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My system boiler seems to be exhibiting some very odd behaviour. The heating had been off all day, so the system temperature was around 32oC. I turned the boiler on and it quickly got up to ~65oC. It continued to rise up to 81oC before suddenly dropping back to ~60oC. The temperature then climbs...

Hello, I'm in the process of installing a new 'period feature' in our house - an Edwardian servants call bell system. I've run all new wiring from the call bells to the existing front door-bell transformer which is sited just above the main CU. In order to save me running more wires all over...

Hello, Another question on me on the subject of wiring in LED Tape.. I have ~6m of LED tape connected to a 12v DC power supply. Between the PSU and the start of the tape is a run of around 3m. Because it was a handy size, I've temporarily hooked up the tape with 2 core 0.75mm cable and all works...

I have just replaced one of our wall lights with a LED Tape light and associated power supply. As all was well, I replaced a second wall light fitting (on the same circuit) also with a length of LED tape light and an associated power supply. Now, ~30% of the time that I turn those lights on...

W're just in the process of renovating our kitchen and were about to embark on tiling the floor when I noticed a damp patch on the old hearth that I'd not previously seen... This appeared after a prolonged period of heavy rain. Now the weather has improved, it's dried out completely again...

We have recently enlarged our kitchen space by knocking through to an old outside WC/coal cupboard. The 'old' kitchen floor is floorboards (1 1/2" T&G board). The 'New' part of the kitchen is concrete screed. There is also an old cement hearth. Mrs P would like a new tiled floor to the kitchen...

Hi All, Apologies in advance that this is a topic that's already been discussed to death, but just wanted to get my logic double checked if possible.. We have a 3 storey, 12 radiator house with a Telford Tempest unvented cylinder and Worcester Bosch boiler. The Radiator circuit is around 50%...

We've lived in our current home for just over 2 months and we discovered some odd behaviour for the first time this morning with the cold water in the upstairs bathroom. Consequenly, I'm not sure if this is something that's just started happening (most likely I think) or if it's been there since...

Having recently moved house, the pump on the central heating packed up over the weekend, so this prompted me to try and understand our inherited central heating/hot water system better. It looks to be a C-Plan set up to me, with a pump on the central heating circuit and a separate...

Hi, We've recently moved house and the new place has a pumped shower. It's always been noisy and never offered a great deal of pressure, but had some odd behaviour this morning.. 1. Pump always starts with a reasonable pressure then audiably begins to whine and the pressure drops a little...

Hi, We had a rusty towel rail in the bathroom, that would only ever get hot at the bottom. Assuming it must be clogged through, I replaced it on the weekend, to find the same problem with a brand new one. It's a 1.5M ladder rail, but only the bottom 4 rungs would get hot. Having bled the...

A previous inhabitant of our home has rendered over the front door frame. Now, after years of the door slamming, the hairline crack in the render has actually lead to a chunk falling off.. What's the best / easiest way to fix this? Have never attempted any rendering or anything like this...