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Evening all, Seeing if the forum can help me out. Without getting all political, this Brexit thing has made purchasing stuff from the UK a bit more expensive. I now live overseas in Malta and was wondering if anyone knew if there were any European equivalents to the likes of Folkestone...

Hi all, Need some advice concerning my Whirlpool washing machine which give me an intermittent error code of FH. The washing machine can go through many cycles without giving me code and other times it can occur many times during one cycle. From what I’ve read on the web it is a water issue in...

Hi all, Trying to see if I can get to the bottom of a problem I'm having with my Grohe shower. Up until a couple of weeks ago the shower as working fine but now it seems that the water goes cold after a few minutes of use. Using one of the remotes (batteries are fine in both) we turn...

Hi all, Would be very grateful for some advice concerning purchasing a LED driver. I've recently purchased 4 x 3w (single bulb) 12v spot lights, submersible for use in a fountain and would like to know the correct LED driver to purchase. the lights are via eBay and are coming in from the...

Need some help trying to find a mixer tap for an old sink. Unfortunately both of the original taps are going to need re-chroming and as that is the case I am thinking of trying to obtain a bridge mixer style of tap, similar to the one in the link below...

Hi all, Would like some advice about a new concrete slab I've just laid. The slab has been laid internally in a small conservatory and this room gets really warm almost too warm (practically south facing), size is approx 2.4m * 1.25m * 0.1m (8ft * 4ft * 4in) and laid over a 1000 gauge...

Hello again, Would like a little help with my boiler again. The boiler seems to have developed 2 problems in the last 24hrs although I suspect that they are linked. It is not firing up to produce HW and although in constant mode for CH it only fires up when it wants to and then shuts off...

I need to replace the hearth tiles of a Victorian fireplace as they have all cracked and many are missing. If I use tiles, are there specific tiles and adhesive that need to be used - thinking about the high temperature that will be generated in use. I was considering just using a piece of...

Hi, Many years ago the original fireback of a Victorian cast iron tiled insert fireplace was replaced by a clay type. The front part is still in place behind a marble surround. However, the clay fireback has badly cracked and started to breakdown and thus it needs replacing. I have a few...

Hi All, Looking for some help and guidance. I've have this boiler for a number of years, about 5, and all's been fine until recently, when I started to have problems on DHW side of the boiler. Noticed that I was not getting HW at one of the taps (1st floor about 20ft away from boiler)...

Hi, I'd like some advice please and my apologies for teaching anyone how to suck eggs or giving to much info or for waffling on far too much! I'm Part way thru a complete rewire, including new consumer unit (CU) of my house and have encountered a problem. The CU is a 16 way MCB split load...