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Hi guys Would just add that if using an angle grinder to remove grout, you need to be megga careful of the tiles - a fraction off line and you will be cutting into your tiles before you can correct the grinder. The other problem is that as the discs are circular, you can't get into corners or right ...

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Hi Gavski Will be fine to tile the window sill as long as you prep the sill first. I assume that the window sill is either glossed or varnished and this will result in a weak bond between the tile adhesive and sill. Using coarse grit paper, give the sill a good sanding on all surfaces. For an even b...

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Hi Sophiecogan From your reply you now mention that the beam is covered with plasterboard. This will further complicate the method of fixing a bracket and lights to the beam (my mistake but I had assumed that the steel beam was exposed) You mention that the light fittings are "reasonably weight...

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Hi Elhiggo Usually when adding a loft light you would run a new, perment live supply from an existing ceiling rose or junction box (from the lighting circuit) Run this to a 6A / 4 terminal junction box, then connect a switch and light to the junction box (wiring diagrammes can be found on this site)...

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Hi Sophiecogan Just trying to fully understand what you're trying to achieve here; You want the 2 light fitting to hang from the steel beam, centrally over the table but, the beam isn't central to the table ? You therefore want to extend the wiring and hang the light fittings approx 10cm off of the ...

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Thanks for your reply welsh brickie
Now all decorated and no further signs of any damp but will go ahead and fit airbrick as you suggest
Thanks once again

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Hi Tonyade If you can't isolate the supply to this cable and it has to remain live inside the wall, then it's bad practice to cover it up and paint over - so your right on that thought. There will be no obvious fixture on the outside of the wall to indicate a live power supply inside the wall. First...

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Hi Nickholl The tap heads are usually attached to the knurled spindle with a small machine screw. Is there not a hole that goes through the centre of the tap head, can't see in the picture. This screw may have worked loose and fallen out or, may have never been fitted in the 1st place. The top of th...

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Hi there, some advice please; Extractor fan in main family bathroom has packed up - it's a few years old and just a cheapy from one of the sheds so looking to replace. The fan is vented out through the wall via a 100mm cut out and has a timer with over-run facility. The bathroom is part tiled and ha...

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Couple of years ago I had the chimney breast removed from the lounge, bricked up and the stack removed from the roof. The portion of the stack built onto the outside wall was left in place and capped just under the guttering with a slate roof tile. No vent was installed. In the past 2 years there ha...

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Have a couple of oil stones which I use to sharpen kitchen knives and chisels with. The oilstones always seem to wear unevenly, leaving a slight hollow along the middle, lengthways. This causes a problem when sharpening a wide blade chisel or even more so with a plane blade. Is this due to a poor sh...

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I have a catering sized water urn that has started to leak from the threaded tap connector where it passes through the body of the urn. Have tightened up the nuts that hold the tap to the urn and both internal and external washers are in good condition. Have removed tap and wrapped threaded connecto...

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Thanks plumbbob for your reply I,ve has so many problems in the house over the years with work carried out, appliances, etc and when I push to get the problem rectified, that's the usual answer I get - "Can't say I've ever seen this before" (by the way, not a dig at your good self Mr Bob) ...

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Hi all, Had a shower fitted about 5 years ago with a stone resin shower tray. Have recently noticed that there are loads of "blisters" forming under the glaze of the shower tray. Although these blisters have not yet cracked the glaze, I am concerned that if the glaze does become cracked, w...

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Friend of mine has recently moved into a flat and I'm helping out with a few DIY tasks / problems He is having problems with water supply from basin and kitchen taps and has the following set up; Heating is via electric rads No bath - electric shower Cold water via storage tank, then to single impel...

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