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Hello everyone, I was really hoping someone might be able to advise me on what I need to do to fix an issue I've been left with. We have two inward-opening 1st floor patio windows, but the builders have left us with a gap in the floor cavity with a bit of DPM flapping about. The builder insisted...

Hi We've been in a new build for 2 Years 3 months, within warranty time we've had them out for mould and condensation issues in the main bedroom, and damp patches in the ensuite multiple times in same area (just kept painting over and stain blocking) Wednesday we noticed a watermark on...

I bought some corrogated plastic to cover a lean to. The only plastic sheets I could find are clear so I was going to paint them but have since decided I can't actually be bothered, It would be a long and messy job and I know I'd bugger it up. How illegal would it be to contact paper the...

Securit 800L Hi I have seen a number of posts on the Intellisense Securit 800L about reseting etc. I want to permanently disable the external bell and the internal siren. Basically we have moved into a new house and there is a lot of faulty wiring so the alarm keep sgoing off. We want to...

We have decking in the back of our garden that has rain water storage tanks underneath and a well connected. We want to get rid of it and have turf but a bit stuck how to get there. Once the decking has been lifted there is probably a half meter gap to the tanks and once these are removed...

Hi all, We've had an extension built with 600mm x 600mm floor tiles laid through from the hall into the extension. In the hall, the tiles are laid on a suspended wooden floor with underfloor heating between the joists, chipboard across the joists and Ditra matting. However, the tiles have...

I have a Worcester 25i combi boiler and would appreciate any advice... issue - my hot water isn't hot.. This last week, its started running luke warm... I gave the heating a blast this evening & hoped that it might do something helpful, but no, radiators were indeed red hot... water still only...

Hi, I'm trying to find out if it is possible to lower my conservatory floor level as it is 50mm higher than the rest of the ground floor. Im not sure what the floor base is made of, its a solid black/grey material, asphalt or concrete maybe? How deep could this layer usually be and could I...

Hey all, hoping someone can help advise me on this. I rent an old terraced property that is in disrepair. When I first signed the lease it I naïvely thought I'd caught a lucky break of sorts, which obviously turned out too good to be true. I knew there were issues, but not to the extent that...

Hi there, Please excuse my lack of knowledge on creating a thread on the forum but this is my first time. The issue I currently have is my ex ADT alarm is dialing 0871 numbers and running up a horrendous phone bill. I've tried getting into the system using the manual but without success, my...

I am working on a product for my GCSE Product design controlled assessment, and I was wondering if it is possible to create a circuit with a rechargeable battery which can take input through a micro-USB socket. Does anyone know if this is possible and how I could do it, if so it would be a...

Looking for some advice with a randomly tripping RCD. Last week I got up to find the electrics had tripped during the night. No individual switch had tripped, just the main one. By process of elimination I narrowed it down to the upstairs sockets. I left them off and when I returned from work...

Last night I loaded the dishwasher as usual and selected the programme (p4), and then it started beeping and the lights for programme 1 and 2 were flashing. So I then tried again I turned the dishwasher off and then back on and set it to p4 and it did the same so I then turned it off again and...

Morning Guys, I'm looking to install a word-burner / central heating with thermal store as our only heating system (don't have any other cost effected options). Finding it very hard going getting reliable info on such a system, just wondering if anyone has been down this road and could share...

I am having a problem with my boiler, an Ideal Minimiser SE. The boiler fires up and the burner light switches on, but after x amount of time (sometimes immediately, sometimes after like 10 minutes) the burner switches off, the water pump however is still going. It does this before the house...

Hi, i have a flavel milano 100 dual fuel cooker which seems to have totally died. I have replaced both thermal cutouts but still no lights or life. I have checked power getting to thermal fuses and beyond, but to investigate further would mean practically disecting whole cooker. Any...

Hey guys, Having issues with a worcester 28i junior combi. Heating is fine but when the hot water is in use it stays hot for around 30 seconds to a minute than runs cold. The boiler does not lock out and the hot water does not come back on. If the taps is then closed and re opens the same...

Hi All, I have recently moved into a new home we bought and I inherited an oil boiler with it. I have previosly been used to very good gas boilers, and have never really had any boiler issues. Anyway so since turning the old thing on for the first time, we started to get a strong smell of...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have 5 bathroom spotlights taken out. 5 new ones to go in. I thought I had wired it ok but I think I am missing something crucial. Any help? I have pictures in my "lights" media album on here.

So we had central heating installed and were later told that the plumbers had cut through the joists when they shouldn't have- the floorboards were essentially resting on the pipes etc.... So then somebody came along and drilled holes through the joists under the cuts to feed the pipes through...