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Hi, I have a Beko Frost Free Combi Fridge & Freezer. Model CDA 543 F I only bought this less than 2 years ago, the problem I have recently is that the freezer is only -5C. It used to be -18C when I first bought it. The noise it make is louder than before, sounds like it's stuck in defrost...

Hi, i have a painted artex wall that i would like to replace with wallpaper (or maybe just paint). Can I use the dot & dab on plasterboard over the painted artex? Thanks.

my system is: F&E tank, boiler gravity hot feed to cylinder and 2 radiators in both bathrooms. a central heating pump for all other radiators in the house no motorise valve, no cylinder stat, but only a room stat. I have drained down the system entirely today, but after i refill...

hi, I have a new boiler system installed: Boiler- Vailant thermoCOMPACT (sealed system) programmer - Lifestyle LP522 room thermostat - Drayton RTS1 Drayton 3 Port mid position motorised valve The problem i have now is my central heating system. The boiler starts fine and all radiator...

dot n dab on aquapanel to breeze block? would that be ok? Thx.

Hi, Recently i fitted a kitchen pull-out lever mixer tap(exactly this one), and the hot water flow has become really low... I know that it wasn't like that before with the old tap, although my old tap mixed the water after the spout. At the moment, the Cold is from main, and Hot is...

hi, I have some knotty pine on ceiling and wall, they are all vanished. I am planning to paint them. At the moment my guess is to: sand down surface> primer > paint. but i m thinking do i need to seal all the knots so that it doesn't seep through in the future? thanks.

Hi, I currently have a burger alarm fitted, and it is connected to my CU under "light" 5A fuse. The problem i have now, is I need to cut off the power on the "light" fuse to be able to change a light fittings on the ceiling. But as soon as I cut the power, the alarm sounds in my balcony. I...

I have a radiator in the bathroom which will no longer be used, should I put stop end cap on both in & outlet, Or should I make a connection in&out to keep the water flow back to the boiler to heat up?

I have the similar problem as jezbo's problem. My radiator heated up then stop heating until the next start. I think the problem comes from the diverter (mid-position valve). It has W-M-H. When the central heating is just turned on, it switched to H. Then after it runs for a while it...

Hi, I bought shower enclosure W1200 x D800 mm. It is an offset "right hand" shower tray where it curved round one of the edge. as picture shown: click here However, the tray is only 100mm thick, and the waste cannot go all the way into the floorboards, therefore i need to raise it...

Hi, I have a pump, and a shower mixer which I believe the pipe from pump to shower should keep it as 22mm. However the shower mixer Cold & Hot inlet is 1/2" (the inlet of the s-union with the chrome plates, then connect to 3/4" to the mixer) I need an elbow joint to connect from the...

Hi, I bought a high pressure mixer tap recently. Can I connect it to the pump? but then I assume there will be a short on & off on the pump everytime the tap is used + a vibration noise :S Will this harms the pump's life? Alternative is I guess to use the Cold from the Main, and keep...

I wonder can I fit a 3.0 bar pump on the pipe where it just come out from the cold tank & and hot cylinder and feed it to the pipe where it goes to the bathrooms? so all the taps and shower mixer will be pressurised? Is that ok? can a tap be pressurised via a pump like this one?, and this...

Hi, I have an old water system with a gas boiler, water tanks, cylinder etc. I want to change to a combi boiler, which at the moment I am looking for a corgi to do it for me, and removing all the tanks and cylinders. However I want to do the bathroom myself. But the problem is that I...

Hi, I would like to know can i fit a Combi Boiler (Potterton Gas performa 24) to my micro bore central heating system 10mm? If so, any special fittings requirement for that? Many thanks in advance.