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I've discovered I have a slow leak on my Vaillant Ecotec pro 28 boiler, and looking at the manual it is coming from the condensate discharge pipe. Water is weeping between the connection on the boiler and where the plastic pipe has been fitted (see attached picture). I have placed a bowl under...

I went to change my front door lock today but found the Yale Euro cylinder I bought wouldn't fit in the space. In the photo below the one on the left is the original lock, and the one on the right is the new Euro cylinder. What kind of lock should I be looking for? The Euro cylinder seems...

Is it normal for the filling loop to be fitted with two isolating valves (as below) or should it be with a flexi hose? My previous experiences of combi boilers has been the filling loop has been a flexi hose, but my recent boiler install has two isolating valves just fixed to the copper piping...

What sort of underlay should I use on a wooden sub-floor? Am I best to a foam or fibre boards? Below are examples of what I'm looking at. Foam roll: http://www.carpet-underlay-shop.co.uk/novostrat-comfort-gold-5mm-15sqm-rolls-from-133-per-m2-1616-p.asp Fibre boards...

This might sound like a stupid question but how do you access the control knobs on the above boiler? I've just had it installed but I'm actually offshore for the next few weeks so I'm not able to have a look myself. I asked my girlfriend to have a look but she says she can't see a flap. I've...

I'm working on replacing my current open vented system with Glow Worm Hide Away 60B boiler with a combi system. System is being fitted in a 3 bed detached house with one bathroom and seven radiators. Shower is electric for now, but may change. I've had a few quotes and two of them are standing...

I've just replaced a 1 gang socket in my living room with a Volex 1 gang to 2 gang socket converter. I plugged an iron in to test both the sockets, both worked sockets but I noticed when I turned off one of them that there was a blue flash when I flicked the switch off. This doesn't seem...

I removed a couple of radiators and found a lot of the water inside was black, even after taking the rad outside and giving it a lot of flushing with a garden hose. Based on that I've just added a litre of X400 to my central heating system, by draining a radiator and filling through the...

I've recently stripped out my dining room, removing old laminate, skirting etc. I'm pretty set on putting solid wood flooring down, but I'm not sure if I should lay the floor first or fit skirting/architrave first. I'm guessing putting the flooring down first is the best idea to ensure a...

I'm currently redecorating my living room and am just preparing to repaint the window sill. I removed the silicone that ran between the window sill and the double glazing window so I could sand the sill. The DG frame is uPVC. When it comes to refilling the gaps should I use silicone as...