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I have a Worcester Combi Boiler. The hot water is working but the central heating isn't kicking in. This happened about 18 months ago but didn't happen again. I then noticed it a couple of weeks ago, but the next day the heating was working, but it hasn't worked after that. The boiler's been...

I've not painted a lot of interior wood so I'm trying to work out the minimum required work to get a decent result on my banister. It's currently painted in white gloss that's starting to bubble and peel, revealing old gloss paint underneath. In well worn parts you can see small strips of dark...

In brief: my house has an oven circuit with a 6mm cable and a 20 amp MCB. Both the electric hob (6.5 kW) and oven (2.8 kW) are on this circuit. Can I upgrade the MCB to stop it tripping? Background: We moved in to the house a couple of years ago. The built in oven was slow to heat up so I did a...

The other day I put a junction box in my lighting circuit. The circuit was off (it was tripped but the circuit breaker was in place), but when I went to turn it on the power wouldn't come back on. Trouble shooting wasn't obvious: power was going into the circuit breaker, it appeared to be...

I'd like to put a heater in our airing cupboard and would appreciate hearing your thoughts. It's just a small cupboard on the landing that probably used to hold the boiler (the house had a combi boiler in the kitchen when we bought it). The cupboard is approx 60cm by 80cm by 160cm. I plan to...