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Electrical interference?

I've just plugged in a new desk lamp which sits on my computer desk - it has its own wall socket. When I switch it...
4 comments posted 18yrs
posted by stephen.bowyer
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by stephen.bowyer

GCH Installation Questions

I have a question for all the sages on here about the installation, size and rough cost of installing (not replacing an...
5 comments posted 18yrs
posted by TL
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by TL

Kitchen wall cupboards

Since removing one of my kitchen wall cupboards (LHS of cooker) in order to fit a new central heating boiler, the other...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by terry.dutson-NOSPAM
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by terry.dutson-NOSPAM

Rough cost for a fitted bathroom

Hi all, I`m looking at getting a bathroom redone in the house. The room is roughly 2m x 2m, and already has the electri...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by SimonFinnigan
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by SimonFinnigan

removing limewash

We've been given a pine wardrobe which has been lime washed. Rather poorly, to be charitable about it. It's now...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by shazzbat
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by shazzbat

Hepworth HP20

As I said in a previous posting I am refurbing my sisters bathroom whilst she is on holiday. Part of the existing plumb...
21 comments posted 18yrs
posted by john
21 comments posted 18yrs posted by john

Dot & Dab

I am refurbing my sisters bathroom (old stone terrace). When the old tiles were removed a sizeable patch, 2ft x 2ft, of...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by john
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by john

Mould attack - HELP!

Hello all, I need some mould advice. I have a north facing kitchen with a twenty + year old chipboard units in it. The...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by <tim.rickettsNOSPAM
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by <tim.rickettsNOSPAM

Scale inhibitors

I refer to those gadgets that go around incoming water pipes. Do they work.
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by MarkSPAM
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by MarkSPAM

Broken drop handle

Hi picture at http://www.mds.cc/parts/handle.jpg size 70mm x 26mm broken at corner where it locks into the face plate....
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by zen72261
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by zen72261

Bathroom fan blows RCD switch

When you turn it on using the pull switch the RCD switch (for upstairs lights) trips on the consumer unit. I&#39;ve cha...
16 comments posted 18yrs
posted by BertieBigBollox
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by BertieBigBollox

Slow dripping crack in my Cistern - how to fix

Hi after decorating my bath room and disconnecting the Cistern for a couple of day. I have now found it has developed a...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by jmgood40
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by jmgood40

Bath water supply

I am replacing our bath. The current water supply comes from 15mm pipework but just above floorboard level it changes t...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nahhhhhhhhhh
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by nahhhhhhhhhh

Power Devil drill

I have a power one of those.Had a tiler doing some work this week and used it to do drilling with a bit with a big shaf...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mytice
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by mytice