Recent content by McKenna32

Thanks for the replies yesterday. I'm not fully sold on cladding UPVC over the top though Is replacing the wood on these doors a viable option? Again I'm going to be going at one of the doors from the front side only but I think there's a decent chance of it going OK with only needing a few...

nice, yes that's probably an option. I'd have to do it on the other door (that still works) to keep them looking the same but I doubt it'll weigh much. Also need to be able to finish it properly around the lock on both doors and make a frame. I'll have a think...

Hi, I have two Cardale style up and over garage doors, wood T&G on a steel frame with a rot problem. The twist is, behind the worst door is a stud/plasterboard wall with electrics in and units up against (there is a studio in the garage space) so I can't open it or take it off without chaos...

Evening all, Awoke this morning to an A01 error on Beko DIN59420D dishwasher, just over 3 years old. Sure enough base of machine full of water, cleaned it up and ran again. Pump is dripping, so taken out and stripped... Holy crap! At least one of the plain rotor bearings has visibly worn away...

Haha I didn't say I licked it. That's what the kids are for, right?

Where we didn't spot it for a while the few drops that got out have etched slightly into the black epoxy countertop underneath it so the acidic part of the story does make sense. It was greasy in areas away from paint though (bottom of burner cabinet, on the worktop underneath) so I'm not...

Evening all, Had the gas man out today to check over a small intermittent leak on my Baxi 24HE condensor system boiler He's spotted that the leak is coming from the condensate trap or the pipe leading to it. Replacement is happening. The weird thing is that the residue that's built up on the...

Morning all, thanks for the replies. You're right I didn't give it a great shake when I put it on the barge board, however when I did the test piece I did shake it hard for a solid minute, as I assumed the problem was with me or settling. >72 hours in the house and that test piece is still just...

Thanks for the reply. I did a test on a bone dry bit of scrap wood from the garage and brought it into the house to dry. It's still tacky 24h later (18-20°C ~60% humidity) so something's up with it. I've ripped out the soft sticky wood on the barge board in question and have a LOT of filling to...

Have you tried google image search? https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en You might need to take one off and put it on a white background and take a few images to get a match but it's very good for this sort of thing

Morning all. My "summer" restore-the-fascias-on-the-house project is running over slightly and I'm trying to sort out one area of pretty rotten barge board at the moment. Trouble is, the Ronseal Wet Rot Wood Hardener I've bought for it just isn't curing. It's been on there since Tuesday (now...

My guess is they'd rather sell a new one, given that they don't publish anything at all useful regarding machine repair online and the usual corporate avoidance of giving fools new means to electrocute themselves and sue. But maybe I'm too cynical, thanks for the suggestion!

Going to have one last go without all the word salad I seem to be so keen on adding recently: 1) Can lamp unit failures cause the moisture sensor to be disabled? 2) What measurements should I get from a "working" moisture sensor (volts, amps, whatever) and has anyone successfully repaired just...

Thanks I'd not seen that. It does sound like the exact same combo of flashy light and no moisture sensing which is interesting...A shame they never completed the thread...It's a different model but looks like the same smart lamp card and a related (not the same thou) PCB If I could sharpen up...

Evening all, Just bought a second hand Beko Heat Pump Dryer and have a couple of issues with it: 1) The moisture sense/auto-stop feature does not work - i.e. stops after 5~10min claiming it's finished. (only Timed drying works, and works fine apparently) 2) The inside lamp flashes all the...