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I've done something silly and now can't get our kitchen lights working. A month or so ago we had our artex ceiling throughout the downstairs skimmed by a plasterer. Before he arrived, I removed all of the light fittings so that he could do the job properly. They were such horrible outdated...

So we've recently moved into a 1985 built (Bovis) house. The previous owner bought from new and was a pipe smoker. The smell wasn't too bad though when we moved in. We have recently been removing wallpaper from the hall, stairs and landing. The paper had been put straight onto the...

Hi I hope this is the right/ok place to ask for help with this. Last October we used a firm to carry out work to our property: install new gas cooker and move a boiler further into the understairs cupboard. I am now in a dispute with the firm who are requesting full settlement of the...

We have had a company fit a new gas/electric cooker, including control panel. They are now requesting payment but I have two issues: 1. The wire that they have installed from the CU to a cooker switch then on to a cooker outlet, has been chased into the wall where I intend to install...

We have a problem which is driving us mad!!! Our semi-detached house originally had a mains water supply that fed through from next door at just below ceiling height into a downstairs bathroom. Previous to us moving in, this was replaced by a separate water mains (modern blue pipe) that comes...

I'm going to start laying patio on Monday and still unsure about best method, considering: 1. using machine cut sandstone (horizon slabs from stonemarket) ie. little vartion in thickness and almost like tiles 2. I'm a novice and have heard individual bed is easier! 3...

Any general advice on using a plate compactor? Never used one before. Picking one up tomorrow morning to wack down about 4" of type 1 before laying slabs. Seems to be obvious enough, just passing over until compacted 'to refusal'...but as I'm discovering there's always something I will...

Any of you guys got any suugestions for how I go about preparing the area prior to laying a compacted hardcore/mot sub base? Basically I've got few edges of the new patio that will be 'free'. In other words not butted up to a wall or anything solid. Eventually some of these edges will have...

Hello to all! This is my first post so go gentle! Seems like a popular question this and I have spent a great deal of time reading previous posts and info on pavingexpert.com. However, the more I read the more I get confused and doubt myself. Oh dear. Anyhow, I am constructing a garden...