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I have an aluminium/glass back door made by Winkhaus which appears a little too large for its frame. The edge of the door catches on the jamb and the 'hooks' that lock it top and bottom also hit their adjustable faceplates on the jamb and sometimes prevent the door from being opened at all...

The radiators in my house have all been replaced over the last year or 2 and I'm wanting to balance them. My understanding is that first I should get the boiler flow/return temperature difference right with all the radiators full on, but I'm not sure what that difference should be. It's a...

Hello I'm hoping someone can tell me if these valves are OK on CH (vented) system? I've noticed the radiators downstream of them do not work unless pump is on full so I'm wondering if they are are for high pressure. Can't find them on the market now, could be up to 40 years old I think. Thanks...

Does anyone know of a smart TRV which can be linked to a remote wi-fi room thermostat for temperature control rather than using a sensor in the TRV head? I've seen loads of 'smart' TRVs but as far as I can see they all sense the temperature at the head, presumably giving the same limitations as...

The picture shows the end of the flue from my boiler where it emerges from the garage. Not obvious from the picture, but it's at about head height and close to the side door of the house and so I often get a faceful of fumes when entering or leaving. Is it possible and allowable to extend it...

One of the 3 hinges on my side door is making a loud noise as the door opens and shuts. Hard to describe the sound, but looking at the hinge I think it might be the 2 washers in the middle rubbing against each other. It's not a squeak, but a much lower pitch almost grinding sound. I squirted...

I expressed concern to my plumber about the noise that the pump he has newly installed might make, given that it is on a wooden floor (upstairs). The solution was two-fold: 1. He unscrewed it from the floor(!) and replaced the little rubber feet that come with it. 2. The picture tells the...

The 4" soil pipe elbow shown in the photo is leaking at the top - water is gathering around the 'lip' where the elbow meets the vertical pipe. The vertical pipe is a vent, so the leak seems to indicate that water is backed up enough in the pipe to reach the top of the elbow. This is borne out by...

I would like some help understanding the wiring inside my (old) Danfoss programmer, image attached. According to the manual, terminal 3 is HW on and 4 is CH on. The cylinder thermostat is connected across 3 and 5, and the room thermostat across 4 and 6. I assume that 5 also goes to the HW valve...

My bathroom radiator is plumbed into the hot water circuit (2 x 2 port system), which I think is not unusual but I would have thought it should be connected before the 2 port valve so it is always on when hot water is on. As it is in fact fed from after the valve, when the hot tank is up to...

I've got this magnetic filter in the return to my boiler, is it something that needs to be maintained in any way, e.g. washed out now and then? I have recently moved in to the house so wasn't around when it was installed, presumably with the new boiler next to it. Thanks for any...

I had to replace 2 manhole covers in my back garden as the existing ones were rusting away (including the frames). Unfortunately I only measured one, because after replacing the first with no problem I discovered the second was slightly bigger, in fact about 10mm bigger all round than the...

I have just moved in to a house with guttering downpipes that appear to be quite solidly cemented into the ground, presumably connecting to main drainage below the surface. The downpipes are full to a height of about four feet with moss, causing leakage further up. I'll obviously have to remove...

I'm about to concrete a 8x6 shed base and have put a layer of hardcore over the soil where I've dug down about 6". Although the hardcore is about 3" deep overall and fairly well broken up I thought I should fill in any minor gaps and level the surface, so I was wondering if I could use ballast...

Anyone know the good and bad of using a Portabase instead of a concrete base for a 8x6 shed? The basic idea is a frame of timber 'joists' that is attached to metal spikes driven into the ground. It means the air can circulate under the shed which I guess is a good thing but I'm wondering if the...

I didn't think composite doors sagged, but my front door is definitely lower on the handle side than the hinge side - the sides of the door are parallel with the frame but the top and bottom are not. Is there any fix for this? At the moment it is only just catching on the lower edge but I'm...

I am in the process of running 3 core 6mm SWA to my shed. I had to pass it under a patio and to save lifting the slabs I removed the mortar in between some of them (about 50mm wide) and dug down between the slabs. I put a layer of sharp sand in around the cable and pushed warning tape on top...

I have a few of these downlighters in the bathroom (images attached), they sit slightly proud of the ceiling and I am wondering if that is by design or an installation error. They look slightly odd like that but I appreciate it might be something to do with sealing them from damp. Under the...

I want to add a new double socket on a RCD-protected ring, ideally extending the ring, rather than a spur. There is an existing socket in the same room but on an adjoining wall, from which the cables could run horizontally and round the corner if that's allowed. Both walls are wooden studs...

The temperature control on my shower valve has become difficult to turn. It's about 6 months old, not heavily used, I'm not sure what make as it came free with the house(!), hence the picture. From reading other posts here, seems that lubrication with silicone grease is the answer - if so, can...