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Hi, My garage is attached to the house. Just under the door from the hallway to the garage is an open-ended white pipe, and it's started dripping water. I've attached a picture of it. Please can you let me know what it is, why it's dripping, and what I should do to fix it? Thanks for helping!

Hi, I'm trying to install a Nest Thermostat E but I can't get it to work properly - it always calls for heat. Its replacing a Danfoss RMT230 wired like this: I wired in the Heatlink following the guide on this page: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9247634?hl=en-GB Where it...

Apologies for asking such a basic question, I've tried to use search here and on Google but I don't know what the names of these parts are so I couldn't find anything. All I'm trying to do is change a tap washer (cold tap in a downstairs toilet room). I need to turn off the water to do so...

Hi, In my bathroom I've got 6 MR16 fittings which I've just put LED lamps into, problem is couple of them flicker, presumably where the transformers aren't coping with the LEDs. Each fitting has it's own little transformer, so my question is can I cut off the old per-fitting transformers and...

Hi, I've got a shed that looks like this: I want to wall mount a 14Kg LCD TV on the inside of it just to the left of the Window in the above picture. I was planning to use this bracket from Screwfix (fitting instructions are here). What I'm worried about is that the shed walls are 60mm thick...

Hi, My window frames and sills are in a shocking state and I need to repaint them. Most are wood so I know what to do with them, but I have one that is metal. Is there anything I need to do different? I thought I probably need to get a different primer, but after that can I use gloss as per...

I've removed six downlights from my bathroom and then attached plasterboard discs in the holes using batten and screws. I then filled the gap around the discs with decorators caulk and left it to set. Problem is the caulk isn't setting well - it's cracking away from the edges of the holes...

Looking at the Part P regs and the bathroom zone diagram it looks to me that anything more than 60cm from the edge of a bath/sink that is above 225cm is not regarded as within a special location, and so work can be carried out without notification being required. Is that right or have I...

Hi, I'm planning to put some new lights in the loft and wanted to check I'm going about it properly. Any advice is welcome! This shows what I'm planning: There are 8 lights because they have to be mounted quite low and there are joists in several places which will block a lot of...