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we're having a new kitchen fitted, and it's been one nightmare after another. today's issue is with the brand new integrated dishwasher. we've tried to use it for the first time, and the water didn't drain away. so we wanted to locate the power socket to turn it off. unfortunately, our kitchen...

we have a combi boiler with a timer that is always on. we then use a wireless thermostat around the house to control when the boiler fires up. if we don't want the heating on, we simply drop the temperature on the thermostat to a point lower than the current room temperature, which ensures the...

i've recently balanced my system and learned a bit about inlet/outlet flow, TRVs and lockshields, but something is still bugging me. assuming a system is well balanced, and you're using the TRVs on a towel rail, if you set the TRV to 1 (therefore limiting flow) does this mean that the top rung...

We're having a kitchen extension and our plumber has fitted 2 x vertical radiators. They don't have any cold spots but they aren't getting hot. After doing a bit of research on here, I think the system needs balancing (as some of our radiators are incredibly hot!) The issue is, none of our old...

i've just bought a 5-bulb pendant. the web site says 5 x 60w bulbs, but the manual and the stickers on the pendant says max 25w (that's 5 x 25w, i believe). assuming the website is wrong, and the manual/stickers are correct - does the 25w max apply to any type of bulb? for example, if i was to...

Looking at pull out kitchen taps. Narrowed it down to these two. Any advice on brand quality? Or does anyone have any experience with them?... JTP Vos Harbour Acclaim Thanks

so it's been freezing cold and our boiler now has an L2 error and refuses to work. i assume this is because our condensation pipe has frozen. the problem is, i can't physically reach it because our boiler is in the loft and the condensation pipe runs outside the house (i.e. up near the roof and...

hi everyone i have a scantronic i-on40 in part set mode with the following zones configured: zone 17 - hall PIR (final exit) zone 18 - lounge PIR (normal alarm) zone 19 - garage PIR (normal alarm) zone 20 - front door contact (final exit) zone 21 - back door contact (normal alarm) i only use...

scantronic i-on 40 is complaining about "batt v.low/missing". system is 8 years old so I imagine it needs replacing. does anyone know which battery I need to order? thanks

hi everyone. my garage door is stuck. i can force it open but it's difficult and probably not doing it any good. I think one of my springs has gone, but i don't know what they should look like. here are some pics of the left and right springs. can someone help confirm if one, or both, are...