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Evening, Wanted to replace a euro cylinder on my mum's patio door as she's lost her key. Drilled it out and removed cylinder. I've been searching all over the net for the correct terminology and have drawn blanks. It appears to have a pin on frame system and I think it might be an old...

Morning, I am faced with my boiler which is failing to light the pilot. I am aware that this being a postive case pressure boiler that I should not work on it and neither am I soliciting for encouragement to do so. I am simply looking to repair it without deliving too deep. I have taken the...

Hi Our combined gas and electric bills are exhorbitant to say we don't particularly heat all the rooms in the house. We generally pay upwards of £3000 per year. Now I know at some point it will make sense to change the boiler but I am not in the position financially to do that at the moment...

Hi I will framing out an old precast concrete garage this weekend and am looking to do the best possible job for the minimum cost. I am thinking of 38x89 CLS as the main studs with 100 think Knauf Omnifit Slab mineral wool insulation. However, I am going to eventually be installing a...

Hi I need to replace a couple of radiators. I have a separate thread for that. I read that to balance radiators, as a novice, you measure flow and return temps on the rads so I bought myself a digital infrared thermometer. A point and shoot thingymabob! Just been playing around with it. You...

Hi I am looking to replace 3 double radiators in my house. They are old style double panel with no fins. The system dates, I would guess, to the 1960's. I have 2 no. 39.75" x 18" and 1 no. 32" x 18". At least one of the larger ones has corroded. I am struggling to calculate the replacement...

Hi Just bought a 2nd hand fridge to replace some components in an old fridge I do not want to ditch. It turns out that the motherboard in it is not the same as the 'sister' fridge! So I need to the 'new' fridge working. The guy I bought it from said that it just needed regassing. I cannot...

Evening Just stripped the carb off the Ryobi and needle valve, blew through all the holes and vents and the like and the damned thing still won't start. Nice fresh fuel in it. Taken out spark plug and spark looks OK'ish but a bit yellow. Apparently should be 0.050". It looked less...

Hi I've read a couple of posts on here by Mark739 and Olneys. Earlier today, I stripped down the Kehin BB carb and gave it a cleaning. There was a great video on YouTube which I followed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3S_7XpUioE At 3:30, he takes a screw out and uses a rod to...

Hi I know we live in a throw-away society but I cannot bring myself to dump my fridge. I have had this Hotpoint FFA47X since late 2004. It has never defrosted correctly from Day One and interesting I found a service manual online for a FFA45W on the website called Elektro Tanya. The...

Hi I have a problem with our WFK2200. I am really reluctant to give up on it as apparently it is one of the best ones ever made by Bosch in terms of longevity. It has had this particualr problem for years. I am sure it shares many traits with the WFK2300, WFK2400, etc. and a few Neff...

Hello again, For years I have had the above alarm system installed. An electrical contractor friend did the wiring to the mains panel and I did all the fixing of the wiring switches. It has given nothing but trouble in terms of RF Trouble. I read on the internet somewhere that all that...

Got a call from my elderly aunty earlier today. She has the above alarm. She said she had to come downstairs at 3am this morning because the panel was making a noise. Her neighbour says they looked out of the window but could not see the light flashing on the front. It didn't appear to...

Hello. I have an old Potterton Netaheat MkIIF and am considering getting it changed though money is extremely tight in the current climate. I went on the Energy Savings Trust website earlier as I am considering fitting a room thermostat. I still have the original manual for the...

Hi All, Very new to this site and have been reading through several articles after searching on Google for information relating to changing a central heating pump and use of inhibitors and the like. Really impressed with the wealth of knowledge on here so I thought I'd join and jump in...