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Gas oven not heating up!
Hope someone can help with this, waiting for my dinner to cook! I turned my mains gas oven on over half an hour ago to cook dinner but it doesn't seem to be reaching temperature? Normally, I fire it up at mark 9, which makes a very distinct sound when the flames fire up, then turn it down to the required mark setting, but…
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Bosch Classixx Dishwasher - lights on but no-one's home!
Our Bosch Classixx dishwasher is a touch over 2 years old, with light use (only 2 of us). The last few times it's washed, the dishes haven't seemed that clean, and yesterday it stopped part way through a cycle and hasn't worked since. Some water was left in the bottom. Before anyone asks, I've cleaned the filters (pretty…
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Dated house, lots of work do do don't know where to start!!
So this might be a really silly question to ask but we moved in to a dated property about a year ago (we are FTB) now we are married we can focus on updating it. 2 main points are Bathroom - poss move in to our long and thin spare room and create a tiny study out of a small bit. Spare room in the now bathroom. If that…
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Extractor In Tandem With Shower
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Triton T100e stopped working - repair or bin?
Hi all First time on this board so be gentle with me :D I've had a Triton T100e for about 5.5 years and had no trouble whatsoever, till Sunday evening when my DD was in the bath/shower and it stopped working. I thought she'd turned it off as she can reach but it wasn't her. It came back on immediately. Fast forward to…
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garden wall ball park figure?
Any idea what savings target to put towards a 44 metre long garden wall? Six foot high, block and maybe rendered?
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How to lock up central heating thermostat
Someone in the house keeps turning on the heating at night so I wake up sweating. We use the wall thermostat to turn it on and off. Is there a way I can enclose the thermostat and lock it up? TIA
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Roof underlay rotting
I was told by the estate agent dealing with the house I am buying that the roof had been entirely replaced following a collapse due to snowfall: this proves to be untrue. The survey report on the property says that the roof underlay is rotting and will need replacing in the near future. I have utterly no idea what sort of…
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Cleaning LCD TV screen
Anyone have any personnel recommendation for getting greasy finger prints off a TV screen? Junior 5 has been pointing at the honey monsters again. Tried a product from "Dr Magic, ultimate screen cleaner". To be honest it's awful, even tried on a clean bit of screen it leaves it terribly streaked. Microfibre cloth with pure…
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Ceramic Hob Cracked
We have a slide in cooker with a ceramic hob. Just noticed there is a big crack across the corner, going right across one of the heating rings. Both our kids deny dropping anything on it. Can these things just crack after years of use (9 years old) or is someone telling pork pies. Is it safe to use (heating element still…
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Biasi m90 24s
Hello i have a problem with my boiler First i have a question if i remove link m betwen 1 and 3(link for externar thermostat) should the boiler start or not on c.h.
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Underfloor heating - insulation over wood floor
we are about to have eletric underfloor heating fitted in our bathroom over wood floor boards. I am being advised tby our electrician hat there is no need to have insulation boards laid over the original floorboards before the heating mats are laid. I dont' want the heat to escape through the floorboards. What are your…
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under floor heating
I am exploring under floor heating and complementing flooring (tile) options for our extension. Not knowing where to start/how much to budget, would appreciate some dos and donts, would help if you had experience of dealing with specific suppliers. Thanks guys
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Free loft insulation?
I'm about to put another layer of loft insulation up in the loft of my new-to-me house. Then I remembered that, when I bought my starter house, there was a grant available that would pay the cost of putting in loft insulation and I duly claimed and got it. It's so long back now that I cant quite recall where I got that…
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York stone flooring
We have recently bought a 1850 cottage and all the ground floors are at present laminate wood. However, we have discovered we have York stone underneath the laminate and a suspended wooden floor in the living room. As much as I love the York stone, I don't want to keep it as flooring inside as it's freezing cold ( it's…
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Can I install a wood burner where back burner used to live?
Hi, I am buying an old ex-council flat (top floor in three storey) where there is currently a back burning boiler in the fireplace. I have going to have the old boiler removed and would love to have a wood burner installed. Does anybody know if this is possible? My thoughts are that there are probably clauses in the lease…
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Chimney cowl for crown style pot ???
I've been doing a bit of research and I can't seem to find a cowl that would fit over the crown style chimney pots we have. I need to keep the rain out while also keeping them ventilated. I want to avoid having to change the pots if can. If you type in crown chimney pots in Google image you will get the jist. Any ideas?…
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vaillant service query
Had our ecotec 837 serviced yesterday and the AAV? valve is leaking from the pump so i asked them to check it. He turned it "off" (tightened it) and said that it wont leak anymore. Having spoke to the engineers at work they said that this probably isnt best as its obviously there for a reason. Thinking about it now taht…
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Bath Keeps Filling Up With Water
This is a weird one! (and sorry if this is the wrong place to put this!) We fill our bath up with a low level of water as one of our cats has a habit of running around the bath at night (we have two cats but need to keep them separate at the moment as we're introducing them to one another.) However, the next day the water…
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Where to buy Loft ladder - cable
The metal cable that lowers my loft ladder slowly has just snaped. Now it just fires straight down and whacks me in the head - not good! Does anyone know where I can buy a new cable from?
