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Can dust cause an RCD trip?
Most bizarrely our electricity cut off this morning. Never happens and as I reset it, tripped again. Every time I tried to reset the boiler would come on and then trip. Long story short, the CH programmer was not meant to even be demanding hot water or heating so that was odd. I turned off the boiler but left the…
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Neighbors rubbish
I have some lovely neighbours whos bins are always overflowing and their rubbish gets blown all over my property every time they put the bins out. They won't put it all in bin bags because the bin men won't take extra bags, so they pile up all the loose rubbish on top so the lid can't be closed and all the loose rubbish…
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Unvented cylinder constantly discharging
Hello, I've got an indirect unvented stainless steel hot water cylinder (Albion 150l, Danfoss thermostat box on the outside) with an expansion vessel. The heating seemed to be working fine as far as we could tell but it turns out this cylinder has been constantly discharging water to the back garden under gravel for…
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Tap valve jamming
My hot water tap on the downstairs kitchen basin seems to jam when opening. It opens enough to get a trickle but no more. I've tried WD40 and light oil but the thread seems to be worn. First I attempted to take it off to find exactly what type it is, however on turning off the isolating valve below the sink, water started…
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Electric shower issue
Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. My electric shower has started struggling to turn on. If you press the button, the light that shows it is on comes on for a second and a blast of water comes out before stopping. This has been happening for a couple of weeks, and if you keep jabbing the on button…
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Hotpoint Oven Tripping Electrics Issue
We have had our Hotpoint DU4541JCIX (Integrated) Oven for just under a year so still under warranty and after the year we have D&G insurance anyway. A few months ago the oven tripped the electrics so we thought it was an electrical problem and got electrician out. He had a look behind oven and changed some sockets, checked…
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New floorboards directly on concrete floor
Hello, so I have a 90year old house with a bit of damp coming through the concrete floor, we've removed the old floorboards and skirting and planning on putting a liquid dpm on the concrete, my question is are we supposed to use a flexible epoxy glue to fix the new floorboards to the finished concrete, the original…
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KDL-32wd75x Registration button not working
Reference Sony KDL-32WD75X TV The RECORDING SET-UP button that I get to via HOME/SETTINGS/SET-UP/RECORDING SET-UP for registration and deregistration of hards drive will not work, as you can see from the attached link below it is in faint print against the others in the list. does anyone know how to rectify this problem.…
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Hive Thermostat will it work?
Hi. I just moved into a new property yesterday. There is no room thermostat, instead every radiator has it’s on thermostat. Would I be able to get a Hive or Nest or similar fitted if I don’t have a general room thermostat. I have gas boiler with a programmer. Last property I had a nest fitted... stupidly didn’t remove it…
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Mouldy spots on ceiling
We're having fitted wardrobes installed soon. We have an existing fitted wardrobe that needs to be removed. I took the doors off and removed one of the panels that make up the "ceiling" of the inside of the wardrobe. There are grey-yellow mould spots. These spots correspond to where the previous owners nailed boards down…
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Plasterer asked for money for materials up front for small job tomorrow
Hi, Having made an initial estimate a week ago I am due to have a plasterer round tomorrow morning to do a small bit of work on 2 walls in my flat. The quote is just under £500. I just contacted him to double check he's still on to come over at 9am tomorrow and he's said yes and asked me to pay him some money up front for…
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Planning permission to uncover windows?
Hi I'm refurbishing a boathouse, and part of the building has windows which have been boarded over on the inside and had UPVC cladding put over them on the outside. This was probably done 20 years ago.(not very compliant with building control I know) Can I just remove the cladding from these windows and replace them with…
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Completely lost. Where do I start with this from.
One of the rooms in our house which is due to become a kids room is very cold. The damp and mould appear there regularly. The room is partly above the walkway which doesn't helps either. What I am finding really difficult is that having no building background whatsoever I don't know where to go to get the things done. I am…
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Barrel Bolt or Sliding Bolt for Bathroom Door?
Hi, Door is not flush to the Architrave so which bolt is recommended for no chiseling being required? I just like to screwdriver the screws however I am trying to avoid chiseling as that is more complex and skillful you know what I mean for a DIY'er? Thanks,
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Bathroom ceiling
Hi All I was wondering if anyone could advise on what to do with a mouldy bathroom ceiling. All through the winter I was opening the bathroom window after showering to let the steam out. Lots of mould started to form on the ceiling and I have since learnt that you shouldn't open the window as thats what causes it…
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Combi boiler pressure falls to 0.5, rises to 1.9 bar when heating is on
Recently had a new heat exchanger fitted, as my hot water was only lukewarm. This fixed that problem a treat, but a few days afterwards I started getting an F9 code “Water pressure sensor fault, blocked flow filter or pump fault” which the gas engineer put down to the system being empied and drained, which causes a load of…
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What type of board for use in bathroom
We're going to redo our bathroom in a couple of months. We're getting someone in to do the tiling, but we’ll be ripping the old suite and tiles out ourselves. I’m 90% sure that whatever is behind the tiles is going to rotten/damaged, so I’m going to assume that we’ll need to rip it all out and put up new boards. Any…
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Replacing Lead pipe between street and kitchen
HI, I have had a quote to replace the lead pipe between the street and the kitchen stop tap (you know what I mean but it blocks that word!). I have spoken to the water company and it is my responsibility and they will not do it / get involved (other than do the final connection if I do nto used an approved plumber). The…
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Combi Boiler - hot water help!
Any plumbers in the house? This seems to be diverter valve related, I'm guessing (based on previous problems several years back). Combi Boiler. Central Heating is fine, although initially when boiler is turned on, there is a sorta buzzing/vibrating sound. That stops once boiler gets going as rads begin to heat up. It's the…
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Thinking of doing an extension where to start
Hi all We have just bought our first house and we are thinking of doing an extension on the back to make the kitchen bigger. Currently, there is a wall between the kitchen and the 2nd reception room which we would like knocked out and then the back extended. However, I am unsure where to start? do we get a builder around…
