cheap soldering iron with a ceramic core. (Actually this one https://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/zd-920c-89-9203-bs-plug/soldering-kit/dp/SD01157?st=30w%20soldering%20irons but there seem to be similar ones out there) It stopped heating and I replaced it with a...

I am seriously thinking about buying a scaffold tower (DIY) To be of any use it will have to be a 7m one (house on a slope, so almost 3 storey on one side). I want one to do things like clear gutters, clear moss off roof, clean solar panels, paint fascias/windows, prune tall hedges/trees...

(Asking for a family member so may be a delay in answering questions) For a Worcester Bosch Greenstar CDI 30, the room thermostat part was dropped and broke ... Online can only see replacements that include the plug in part (receiver?) as well and they are £200 ish. Is it possible just to get...

Paper was stripped off a while ago. Walls were painted before being papered (not by me) - just round to re decorating. The paint is crazing/flaking off - which I believe is down to the paint that had been used reacting with the wallpaper paste left on the walls after stripping.... I know I need...

I had this fitted about 5 years ago in a house that has been empty a lot. I think something alive has triggered it before -full description below* Recently the electricity has been turned off at the mains a couple of times for a couple of hours. Then I had the power off for about 6 hours...it...

I have a whole empty house to decorate, some bare plaster and lots of woodwork to paint including interior doors. And some mdf cupboards. Plan on doing white woodwork - have some Dulux mdf primer, Johnstones water based primer/undercoat and satin top coat for woodwork. Ceilings will be white...

I have had to lift some 5 finger parquet floor to allow underfloor access (Gas pipe and pesky sleeper walls with no access holes...) and I guess I might need to lift it again in the future. To get it up without damaging it we had to start at the edge and lift quite a bit -in the end we just took...

Getting myself confused! Want to replace a bathroom fan - it is Zone 3 and 240v. It comes on with the light switch but there is also a separate isolator pull switch in the bathroom. It stays on for a while after you turn the lights off so has a timer. Bathroom has a window but it is still a...

I think there must be a trick to do this? I have a concealed shower valve that I had to disconnect (cartridge had seized and needed to put it in a vice to get it free) It has two elbows - a female x compression for the cold feed and output (hot feed is straight) and a male x compression elbow...

These are under cupboard /counter kitchen 'puck' lights from IKEA (Grundtal) that use 10w halogen G4 bulbs. I have 6 pucks - split into 2 lots of 3. Each lot of 3 is wired directly into one transformer (from ikea) - they have individual connectors for each wire that sits on top of the...

This is a WTE84307GB/13 - I am currently giving it a good clean up as it has been not working very well. Inside was grim! I have cleaned out the sump/pump and the hoovered it out in side above the motor etc . Have removed the cover and cleaned up the front fan. Removed the back panel and...

This is for a friend so if you need more info it might take me longer to find out... They have this shower and the shower head keeps dribbling when turned off. I have a different type of Mira shower (not a bath mixer one) and had a similar problem that was solved with a replacement seal kit. So...

Under kitchen sink pipes but in years ago by kitchen fitters is a mess. They were going to do plastic, I asked for copper I got a mish mash of both..and all a bit mad - love the hot water feed for washing machine - two elbow in less than 10 inch...why? Anyway hose to washing machine started...

I have a leak on my cold infill hose for my Bosch Washing machine - looked at Bosch ones - £18ish :eek:. Could get a standard one for £3 ish and it is longer than the Bosch which in my situation might be better as when I pull it out to clean under it (rarely ;)) it does strain the hose a bit...

It's a monoblock tap and the spout became so stiff that it loosened the tap on the sink. I've managed to tighten up the tap underneath but obviously the spout is going to need to be cleaned and greased otherwise it'll happen again. Problem I have is I can't get it apart. Have found the...