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We have an Ikea dishwasher which works fine in that it fills, cleans and drains. However, when it is not in use, every so often the base fills with water which I assume is drain water somehow getting back into it. In the hot summer this gets rather unpleasant. The dishwaser connects to a drain...

I have some old danfoss radiator thermostats with an RA fitting which I would like to change for some with a timer. The new thermostats have the RAVL screw connector and came with a plastic adapter to attach over the RA valve. The plastic adapter is useless but on amazon and ebay there are...

I was rewiring some 2 way light switches, they had previously worked as 2 way and then after someone else changed them (without writing what went where before removing the old ones) they worked as individual switches but not 2 way ones. I mapped out what went where: - a line/live connecting...

I have a box of 25 T5 8W Fluorescent bulbs, of which over half rattle when turned longways. Could these work or are the ones with a rattle bound to be dud? Thanks

I have recently moved into a house with a Baxi Solo 3 boiler heating hot water and 5 radiators (each with it's own thermostatic valve). The whole system is controlled by a lifestyle programmer. There is also what looks like a central heating thermostat on the living room wall, and when I...

I'm trying to change a tap washer, the tap is completely stuck and will not come apart, the whole thing turns - I cannot brace the tap from on top or underneath due to the awkward angles things are at. What's the correct way to loosen it? I've tried WD40. Would something like the...

While cleaning the head of our Mira sport 6kw today I seem to have broken the shower head (girlfriend not impressed :( ) The bit that turns round and adjusts the spray now turns round and round (rather than just once round) with the spray doing crazy things instead of going through the usual...

I've just moved into a flat in a small block of 8 flats. All the water for the flat appears to come in via a pipe under the kitchen sink (shut off at floor level then up to kitchen cold tap and along through the wall to bathroom and heating, hot water comes back through the wall). I had...