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Water leaking from Window frame
Hello can anyone advise? It' s raining heavily and water is leaking from underneath sealant at top of window frame in bathroom. Not sure how how long this issue has been going on as I bought house recently. What could be the issue? Would clearing gutters help? Can I wait to solve this issue til next year? I have attached…
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TRV replacement.
Noticed a bit of leakage on TRV living room radiator, took head off and all seemed fine until pressing the pin down there is a noticable small amount of leakage. Anyway the plumber is coming to replace the TRV, the question I have is will they need to drain down the whole system to do this? and if so will I need to get…
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How to make garage light 2way without wiring
I can get into the back of my garage from my kitchen, there is a light switch inside the garage by the door from the kitchen. I can also get to the garage from the main garage door, I want a way of turning the light on from either end. I think the proper way is to create a 2-way lighting circuit but I want to avoid having…
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Delivery of fridge/freezer and washer/dryer to 3rd floor (no lift) - help!
Hi everyone! I am hoping that someone might be able to help. I am at my wit's end as having moved into a new home and needing to get appliances delivered, nobody will deliver! I ordered a fridge/freezer from Crampton and Moore, who told me over the phone that there would be no issue delivering to the third floor with no…
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Boiler installer left old flue hole open
Hi, I recently had a gas boiler replaced in a 2nd floor flat. In discussions with the company afterwards, I found out that they had to drill a new flue hole (I wasn't there when the work was being done - it didn't seem like they would have taken the initiative to tell me!). This hadn't been planned - the possibility that…
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Riddle me this - washing machine programs.
My Bosch has a 'Cottons' setting and a 'Cottons Eco' setting. Both default to 40oC and 1400 rpm. The former is roughly twoandahalf hours in duration, the latter over 4 hours.How the? What the? Ta muchly.
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Bathroom Leak - what to do?
Have just noticed I have a leak in my bathroom - the floor is wet and there is a stain on the ceiling in the room below. See photos. It is a modern house so the floor is not easily accessible (the floor is a sheet of plywood). I have never experienced a problem like this before so I'm unsure what to do. - Is this a problem…
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Help, what was this part of an electric fire
I have a Dimplex Yeominster electric fire. Tonight the bulb went pop. Got new bulb from the garage, looked at instruction manual online and replaced the bulb. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2927578/Dimplex-Yeominster-Yeo20.html?controller=view&page=3#manual BUT as I lifted the thing that rotates tiny thin bits of…
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Safe way to remove sticker residue?
OK why do they have to put stickers on everything? New freezer and when I removed the stickers on the front one has lest a horrible adhesive residue that doesnt want to come off. Same happened on one of our laptops. There are various ways that people suggest, one being nail polish remover (acetone). I reluctant to try that…
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Washing Machine Waste Question
Hi everyone (Yuletide felicitations etc). I have moved to a new house and the waste from the washing machine is as per the photograph. I am wondering why and wondering if I can replace it with a single pipe that goes as per my red line. Your expertise and thoughts extremely welcome and thank you in advance. Andy
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Ice cubes
Apologies in advance as this admittedly a fairly random question fuelled by simple curiosity. We produce ice cubes in a plastic tray in the freezer - it holds about 15 -20 ice cubes, in the most part when we empty the tray by flexing it to release the cubes they all tumble out as expected and we end up with 20 ice cubes.…
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Which integrated tumble dryer to buy?
I'm trying to choose an integrated tumble dryer, as part of some a project adding some extra cupboards to my kitchen. As I want a larder cupboard above it, the kitchen fitters want it on site so they can build the cupboard around it. I've been looking at the options but it's quite hard to establish what is even available…
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Removing both asbestos vinyl tiles or both tiles and adhesive
During some current renovation work (have been using this forum a lot - thanks!) we've found asbestos adhesive and vinyl tiles under ceramic tiles in the utility room. Its a small area - about 6m2 at most. The ceramic tiles are a little bit loose in places and some have cracked, so it isn't a solution to just go over…
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Roof, loft, membrane advice...
I'm a fairly frequent visitor to our loft (sad I know) and am just looking for a bit of advice. The bungalow has a low pitch roof with a Marley dry ridge with integrated ventilation and Marley modern concrete tiles. Virtually all of the white membrane visible in the loft is clean and in good condition but I noticed…
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Top floor bedroom ceiling water drip drip. No pipes in loft.
Woke up to a drip drip of water from upstairs bedroom ceiling inside cupboard. The cupboard though is irrelevant. The first pic is what i have read is a wooden joist. It's damp. The joist continues into the cupboard where drip is. It was raining. But despite it raining heavy showers through today it stopped leaking. Am…
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Laandlord gas safety certificate being withheld due to flue location
Hi all, We have been renting out our old house for 10yrs now, and have had a gas safety certificate signed off each year. This year however, the engineer said that the boiler flue doesn't comply with the regulations - not because it's unsafe but because it's in a terraced house and exits the property through the wall into…
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New UPVC windows & doors are draughty
We had new french doors and two windows fitted a few weeks ago. There is a draught and the room is very cold as a result. We’ve had the window company back to several times to check for any gaps and add extra sealant, also the manufacturer has checked the windows. Where do we stand if the windows continue to be draughty…
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Radiator Fans. Do they work?
I've seen a few adverts recently for these SpeedComfort radiator fans that sit underneath the rad and drawer the colder air through quicker thus apparently boosting the heat output. Do they actually work or are they a bit of a con? The original speedcomfort ones are expensive but there seems to be cheaper alternatives, not…
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Heating an empty small house in winter
A friend has asked me to look after their empty house over the winter They are concerned about freezing pipes and flooding What's best option for a combi boiler Set timer to come on for 12 hours total per day spread over morning evening and in-between Set flow temp to radiators at 50 or 60 degrees C Set radiator TRVs at 3…
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