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I want to change the radiator in the toilet room to a towel radiator, the pipes coming out of the wall are plastic and I don’t want to remove the valves of them , can I put a 90 degree chrome elbow on the towel radiator tails so I can use original valves ? would like to say thanks to any...

Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy a stud finder as I'm helping my son with his new home putting pictures up on the wall , looking at different ones In b&q and wickes but the reviews are not the best , can anyone recommend a reasonably priced one that does a good job. Thanks in advance

My sons just a bought a new house and the builder has told him he needs to use wall plugs suitable for thermal walls , just wondering which would be the best ones to use.

Hi,I got a hotpoint FUFM181G fridge freezer,the freezer compartment is fine but my fridge is not getting cold,we've turned the dials to maximum but nothing seems to happen,was going to switch it off but haven't got anywhere to put the frozen food,any help would be greatly excepted. Thanks

A builder in our area has had a skip put on the road outside our houses, he is bringing bags of rubble home from jobs he is doing and filling the skip,just wondered if this is allowed ?

About 10 years ago I got a couple of quotes for my facias to be replaced, we wanted to have brown upvc but were put off by the people who quoted saying that the brown would fade quite quickly so we had the wood painted instead. I am now looking to have this work done and wondered if anybody...

Im having trouble with my bathroom tap running really slow,I've tried to look at it but am having trouble getting the top cover off the tap,I know it's screws in but it's stuck firm and before I ruin the chrome trying to undo it with a wrench thought I would seek some advice on here first as...

My wife wants new spot lights fitted in the kitchen ceiling,the main problem is the ceiling is the old lath plater,so I was wondering if I'm better off putting up a false ceiling to save on the mess from the original ceiling,if you think this is the right thing to do how much of a gap should I...

i've got a camera system on my house and one of the cameras is watching my car,the cameras are fitted with the ir lights which glow red when in use at night,the other day someone ripped my camera off the wall and then broke into my car :cry: i was wondering if you can get these cameras without...

has anyone else had trouble with a phone socket installed by virgin ? they fitted a new one about a year ago but we have not got the same problem as before,the box is fitted onto an outside wall and damp seems to be getting into the box and corroding the circuit board,i've asked them to move it...

hi everyone, we had our house replastered about 6 months ago,all seemed ok and the walls were painted,we have noticed that in the hallway there seems to be a couple of patches that look as though they are damp but when you touch them they feel dry,the guy came back to have a look but...

hi everyone, thinking about having a wind turbine fitted to the house,some people near us have had them fitted and say how good they are,just wondering if anyone on here have had one fitted or even fitted them and would they reccomend them,also are they cost effective.

hi everyone,just had a call of the electrician who was due to come and finish the job today to say he has gone away to work for the rest of the week and wont be able to come and finish putting the light switches back on til the weekend :( we now have no lights in the hall or stairs,i am...

my sister has the above oven and the other day it started to blow the rcd,i've been over to look and the oven cable is on a 13 amp plug,not sure it this is ok ? i used an extension lead and tried a different socket and it worked ok,so i think the oven is ok. i changed the socket and when i...

hi all, on my tv there is a green light which has started to flash,this has only started to do this in the last couple of days,any ideas anyone. regards gpg1967

hi everyone, i worked for a cctv manufacturer but that was nearly 15 years ago,with the ir lamps we used to make them with different filters,i am looking for a camera to put up on my house and was wondering if you can get them where the red glow is replaced with a hidden glow,not sure if this...

hi, my freezer has just started to drip water out of the bottom of the door,when i took the bottom drawer out there was a build up of ice under it,i cleaned it off and made sure it was dry before putting the drawer back in but 2 days on and the ice is back. i would be grateful for any...

hi everyone, ive got a problem with my fridge it is set to +5 but it seems to be freezing the food that is in there,hope some one can help.

hi all i'm thinking of doing a course in becoming an electrician,i used to install cctv and have some knowledge of how electrics work so like so many others at the moment not sure how safe my present job is, so thinking about some retraining,any views on the best courses to do as ive seen so...

my next door neighbours extension is about 1 foot into my garden,because it is about 3 foot below my garden they have put the outside wall up with a retaining wall which i found out when trying to dig down to put some new fence posts in and hit there concrete blocks with my spade,the blocks have...