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Hi, I have a wash pump that I think is faulty but I cant find any data on what the resistance of the windings should be. I have a photo of the pump (attached). It is single phase with a L and N and measures 12 ohms. Does that sound low for a 470W pump?

Hi, I have a hardwood bannister that has been painted with a varnish that has gone kinda sticky. I suspect it is one of these ronseal exterior products. I'm going to sand it all off but what would be the best product to use to revarnish with. Thanks

I've just spent the day removing old tiles from my bathroom. One wall was lath & plaster and the others were plasterboard. I managed to save the lath & plaster wall because someone had tiled over woodchip so the woodchip came off with the tiles and saved the lath & plaster. The same cannot be...

I have an SMS50T22GB/09 dishwasher that has stopped drying at the end of the cycle. It also wasn't heating the water during the wash cycle but I replaced the heat pump and now the water heats during the cycle but just not for the drying part. Any ideas?

We've got an old Georgian house that has a system operating rads on 4 floors. The LG is 2.6m from the GF where the boiler and pump is located. There are 2 more floors staggered over 4m (see attached). We've not been there long but we've noticed that the 3 rads on the 2nd floor only get hot at...

We're using Dulux Satinwood paint for metal and wood. It's the water based one and not the solvent based variety. It seems to react with the paint beneath it especially on factory primed MDF. I think we're going to change what paint we're using so I'm looking for recommendations. We used to use...

Hi, I've recently moved into a place that has what looks to me like a kind of door kit that includes lining, architrave, hinges, locks and of course the door. I need to replace one but don't know what to look for. Does anyone recognise it and can point me in the right direction?

I have a Bosch Dishwasher Serie 4 (SMS50C26UK/D3) that is showing E02. According to this website E02 is a Heater Relay fault. I have removed the computer from the appliance and removed the relays (there are two) from the PCB and tested them out of circuit to ensure they operate correctly. They...

I need a little help with the arrangement of the drains and vent stack. Please see attached image. The vent pipe has a soil, bath and hand basin connection to the first floor bathroom (not shown) and then goes through the tiled room into the roof void where it travels horizontally for a section...

I recently moved a bathroom into another room and the BCO made me put a stub stack on the outside where the soil pipe came through the wall. I am going to be building an extension and have a similar situation however, i'd like to put the soil through the floor and out through the foundation...

We've got quite a lot of furniture bought a few years ago from Oak Furniture Land. Most of it is still in good nick but the pieces that were in the kids rooms have aged badly due to them not using coasters for drinks etc. There are no rings but the finish has started to 'peel' revealing the wood...

I'd like to key alike some nightlatch cylinders and some euro cylinders so that any one key can operate any lock in the external doors. Is it possible to get nightlatch cylinders and euro cylinders keyed alike so that a key that operates the euro cylinder will also operate the nightlatch cylinder?

Has anyone tried using screwbolts (Screwfix 6293P) into engineering bricks? I want to fit a bolt down post onto my wall which has blues as a solider course.

Hi, I've moved some walls and doorways etc. I am aware that a qualified electrician must do any work on bathrooms and kitchens but what can I do myself? I have notified building control throughout the process and he now won't be back before completion but I need to close up some plasterboard...

We are moving the bathroom from one location to another. Is it permissible under building regs to fit a 27" door?

What size opening should I cut to install a 27" door. I've got conflicting information - 788mm x 2051mm and 749mm x 2051mm.

I will be fitting a shower into a bathroom and want to embed the waste pipe into the floor. This will mean that the waste will exit the external wall either in the first or between the first and second blue courses. Is there anything wrong with this? Thanks

Is there a minimum distance between a window and a door opening for building regs? Built in brick. See attachment.

Hi, I need to build a couple of stud walls that run parallel with the joists. The BCO has told me that I cannot build the wall on top of the floorboards and I must run new double joists. I understand that I can put noggings between the existing joists at either end of where the new stud wall...

Hi, I need to fit a steel beam across an 7ft span in my bungalow as I want to move the wall back 300mm to gain a little space in the bathroom. I've been told that a 7x4" steel should do it. It will be supporting the wall plate and the roof as well as some of a flat roof structure. I understand...