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Hi I have an old (c.1900) terrace victorian house, with a cellar. The cellar has always had damp walls at the front of the house and sometimes I see patches of damp rising up through the concrete floor. However it is had been fairly dry outside for a couple of weeks now, but the last week...

Hi I am decorating a rear lobby area of an old victorian terrace house, which has a concrete floor. It had lino down, which I lifted up last night and it was very damp and a bit mouldy underneath. I'm not sure if the damp has risen through the concrete, or just moisture that has got trapped...

Hi I have moved into a 100 year old Victorian Terrace House with a slightly damp cellar. The cellar has the old window and grill under the front bay window blocked up with concrete slabs. I am looking at a easy way to provide a bit more ventilation and get rid of the damp smell. I know...

Hi I have a leaking bath hold and cold mixer tap, that I'm having some difficulty getting someone to fix or work out how to do it myself. The tap is probably 7/8 years old and I'm told it is Ideal Standard although it does not actually say on it. I had 2 plumbers look who basically said...

Hi I have an IKEA light fitting, with 8 Halogen G4 12V 10W bulbs in. It originally had a dimmer switch that seemed to work fine, however we had all our lighting rewired and I bought a new 400w max dimmer and fitted that. It seemed to work, but turning it up and down caused a lot of flickering...

Hi Have recently got some quotes of 3 local firms for fitting a new Control Unit/ fusebox, earth bonding in bathroom, gas/water and mains supply and complete re-wire of the lighting and switches. The quotes come in at £890, £1468, and £750. It is usual for such a range of prices, I have no...

Hi I have some new lino to fit in out bathroom. The floor has floorboards at the moment. Do I need to fit some plywood on top of them before putting the lino down? If so, what sort of plywood and where do I get it? Once the lino is down do I need to seal it round the edges to stop any...

Hi I have 3 queries on new lights I am trying to install. Firstly, after removing the old light fittings I have discovered that there is no earth wire in the wiring for the lights in our flat. So I have just installed new light fittings with just live and neutral wire, is this safe? The...

I am going to fit laminate flooring in my lounge measuring 5.5m x 4m. It currently has a window on the long side of the room and the floorboards running parallel to the window - ie down the long side towards the short side. I've read I'm meant to lay the laminate in the opposite direction to...

I have just moved into a flat that I will be decorating. In the bedroom there are 2 bedside wall lamps wired into the mains, each with the own switch next to the lamp. I want to remove these and the switches and fill in the holes ready for painting. Question is, what do I do with the wiring...