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Hello! I found this forum from other "purlin nightmare" threads which had really good ideas. The roof section in question is an extension around 3m wide (completed around 15y ago) which is partly separated from the main attic by the old gable end, the main roof is built using trusses in the...

Just been woke up by the damn smoke alarm beeping every 40 secs,Dog going crazy same as the mrs. I don't know who designed this alarm but trying to get the top off is impossible the instructions make it sound so easy insert screwdriver into slot and push the same way as the arrow only it...

Hi after some advice is there an easy way to remove stenciled paint off our bedroom wall left by the previous people? We thought we could just whack on a load of magnolia paint to cover the dark blue as a base coat but you can still see the lines from where they've stenciled buildings and...

Hello everyone, I have done a stupid thing and not noted down which output my wires go to in my 2 gang switch, as I was putting a new face plate on. I have two ceiling lights going to a double switch. Said double switch has three sets of wires coming from it..so I guess one is from my main...

Help! A few months ago I had a Salamander pump installed and am near breaking point. Basically my previous shower pump became very sporadic - sometimes it would not work for days then everything would be fine again. The solution tended to be to run a bath then as the water was being released...

So I'm decorating my living room, have put up a picture rail and painted the first coat above the picture rail with some Wickes Pink to White paint I had leftover from painting my bedroom ceiling. The first coat looked fine but I needed to do a second coat but had run out that paint, so I went...