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I'm currently working in my loft replacing the insulation above the kitchen, when I pulled back the insulation I noticed the kitchen downlights are wired up using .75mm 2 core flex, i'll try to explain the how they are wired... There is a junction box above the kitchen which has the mains feed...

I have outdoor recessed downlights installed currently running off a timer and i'm looking to add a PIR sensor to them so when the lights go off on the timer at night, the PIR is still active and the lights will come on should there be any movement in the garden. I've attached a picture of how...

Hi, In a few weeks time I have builders coming out to build an extension onto my house, in order to save some money i'm going to install the insulated plasterboard myself, i've installed loads of normal plasterboard in the past but this is the 1st time using the insulated stuff. In the new...

Hi, I'm in the process of putting together plans to build an extension onto my house and i'm currently looking at the current electrical system thats installed. I'm no electrician and wont be doing the work myself i'm just trying to get a list of the work needing done together so I can get a...

Hi, I'm looking to get the existing wooden fascia boards replaced by uPVC, the current wooden boards are starting to show their age and i've decided to go for the relatively maintenance free uPVC, this is what I plan on doing, could anybody in the know have a quick look over this and let me...

I recently started renovating my kitchen and required to pull up and replace the floor, when I did this I noticed the mains water comes into the house via a plastic duct, I also noticed this duct has water in it, the water is about 16-18 inches down, is this normal for this type of duct or could...

Hi, I'm getting some strange salt like stuff growing on the bricks on the front of my house, its not happening on any of the other sides of the house just the front, its got so bad on a few of the bricks the front of them has crumbled away and will need replaced. Does anybody have any idea...

Hi, I recently bought a new basin for my bathroom, it came with all the fittings, etc. Its similar to this one... http://www.bathroomheaven.com/images/product/main/myrla-round-counter-top-bowl---setting-shot.jpg I cant work out for the life of me how to install the waste, it came with...

Hi, I'm having some trouble trying to remove exterior window paint/stain from the rendered window surround, the previous owners decided it was a good idea while painting the windows to also paint the walls at the sides of the windows. So far I managed to get 1 side of 1 window stripped, I...

Hi, In my house the dinning room, kitchen and kitchen utility room are all separate, i'm planning to knock them all into 1 big dinning kitchen. To do this I need to remove 2 interior walls. How can I tell if these walls are load bearing or not? one of the walls runs the opposite way from...

Hi, Now that the weather is getting good again I need to work on the windows at the front of my house, there are 2 wooden windows which have been painted with a horrible fake mahogany stain/paint and the wood is showing some weather damage. I've never repaired wood before, I...

Hi, When I moved into my house about 3 years ago I noticed a couple of the roof boards had came away (don't know what they are called, you have the slates on the outside then the felt then whatever it is the felt is stuck to). After the rotten few weeks we've had with snow I went up the...

Hi, I am looking to either create storage in my garage or in my loft, I run a small business and my excess stock is stored in a spare room, while this is ok I want to free up this room for guests. I only have about 100-150kg of stock. I was thinking I could store it in either my garage...

Hi, I bought my house about 4 years ago and the previous owners had just laid a new lawn, it all looked good, of course I moved in on the summer and everything was freshly laid. A couple of months later I soon found out why. Underneath the turf they had put about 1-2inches of good quality...

Hi, I've finally got around to decorating my spare bedroom and not before time, the previous owners had painted the whole room blue, blue walls blue roof, blue carpet, it is horrible. They also added a blue patterened border around the whole room, how nice :) Today I tried to remove that...

I've just recently had my bedroom skimmed with a new coat of plaster, everything looked great until I did the mist coat. On the ceiling used to be artex, this was skimmed over and when I painted a mist coat of watered down white matt emulsion you can see the undelying artex in some places...

Hi, I am going to be installing extractor fans in my bathroon, en-suite and kitchen and i'm looking for some advice. The room sizes are: wide long high Bathroom: 300cm 400cm 240cm En-Suite: 180cm 240cm 240cm kitchen: 300cm 300cm...

Hi, I recently got a new boiler installed, Worcester Greenstar 42CDi, and its working like a dream. The only problem is that the pressure steadily falls, in the past 2 months the pressure has fallen from 2bar down to 1bar, so I topped it back up to 2bar with the filling loop. There must...

Hi Everybody, I really need some advice on which route to take. I recently ripped out my en-suite bathroom with a view to splitting it into a shower room and a walk in wardrobe. Now im ready to fit the shower. I have cold water storage in the loft and a hot water cylynder in the cupboard...