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Morning all, Sorry if this has been posted before; I did check but didn't see anything. I have a quote to do the following: - From under sink split into the ring main and mount a fuse spur from under the sink and drill through the back wall. - From here run armoured cable down along the back...

Hi all, I hope this reaches the right people. Please note this is not a FOR SALE ad, but for some advice about selling a shower. I recently bought a new Frameless Shower Enclosure from an online bathroom company for a new ensuite extension. Once we had bought it, we decided to change...

Hope someone can advise... We are installing a new bathroom and I have bought a bath at Homebase but need some advise on the waste. The waste options, that Homebase say "fit" this bath, are not what we want. They have a chain option or a standard pop up waste. The kids broke the last pop...

Currently own a 1950's 3 bed semi. I want to build an extension on the garage to make an en-suite bedroom. The current garage is double skin, so no need to make any changes, we can build straight on that as has everyone else in our cul de sac. I know it depends on a number of factors, but...

Hi, we have 5 spots or downlighters in the bathroom, 1 of them blew the other day so went to change it but nothing wrong with the bulb. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CONNECTER pins may be broke, can i change the round connector where the bulb fits into?

Morning, Wonder if anyone can help me. We have the space to convert the loft and also build a single story extension onto our garage (which has double footings already) however I want to do one or other 1st then do the other one at a later date. Can anyone advise about what would be a...

Hi, I have a corner shower and will be removing and resealing around the tray due to wear and tear on the sealant....but I have a very small amount of mould in the corner where the 2 walls of tiles meet at the bottom by the tray. To replace this, would it be best to cut it out with a blade...

Hi, I have bought a new door seal to fit, but am stumped by vids on the net and instrutions.....can anyone recommend an internet link for easy step by step guidelines?

Does anyone know if you can re-spray wooden furniture like you re-spray a car and if so how you do it?>

I wonder if someone can help me. I am redecorating my son's room and in there is a built in wardrobe with sliding doors which are mirrored from top to bottom and I want to take them out and replace either with folding shutter doors or 2 new doors on hinges. The doors are currently on runners...

Hi chaps and chapesses.... I had a new bathroom refurb done about 4 years ago and we had a new bath fitted which I think is called a Mirage Bath (1700x750mm) in size and we had Pixi Bath shower mixer fitted and a Sagittarius Bath waste fitted. Here is the waste we had installed...

Hi guys, Hope someone can help me. About 3.5 years ago, we had the following shower unit fitted in a refurb of our bathroom http://www.merlyn-bathrooms.com/merlyn_local/products/enclosures/merlyn/6series/product.php?product_id=115 Now, nearly 4 years on, the sealant used around the...

Wonder if you can help. I have an Aqualisa AXIS Exposed standard unit, installed about 3 years ago by a professional plumber. To date, perfect, no problems at all, however tonight we had small powersurge in the house and now the LED'S are on constantly on the unit. The shower works fine...

1, 2 or A I don't have a STB I am using a HDD LG DVD Recorder with built in Freeview. I can't tell in the instruction booklet how to retune to find these.... Any ideas?

Hi I have just installed an HDD LG Recorder with Freeview+. I have split the ariel feed with an SLX 2 way masthead UHF Aerial Amp to split the feed outside and a Masthead amp with mains power supply to place in the lounge to boost the signal. Picture quality is good. however, here lies...

I am doing a bit of DIY arial maintenance. I am splitting the cable outside to then run into the lounge and bedroom. I have all the relevent connector boxes, cable etc etc but I have a question. How do you cut the cable to then fix the Connectors to it and do I use satellite connectors...

Hi, I need to extend my arial cable and noticed when Sky was installed, they put some sort of cover where the cable enters the house. Not a grommet, but something bigger, like a plate. Does anyone know what this is called and where I can get one? d

About 3 months ago we got a new patio laid by a builder at quite a hefty cost due to the size of space, about 60 square metres. We used sandstone slabs, 4 different sizes. All looked lovely when finished. At the time I admit I was puzzled with the pointing, it was a dry sand/cement mix and...

We have the above boiler, which was installed about 2 years ago. We had a few initial teething problems and had the installer back and forth, but all settled down for the past 18 months. The last week, EVERY Morning without fail I have had to re-pressurise the boiler as it showed E119 error...

We have a brick wall seperating us from next door, approx 7 ft high going at 90 degrees from the back wall of the house. About 2 ft up the wall towards one end, the pointing has crumbled, forcing the wall to be very wobbly. My builder tells me that the wall should be double the thickness...