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The concrete lintel above my daughter window has blown out, due, probably to water ingress that has rusted the steel reinforcing bar causing it to rust and expand. How can I repair this and get it looking like new again (or as near as possible)? I have seen patch repair stuff at Wickes and...

I have a fridge that isn't getting cold (Baumatic bl18a). When I turn on the switch inside the fan comes on and the compressor starts up.I have taken out the thermostat and when I put a test meter on the terminals and switched on and I get a circuit and lose the circuit when I switch off.To...

Hi Burnerman, When I switch the fridge dial round from 0 (off) to 1 the compressor switches on straight away. I cannot here anything else even when I turn it up to the max (7) I have left it running on 7 and put a thermometer inside to see if the temp goes down.( It didn't do before it...

We have a Baumatic BL18A built under larder fridge that isn't getting cold enough. It has been working fine until just before Christmas and then we noticed that the butter wasn't as hard and the milk was going off ect. Before I throw it away(it is only 3 years old) is there anything that I can...

I have had a look at the belt and it looks to be in need of replacing it is full of cracks .Since I posted this query I spoke to an car engineer and he said the same as yourselves so will replace it as soon as I am able. Thank you bhm1712 and Peter N

My daughters micra squeals when it is put onto full lock even when the car is stationary. It sounds like metal to metal contact but as I say the car isn't moving. As you let go of the steering wheel it stops as the wheel relaxes back but as you pull it back to full lock it starts again. Any...

The fitting will be about 2ft from the edge of the bath so cannot be reached from the bath. I can't remove the old ceiling as it curves down 6" to the top of the wall which I tiled up to originally ( it was built in 1936 with lathe and plaster ). This is the reason originally to have a...

I had a suspended ceiling with translucent panels fitted in and a fluorescent light fixed to the true ceiling 6" above that. I have decided to bring it up to date by removing the suspended ceiling and replace it with plasterboard. I have secured joist hangers on opposite walls and put 65 x...

I decided to try the easyest thing first ie, swap the wheels round front to back and back to front. When I got to the back offside wheel and removed the trim I found that the nuts had been pit on the wrong way, with the flat side to the wheel. I asked my duaghter if she had had any trouble with...

My duaghter has a nissan micra 1998 and complained about vibration at 60 mph and would I go out with her. We went on the motorway and at 60 there was some vibration on the steering wheel but not as bad as I thought it would be. I would normally have thought that it would be that the wheels...

I have taken off the face plate of one of the double sockets in the lounge and found the wiring to be one black and two red,- one of which is being used as the earth. Because of this I have decided to get an electrician to check the whole house to make sure everything is safe.

My daughter has just bought a house and there is only one socket in each of the bedrooms. I am capable of putting in new sockets for her but what are the current regulations regarding diy electrics. Thanks

My daughters heater on her Micra doesn't blow as hot as it used to do. I've taken the front panel off to look at the controls and they seem to be OK. The pipes running to the heater matrix inside the engine seem to be getting hot and the engine isn't overheating. My next thought was to drain the...

I tried disconnecting the battery as suggested but to no avail. Booked in at Nissan garage as the fault can only be cleared on the CPU by putting it on the computer at the garage. Thanks for the advise.