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Washing machine dead? Need help please
Hi, My washing machine (hotpoint aquarius wma46/ about 6 years old now) has started leaking from the back (brownish colour thick liquid) and started making a strange noise. I opened the panel at the back and the pipes were all clean, so assume the pipes are ok. I saw a trail of dried brown liquid coming down from halfway…
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My Bosch Double Oven Is Poorly - can anyone help me find out whats wrong pls?
Hello All I am absolutely desperate. My Bosch Double Oven started playing up last month. It has a top oven and a fan oven at the bottom. The top oven is still working (thank god), but the fan oven started playing up with the temperature. It would only reach temperature of 110 and then drop, then rise etc. My hubby spent…
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Shower............need help!
Hi All Hoping someone can help. Darling hubby turned on the living room light and the electric blew. Changed the fuse and thought all was great until we tried to turn on the electric shower..........which wont go on. Basically when you pull the cord to turn it on the light nothing happens. The light on the switch doesnt go…
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Renovate Conservatory - Any Idea?
Hi guys We have an approx 3m x 3m extension/conservatory that has started to leak quite a bit over the past year. The frame is wooden with a polycarb roof and single glazed windows and three doors (one on the side). I haven't had anyone round to look at it yet but I have a horrible feeling it is kind of beyond a simple…
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Door too small for Frame?
Hi guys Quick and possibly silly question. Before we had our bathroom redone we used to have a folding plastic door which we hated so decided to get a new solid door. Measured it up and its approx 30" wide so bought a 78 x 30" door from B&Q (one of their cheapy broadland doors). Got it home, stood it up against the door…
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Cream wash basin
Does anyone know where my mother in law can get a cream wash basin to replace the one that has just got broken, father in law dropped something in it and it now has a big crack in it. Has to be cream to match rest of bathroom suite. Many thanks
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Another Servis/Administration question.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my question. I have a Servis washing machine. I bought one a few years ago and had the extended warrenty on it, the tech said it wasn't worth fixing it and Servis replaced it, now almost a year later i am having a problem with the new machine. It is still under its 1 year…
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Is it the cooker or the electrics?
Hi Everyone, I'm being driven mad by my cooker!! It's just over a year old and all of it works but something keeps causing the electric trip for the cooker to short. I can be using it quite happily for days and then boof the trip switch in the electric box switches it off! If it's the electric I can get the HA to fix it…
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Hmmm.... how to sand fiddly bits ready for painting?
Hi and thanks for reading, I need to paint my bannisters (and there are zillions of them) but they are already coated in what appears to be 100 years of gloss - does anyone have any tips on how best to sand them ready for their next coat? They don't have to look amaaaazing, just smart and clean! Thanks in advance!
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Covering concrete with gravel
Out of pure laziness we're wondering if it would be OK to cover our ugly slippery concrete with gravel (well, slate chippings) without first removing the concrete. Many thanks for any advice
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Replacing bathroom radiator with heated towel rail
Hi Can anyone tell me what's involved to replace a bathroom radiator with a heated towel rail - would the system need to be drained down completely or can the radiator be isolated and removed and replace with the towel rail? I was also wondering how much it might cost for someone to do the work (labour only) assuming it is…
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Faulty Thermostat shower will not heat up!!!
Hi all, I wonder if anyone can give me some advise.assistance. I have a new Thermostat Shower fitted about 2 years ago when i renovated the house. It is this one. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/68087/Bathrooms-Showers/Showers/Mixer-Showers/Thermostatic/Triton-Umbra-Exposed-Thermostatic-Mixer-Shower# However, it will not…
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Resealing a bath
Our bath sealant needs replacing -- we can't shower at the moment because it is leaking down the sides of the walls and under the bath (and through the ceiling of the shop downstairs!!!). I am not that keen on DIY but I have a feeling this a relatively simple job that I should be able to tackle myself. I even have the…
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Burglar Alarm required - Advice & Recommendations please
We've now had 3 attempted break ins in a week. The last time, the police managed to catch the 4 little angels, but because they were underage had to let them go without charge. As such, we now want to get a burglar alarm fitted. Its a detached bungalow - 3 bedrooms, but we'd also like to get an unattached garage & shed…
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Cancelling DFS order when delivery takes too long?
Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to post this so apologies if it isn't! I ordered a sofa from dfs 8 weeks ago on the understanding and subject to it being all in cream - I had a phone call 2 weeks ago telling me they couldn't do it all in cream but could in brown and cream, did i still want it? I asked how long…
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Best way to use space/add value
Hi all, I've got a 2 bedroom split level flat. The 2 bedrooms are at either extreme end of the property. The bathroom is next to one and there is a fairly large space between the bathroom and the other bedroom. At the moment, there is a built in cupboard next to what was a huge old hot air heating stack (that I've just…
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How to stick my none sticking self adhesive vinyl floor tiles
Just done a bathroom floor and several tiles seem to have moved away from the point I placed them. I have come to the conclusion that the floor surface is not great (as left by the builder) even though I have used three coats of PVC as suggested by vinyl floor maker and smoothed out as best I could. The underlying floor is…
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Power shower pump
Hi all, I want to do up my bathroom and have a quick question. I currently have a wall mounted power shower (you know the sort, white box with pressure and temperature controls). I want to replace this with a separate pump somewhere on the system, with mixer unit mounted on/in the wall. I have a false wall behind which the…
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silicone advice
I have 2 disco lights, they have a 24v 250w dichoric lamp behind a lens. the lens has come away from the metal case, i have been told to use a silicone to restick it, ? i dont know how hot the metal gets, so any ideas what i should use, please.
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Tap ceramic disc cartridges
Hi, Are these different for hot and cold only because of the direction that they turn or is there some other difference?
