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Indirect cylinder with two wires?
Just bought a house. I have got an indirect cylinder upstairs and gas boiler downstairs. Now there are two cables coming out from cylinder. The bottom one goes downstairs and is connected to power supply marked as immersion heater. The top wire is just unplugged. My question is why are there two cables? I understand the…
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Outgoing connections to electrical panel
Hi, I just bought a house with Garage. There is a ‘Contactum’ electrical panel in Garage and incoming live wire. But not outgoing wire and hence no power supply. I have checked the MCBs with tester and its live. I would like to connect outgoing power supply wires. There is an extension cord with wire cut-off. How can I…
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loft-felt has water dripping . is this normal?
My house was built in 1991. It has tiles to roof and in the loft in between the roof joists there is what looks like felt/bitumen type material. I was in loft today for about an hour or so and by the trap door I noticed that water or condensation was dripping off this felt. No huge amounts. There was a section about 3 feet…
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Removing carpet stains?
Managed to spill a bottle of green glass/window cleaner on my beige carpet. Tried Vanish, but if anything the stain looks worse! Has anyone got tried and tested tips on removing stubborn stains from carpets? Thanks.
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13amp sockets trip switch keeps going - anyone know why?
our boiler is out of action until the middle of next week so instead of living in a freezing cold house we went out and bought a few electric heaters: - a Delonghi HCS2053T convector heater - a Delonghi HCM2030 convector heater - and a Delonghi HTE332-3 fan heater The house is reasonably warm with those going BUT now the…
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Cold flat after re-wire with storage heaters
Son lived in same flat for several years with storage heating (4 heaters, he usually only runs 2 heaters all winter) These are storage heaters on the wall though quite old - Dimplex XL 18N He had the flat re-wired about 6 months ago, and although - at least 11yrs + old - top of the storage heater is hot, the flat is…
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Jersey Bedlinen
Does anyone know where I can buy Jersey bedlinen in a superking size. I'd preferably like a chocolate colour, but cream, beige or taupe would be ok. I can't find anything anywhere - well except a set for over £100 which is not an option!
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Which dimmer switch?
We have recently purchased this item: http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/living-room-accents/52/3?extra=sch&n=homeware&pid=703-162 We have fitted 8 x 10W 12V G4 bulbs, but are having problems with the dimmer switch we have fitted. When we turn on the dimmer it makes a loud buzzing noise. Can anyone advise which switch…
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Condensation wet windows mould
hi Can any of the experts work out: the volume of water contained 1 one cubic meter of air at a temperature of 2 C with a relative Humidity of 68%, @1000mb pressure. and the volume of water contained 1 one cubic meter of air at a temperature of 18 C with a relative Humidity of 64%. @1000mb pressure Is the simple advice to…
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No water from hot tap!
Woke up this morning to find that the heating and the cold water is functioning ok, but we have no water at all coming from the any of the hot taps. We have a combi boiler. What checks can I make to solve this. All pipes are in loft and I have removed the loft cover and the heating is on full. Can the pipes using the hot…
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looking for good quality toilet 600mm
We need to replace a toilet in our flat. It is about 600mm (maybe 620mm) from the wall to the edge of the pan. Any bigger won't work because the door won't close. I've looked at many websites and many toilets are either 710mm or are the square seat type. We'd prefer the traditional oval in a plain ceramic that flushes…
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Internal Garage letting in drafts - how to draught-proof?
- does anyone know how to draught-proof an integral garage door?
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DeLonghi Convector Heater HCS2053T - hot plug & trip switch keeps going!?
Our boiler is broken and we're without heat until the middle of next week (perfect timing for the coldest few days of the year) so we just bought a DeLonghi convector heater (model no. HCS2053T) today... We've had it on for maybe 5 hours in the living room and when I unplugged it the plug, the lead and the whole plug bank…
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Central heating problem
My central heating only works if the water is on as well. Any ideas why this is happening? Thanks.
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Clearing blocked (exterior) drains
We have 2 exterior drains blocked (rental property). The bath and shower one just looks like a hole, about 10cm wide or so. The kitchen one has a metal grate, one bar of which is missing giving a space of about 5cm (off the top of my head, not going out in the snow to measure :D ). I've tried poking about a bit with a…
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Can anyone recommend a sofa saver aka (saggy sofa aid)
My sofa is crap and has really saggy cushions. I am thinking of buying one of those "sofa saver" things that you put under the cushions to make it firmer but not sure whether they really work. The cushions are really crap fibre filled ones, not foam so I am not sure if the sunken-ness is due to them or the actual support…
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cooker-indesit or hoover
Hi Does anyone have any experience of indesit fid101x or hoover hdc884x. I need to buy a built in double oven and these seem to be the only ones available in currys within my price range quickly! The indesit is £330 & the hoover £400. The hoover looks slightly nicer but I am trying to decide whether to spend the extra £70!…
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Floor fitter - when to pay what?
Hi there Have a floor fitter coming around next week to price up fitting laminate for me. I am probably going to source the laminate myself, and get him to supply the underlay stuff. When will he expect payment from me - am assuming he will need some up front money to source the underlay? Don't want him disappearing off…
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Dining table - extension different colour to table top
We bought our dining table and chairs second hand from someone at DH's work. It's great. It's huge and extends even further. Trouble is, it's obviously been stored in a position where it got direct sunlight, because when you put the centre extension in, it's a totally completely and utterly different colour to the rest of…
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Plinth Heater Help Please
Hi, We have had 2 plinth heater (Hydronic) to our kitchen/dining room recently but i think there must be a problem. When they have 2 fan settings and when on the lower the air is fairly warm (nothing to shout about though) but when on the high setting it is barely warm. We have asked the fitter to have another look but was…
