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Hi Forum Im wanting to replace my Drayton timer with a Nest Thermostat. I have wired a few of these before, but hadnt seen this wiring setup before (and yes I know the earths arent connected, I started taking them off before I noticed the wiring setup) There is an additional Neutral connection...

Hi Everyone Looking for thoughts on my very potholed track. I’ve put a video below to give an idea, but in short I have lots of potholes of various size and depth in an old tarmac/stone track. Next year I’m looking to potentially use a road reclamation provider to grind the whole thing down and...

Hi Guys We are refitting our bathroom and I wanted to take up the floorboards to replace the entire floor with 25mm ply in order to attempt a solid finish for tiling. The wall between the landing and the bathroom is brick and is about 2.4 meters long. When removing a floor board to inspect...

We have just moved into a new property which has a multi fuel stove in the front room. We have decided to upgrade the stove and im doing the surrounding work, starting with the removal of the brick surround. We were under the impression when we bought the property that there was a cast liner...

Hi Just moved into a new house approx 1950s build. I found the following on the skirting board. Any idea what it is? I was just planning to put a blanking plate over it unless there something more useful I could do with it?

Hi We have just moved into a new house, built about 1940 ish. In two if the bedrooms there are large grills (they measure about 12 inches square) that cover a vented opening into the cavity wall. The other side of the cavity is a large airbrick. My question is, do I need the vent / grill...

My parents in law asked me to come and have a look at a problem they had in their front room. They have a fireplace that had been bricked up over 15 years ago and had noticed some bubbling of the lining paper, just above the skirting. On removing some of the paper the wall behind was quite...

Hi Guys Just wondering what peoples experiences are with folding doors, the type you open and slide right back? Im looking at putting some in my extension and I see there are a lot of different options. Any one have any advise? Also, wheres the most competitive place to get them from? What...

Im am finishing a new extension off and thinking about fitting it out. One of the items I want to add is a wall mounted flat panel tv. What id really like to achiveve is a 'Seemless' setup where no leads are seen and the dvd and sky box / games console are also hidden away. Im happy with...

Hi Guys Bit of a noob question here. I have a new pitched roof for and extenstion which we have just finished putting all the rafters into. Im at the stage of underlaying and battening but I have been told (and ive got it on the existing roof) that its a good idea to put a layer of a plasticy...

Hi Guys Just a quick one. Im laying an engineered oak floor on to a chipboard sub floor (just stripped parquet off it - that was interesting..) The flooring shop sold me some DPM to lay under the underlay (i think, correct me if im wrong) But I have been looking around on the net and am...

Hi Forum Firstly I apologise if this should have been posted in the plumbing forum, but as it related to my kitchen extension I thought id try here! Basically I have finished digging trenches for the foundations for my extension, but I have a waste pipe that runs through the middle of what...

Hi Forum Im new here, but have been reading through the forums and know im going to find it all very very useful. I recently moved house, in the new property they erected a garage (of sorts) which basically is a roof that joins the house and the boundary wall and some block work front and...