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Steve - no photo sorry as it's fixed - I paid an electrician who nearly spat his tea out when he saw it :oops: I can do plumbing and building but I'll leave the electrics to the experts - no DIY electrics for me anymore on the orders of the other half - the sparky said I was lucky not to...

Hi, I've just fitted a new electric shower unit in our en-suite. I tapped into wiring already there but the shower now turns on when I turn the light on and off when I activate the in-built hairdryer. Now the haidryer will only work if I put the shower on first! I've checked the wiring and...

I had a similar problem with squirrels trying to enter a small hole in my back door. I know you can buy lion faeces from zoos and wildlife parks to deter animals in your garden but I went for the cheaper option and used some of my own. hey presto - no squirrels anymore, they don't like teh...

Helen, I notice you also have a problem with your dishwasher filling with dirty water - sounds like a blockage in the system somewhere

Hi, I got a plumber in to fix it for me

I have the same model and a similar problem a few months back - turns out I had a carrot wedged in my drain hole. Couldn't sit down for a month after

I was told an good fix for smeally dryers - not tried it myself - but apparently you chop up around 10 lemons and run a quick low temp cycle with them in the drum. Don't be tempted to use oranges or other fruit though

My dryer is also in the cellar - I had to join three hoses together and a quick measurement sees it as around 19m long

My low-cost tumble dryer recently stopped working and I found upon inspection that the electrical fan had broken and a thermal cut-out was activating. I applied a measure of Araldite to bond the broken fan and performed a quick no-load test. Yesterday evening I conducted a successful fully...