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Replacing wire on electric cooker
My rabbits have chewed through the wire on my electric cooker! It is hard-wired in! Can an electrician replace just the wire, or do I need to think about buying a complete new cooker?!? I can’t even say how I feel about the rabbits right now!!
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Structural Engineer sent an additional invoice with no warning
Hi all, hope you can help We are having work done on our house and the structural engineer has sent us a bill for just shy of a grand completely out of the blue. The invoice is for a redesign of the calculations which was necessary due to an error made on the architectural drawings (they misplaced the chimney). Both the…
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Quick Light Wiring Question
I've bought a light that had 6 bulb holders. Coming out of each bulb holder is a brown and blue wire. Do I connect all the brown wires into one side of a choc block, then connect the other side to the brown wire from the ceiling? Or should I connect all the brown wires together, then to a choc block? And I guess I do the…
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looking for a tool that repeatedly taps like a hammer
Hi Anyone know of a tool that can tap like a hammer electronically? I have a buildup of calcium like stuff on a plastic cover. I have tried lots of different chemicals with no joy. Today I discovered if left to dry out it chips off with a semi-gentle tap with a hammer. The cover is massive and by hand it would take many…
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First Floor Extension - Hollow Sounding Floor
Good evening all :) We have recently purchased a 1930's semi with a 2-floor rear extension. The upstairs floors' floor sounds hollow (for want of a better term) in that when downstairs you can hear footsteps, talking and even number 1's when someone's using the en-suite. You also feel like you have to tip-toe when walking…
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anybody know warm air heating boiler insurer please
Hi my mother lives in a 1970 Bungalow and her's and all the ones in her cul-de-sac seem to have Johnson and Starley warm air heating systems fitted with ducting under the floor and vents in each room. We are pretty sure the current boiler is over 10 years old but working fine but her regular engineer is retiring and so she…
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What warranty for knocking down kitchen wall, and moving a door and window?
What kind of guarantee or warranty can people get for the following building work? The property was built in the 20s, in Greater London. - Knock down the wall between kitchen and living room. - Replace a side door in the kitchen with a window having the same width as the door - or maybe slightly less. - Replace a window in…
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Wireless Thermostat Help
So after complications with completion of my new house that I wont bore you with, out of spite the Vendor has "lost the portable part of the wireless thermostat. The connection box linked to the boilier is still on the wall. The model is a Boss therm - BPS242RF. I cant find this model anymore but i can find a siemanns…
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Advice please (multiple repairs)
Hi mse forum Thank you very much for the help with the other query I had earlier this week (remain to be in search of the type of water softener in place however the suggestions provided were helpful). A number of other queries here with the place I moved into as I familiarise myself with the property. 1. This is an…
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New bathroom install - what to choose for the walls?
Going to have someone coming out to price up the job for a new bathroom. We'll be wanting the whole thing doing down to new floor, walls & ceiling too. The house is 1930s plaster & lath walls. The current setup is tiles in the bathroom but there's a couple sections where the tiles have not popped off but they're certainly…
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Dyson, Worth It?
My wife is getting older and is complaining about the weight of her Vax vacuum cleaner when carrying it up the stairs. Is it worth while getting a Dyson V10 cordless?
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First class post how long?
Not sure where to post this admin move if necessary. According to the Royal Mail, 93% of first class post arrives the next day. I am thinking that my sorting office is not achieving this. In the past there has been a guaranteed collection by a Royal Mail van of all letters and parcels from my local post office at around…
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Identify these electrics?
1970s flat, used to have storage heaters, now has electric heaters. The spurred plug runs to an electric radiator. The electricity runs from this radiator on the right, to a 2nd on the left. If you turn off the switch on the grey box, the left one stops woking (right still works), if you turn off either switch on the…
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Dynorod
Hi, I recently had Dynorod come out to unblock my drains, after having a slow draining toilet for a week. Dynorod do not charge a call out charge, and provide a flat fee based on the service you require. The technician came out, and started work on the drains in the driveway. Only after he cleared the blockage, did he tell…
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Damp paint
So I’ve recently had a bedroom skimmed, I did a mist coat which dried fine so I added a coat of paint on Monday but there are some patches on the celling where is hasn’t yet dried, these patches are where we had mould on the celling before it was skimmed any ideas what could be causing it and how I can fix it?
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Would secondary glazing help with condensation?
We have recently purchased a flat forming the lower floor of a villa built in 1925. It has one original round window remaining which is single glazed, and unfortunately is in a shower room. The wooden frame is suffering a bit as there is a lot of condensation forming on the glass and running down even though there is a fan…
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Boiler Quote
My local plumber has quoted me for supply and fitting a new combination boiler.His terms are 50% money up front which I am not happy about and if I pay by credit card this incurs a handling charge of 2.75%.I thought that charging for using a credit card was made illegal after January 2018. Can I refuse to pay this handling…
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New 2 way pull cord extractor fan switch
Hi, I pulled the cord out of my 2 way extractor fan isolator switch, I popped over to screw fix and picked myself up another however, the wiring is slightly different between the two. The wires I have - Red, Black, Green/Yellow Brown, Blue, Green/Yellow Before the switch was setup in the following way; L1 - Red L2 - Empty…
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Henry hoover issue with power.
Got his free a few months ago, its a 10 year old model and worked great when I first got it, I cleaned it out. Only used it a few times before one day it didn't turn on so I replaced fuse and tried again, no difference then left it a few days and still no luck. As a last change which may of been stupid I sprayed a tiny bit…
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Please help me determine what this incredibly annoying noise is!
An intermittent, 100hz hum which im hearing in my house is doing my nut in. Its happening pretty much all the time, all night and started about 2 weeks ago. it continues to happen when i turn off power to the property. It continues to happen when i turn the stop !!!! off to the property. I have a combi boiler but im sure…
