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Hi, thanks for the reply. Looks like I'm going to have to attempt to drill a hole as AEG are quoting silly money just for a tech to look, which if as believed he would want to replace the drum, could end up costing more than the machine is worth. Is their a way to get a part for just that...

The suspension springs for the drum on my AEG Lavamat 86741 have snapped of the drum on one side. Its the plastic on the drum itself where the hole is drilled that has worn through. Is there likely to be anything I can do? There is just enough room on the plast to possibly drill...

chrishutt was correct, the fittings just needed quite a bit of force, now ok. must stop wifey doing things like this. Cheers for your helps.

I come home tonight to find that my wife has attempted to install the new kitchen sink, with pushfit pipes going to a single tap with 2 longish pipes for hot and cold. Problem is that the pushfit connection at both the mains pipe and the tap end are both leaking and I cant get the things off...

Hello I currently have a 2 hole sink that needs replacing so i bought a 1 hole sink for a mixer tap but the piping going to the sink leaves no room for flexible piping or whatever to put a 1 hole mixer in as the piping runs vertical from the sink and just has a U bend and then about 1" to the...

no test nothing just said that the fumes on those types just blow back in with the wind

ta for that, i'll just get another quote from someone else before taking it down. I am getting sick of pedantic workmen here in Cheshire, if I here the word regulation again i'm gonna go crazy., I know its for the greater good but many are using it as a way of extracting more cash.

no just a pot

We got a corgi gas man in to install our gas fire but he refusedto do the job because we had a 'chinamans hat' cap on our chimney. He reckoned these were not in regulation and we had to take it down. Now its not a job I want to do taking it down and its near impossible to get somebody out...

Anyone used decking clips? If so are they any good/easier to install etc. Is there a preferred type?

I am actually a Telecoms engineer doing quite well financially, but the more I.T. is outsourced to India then the less significant my skills are, so I was thinking of retraining. Current contract is on until July so wouldn't mind at least deciding which way to go soon. Obviously I know...

Thanks for the info. It's difficult for the part timer to fasttrack then.

I would like to retrain and Plumbing is obviously a good area to look at due to the shortages. Problem is I don't have time or money to go to college for 3 years so I have been looking at other things (part time). My view is that even if I don't end up going into the trade then I will be able...

Many thanks for the info, I am going to see the owner and friday and have a look over the docs she has, and then I'll ask the council for the docs they have,

I spoke to the owner last night and she says that she remembers being told that they went down 6 ft with a view to extending upwards and that she has some original plans/docs on it. Anyone know if 6ft is generally good enough?

I have had an offer accepted on a new! (1920s) House. The house has a single extension built approx 20 years ago. I am buying with a view to building on top of the extension so my question is, will a full structural survey be able to confirm if the structure can be built upon? (if so, how...

I have just tiled over some old floor tiles some of which were broken and I believe they may be the floor tiles mentioned earlier that contain asbestos. now I handled some of these broken ones so would that mean dangerous exposure for me? Also I have an asbestos flue will this be a health...

You must bear in mind, that the fella actually told my wife this, who then relayed it to me in wifey speak so......................

I've been in the house 5 years so anytime before that i'm not sure. He was basically saying it was because there were 2 pipes going to each rad that he said would leak under higher pressure.

I have a standard Baxi Boiler which connects to the outside through Metal pipe onto an asbestos flue. We are going to have an extension put on the side of the house where the flue is so thought it a good time to replace the old flue, but we also wanted to change to a combi boiler for 'instant...