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Hi. We are replacing a wood burner with a 6 inch flue liner with a new wood burner with a 5 inch flue liner. Can we just run the new 5 inch flue down inside the old 6 inch flue liner? Regards Jeremya

Hi. Some advice please. We have bedroom wall which is a mixture of stone and brick. The wall is about 2 foot thick and is solid - no cavity. We believe we have sorted the source of damp in this wall. Now our options are to hack off all the plaster and re plaster the wall - once it has dried out...

Hi. We currently have a brick chimney stack which we believe is letting in water / damp. Should we render it and if so what happens to the damp in the chimney or should be cover it in a waterproof sealer and are such sealers / coatings breathable? Any advise gratefully received.

Hi. Can anyone help? We have a Silavent fan fixed in the ceiling space above the shower. The fan is controlled by the light switch. Next to the light switch is an isolator switch. The fan has stopped working so I need to replace it. Is it sufficent to switch off the isolator switch so I can...

Hi. Can anyone help. I need to replace a hand basin waste but am having difficulty unscrewing the large hex nut fixing the waste to the sink and the hex nut joining the waste to the waset pipe. There must be a special spanner for this but I am having trouble locating one and the access behind...

Hi I need to replace the waste in a bathroom sink but am having a problem finding a spanner to undo the hex nut which screws up to the underside of the sink and to undo the large hex not which connects the waste to the waste pipe. Any clues as to what I should be looking for? Thanks

Hi. I am building a gazebo and am tiling the roof with cedar shingles. Does anyone have any tips, guidance or ideas about how best to create a waterproof hip joint? I don't really want to make ridge tiles out of the shingles as this looks tricky. Any ideas gratefully received. Thanks

Hi Does anyone know where I can source an Air Switch. It is for a light which will be switched on by passing your hand over the top of the light. Such lights do exist - I just need to find a switch to do this. Many thanks.

Hi all. Can anyone help? The airbag warning light has started to flash on and off and stays fixed on after about 5 mins. Before I get a full investigation done by the garage has anyone come across such a problem? Is there a connection somewhere I can check? The local garage says that they...

Hi. Can anyone help. I am trying to install some software which will allow be to connect my mobile phone to my PC. During the process I am getting the warning message "this driver does not pass the XP Logo Test". How important is this? A further message says that could damage my PC if I...

Hi, can anyone help? We have a Peugeot 406 Estate with a 6 CD Player mounted in the back of the car. The CD player has stopped working. When you select CD player and a particular CD the message we get is "CD not found" I have cleaned and reinstalled the CD's but still the player appears not to...

We have a Peugeot 405 1.9 Petrol, J reg, 90k. Went to check the oil level and found creamy deposits at the end of the dip stick. I suspect this may show water mixing in with the oil. The oil needed topping up which I did. The car runs v well and is v reliable. Do we have a serious problem or...

We need to fix some copper wire to a steel bar. Can copper wire be soldered onto the steel bar? The wire is weight bearing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have installed the Polycell secondary glazing system (vertical sliding panes using the ratchet system) behind existing sash windows. For maintenance reasons I need to remove the sliding panes but have forgotten how to do this. Does anyone have any experience of doing this or any idea of where...

Hotpoint washing machine model wma 33 - water leak which I suspect is a leaking door seal. Has anyone any experience of changing a door seal on such a machine or is it a specialist job. Thanks

Have been trying to connect a ceiling rose and light pendant to existing wiring in the ceiling. The cable from the ceiling has green, black and red wires. The green is connected to the earth on the ceiling rose, the black is connected to the live on the ceiling rose amd the red is connected to...

After a recent period of heavy rain I found that a large part of the garage floor was wet. I checked the flat roof - from the inside - and there was no significant evidence of water coming in through the roof. Is there a possibility of water coming up through the concrete floor from below and if...