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I would like to run electricity to my shed in the garden, and will obviously have to get a qualified elecytrician to do the difficult bit. However I want to lay the cable myself and run it to the MCB in the house for the electrician to fit. I have a couple of questions, but first the details...

Grateful for some advice on which adhesive to use for real slate floor tiles. Intend to lay onto a level concrete floor. Tiles obviously vary in thickness. What adhesive options are open to me and what are the pros and cons of each. Can I use a simple sand and concrete mix - presumably this...

I have a tumble dryer in the utility room with a hole in the wall (former cat flap) nearby. I have fitted (rectangular profile) ducting behind the tumble dryer, through into the cupboard next to it and out through the cat flap. i have filled and plastered around the hole. the problem I now...

I have just refurbished a reclaimed radiator but I am unable to remove the hexagonal screw-in stopper in order to replace it with a valved version I have. It seems to be set solid in the threads. I have tried with a heavy, long spanner with lots of leverage, but it does not seem to shift...

I am building an outhouse, and want to take electricity out there. I plan to have a lighting ring (there will be 3 rooms) and a socket ring. I intend to run the power from the main MCB in the house, directly to an MCB in the outhouse, which will then feed the rings. Grateful for answers to...

My CH system seems to have a 22mm flow and a 28mm return. Does this make sense? What effect does this have? Is there any simple way of identifying the flow and return pipes further away from the boiler, other than by following 15mm pipes to radiators? What sized pipes does the hot water...

Grateful for some advice on changing my CH programmer.. Current programmer is some kind of Venner (precise spec unknown - it has a rotating clock dial with two "on" settings and two "off" settings as well as two three-poisition switches - HW and CH constant, timed and off). New programmer I am...