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thanks for the professional advice, this is something I did not think of, I only worry that it is too close to the window and may break the beam on the top, but if it is 50-6cm away, I thought that is fine. regarding the joist, I thought if the hole is very close to the wall, see the pic, there should be no joist?

thank you, do you think this solution is as good as the external solution?

Indeed, the back of the hob is another room, which is not possible.

I’m planning to drill a hole in the kitchen wall to vent cooking smoke outside. The hole will be located near the corner of the wall, approximately 50–60 cm from a window frame. It will likely be 100–150 mm in diameter. This is the ground floor and the right side of the wall is another room. Are there any structural concerns I should be aware of? thanks

Hello, I plan to replace my garage roller door. Not sure this is the right place to post. Invited someone to give quotes, one uses Hormann Rollmatic T, another one uses Garador Garaglide. Prices are similar, can anyone give a suggestion 1. Are the two same quality? I heard Hormann is with good quality but they said garador belongs to the same company. Garador has 10 years guaranty and Hormann got 5 years. 2, how about maintenance and repair? My current one is hard to find anyone to repair so I have to replace. 3, length 4.3m, Hight 2.2m, priced at 2600 pounds, including change the rotten wooden frames of the door, reasonable? thanks

thanks for the discussions, 1, there should be RCD in the main switch box and I don't have it, is it correct? if so I will find an electrician to install one, is it an expensive work? 2, even though the small separate RCD box for SWA is off (I can lock by someone suggested above), but it is still not safe, I need to physically disconnect the cable inside the box, is that correct? thanks, always good to learn something new

Here is what I can see inside RCD, likely the "sockets in the extension" is something controlling the small RCD in the right of this RCD. Also there is a CM below the "kitchen sockets" i have no idea what does it mean

I believe there was no shed at the point, but there was a shed quite far away from the end of the cable. The cable is now just on the ground! Actually, there is another cable from the garage for the garden light, but I plan to change it to 12v for safety reasons. This one might be used in the future. But how can I keep it safe, share I contact it to something like a deadend? The tape seems not durable.

thanks Nick. The issue is that the storage room is used a lot and not convenient to lock, sometimes even kept open. How sure are you that the switch is for the garden cable?

Hello, I found a cable in my garden, the end is enclosed by tape without connection anything/pls see the pic. Seems the cable is from my house and I went to the main switches and there is a residual current device, the cable below seems the same as the one I found in my garden - the switch is off. Can anyone tell if this could be the switch for the cable? I should never switch on the cable if it is, especially considering children playing in the garden. meanwhile, the switch box and the circuits are in a storage room, the door typically closed but could be open by my child, the main issue is the switch is very low (50cm from ground), is there any potential safety issues? I was thinking to make a wooden box to cover it, it is better? thanks

thank you both. I will try it, I tried to use the hair dryer, but it seems not to be working. I may have to smash all the glasses and remove the putty

I want to replace the garage glass as you can see it is broken, but it is hard to remove the sealant, hard like concrete. can anyone tell me how to remove it to replace the glass? Also when I search, most of the products available online are plastic instead of glass. Has anyone used that and are there any issues? thanks

Hi, can anyone suggest how to solve the problems in the ceiling? There are some tiny cracks. I checked in the loft, and it seems there are no issues with the timbers and no leakage from the top. I assume wallpaper is used?

Thank you a lot. How about the stones going to drop in the future? will it make the painting off and looks bad as well?

My house wall is roughcasted. I want to paint it white to make it look better, is that a good idea? How about the stone chips keep falling? The roughcast seems to be deteriorating. If I put my hand on the surface and press a bit, I can see some stones fall.