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Hi all, I've tried looking this up but worry a lot of results are related to tap showers. I have an old electric shower and noticed the last few nights a drip about every 15 seconds. The shower head is up in the holder above the height of the unit. I have had to lie it down in the bath so I...

Hi all, Please can someone help, I dismantled something and during a tidy up at some point they went missing. The manufacturer has kindly told me what screws I need but I'm having trouble finding them from the details given: Screw PH T2 M2.6*8L (Head Size＝4.3mm, Black) It's a US based company...

Hi all, Please can I check on the best course of action for this. The button has started getting stuck down and have had to release it by unscrewing it from the cistern lid. I bought the toilet from Focus in 2008 and have removed the button where there is a fair deal of green corrosion on it...

Hi all, I replaced my tap cartridges a couple of years ago due to a dripping issue. Recently the hot tap lost traction on the cartridge and started slipping and now won't turn the cartridge at all so have to use pliers. I can't find a match anywhere for the tap head as it is older than 2005...

Hi all, Hoping for a bit of help please as I can't seem to find a method that's safe! I need to drop a new fence panel in and have tried with a 4 step step ladder and also just got the loft ladder down which doesn't seem amazingly stable. We are trying a technique using string handles but...

Hi all, My Hot Water Express 80 was in my house when I moved in in 2005. The house was built in 1991 and I haven't serviced it at all and I have no idea if it has been serviced at all. It's been working great except for occasionally needing the pressure topping up. Last week though when...

Please can someone advise on this... A couple of years ago the water old the hot tap ran cold so I turned the knob to increase the pressure in the boiler so that it was up to about 1 bar. I now check the pressure every couple of weeks and usually have to top it up, sometimes (like today) the...

I assumed they were but have read conflicting information on searches of the net. My house was built in 1991 and is a mid terrace. The joists are 9.4cm deep and 3.3cm wide, generally 56.5cm apart. I have boards which either lay across three joists or two and at one end might rest on strips of...

Hi all, I've just been told at B&Q I need more loft insulation and they have rolls for £5. I already have a layer of yellow fluffy stuff which I think is rockwool. I measured the height of th joists as 100mm, the existing insulation pretty much is the same depth as the joists. Should I buy...

I thought it was fibreglass but I've heard there's another type which is more modern and less harmful. The house was built in 1991 and the insulation in the loft is like yellowy/white fluffy wool but doesn't seem to irritate my hands or leave tiny glass type splinters if I touch it. Can someone...

Hi all, I've finally got round to having a go at this but when I did I realised it wasn't quite as simple as I thought. Here goes... Next to the loft hatch three tongue and groove loft boards were already down which were flush with the edge of the hatch. Some other boards were up there...

Hi all, Please excuse any ignorance of general knowledge of heating systems, this is my first house, I've only been here since May... Basically, I have the above mentioned combi boiler which over summer has worked fine, always produced hot water when needed. Now it is getting colder, I...

Hi all, Hoping someone might be able to advise on this one. I've just had the pleasure at last of buying my own house and in it I have a Glow Worm boiler in the kitchen. For some reason it is switched to Central Heating and Hot Water (winter) and will not switch to Hot Water only...