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We've had a combi for some years now but only just realised that the water cylinder in an upstairs cupboard was getting warm and the tank in the loft still being supplied. The ball valve in the tank has started to fail and sod's law the overflow pipe is leaking so we decided instead of fixing it...

Been away for three days, came home, fired the heating on without any problems. Heating ran fine for about 40 minutes and then started flashing. According to the indicator stickers the combination of lights and flashes it's something to do with 'dry-fire' It doesn't say anything else, no...

Recently fitted some laminate flooring on top of fibreboard on top of floorboards. The floorboards were always dry and the space underneath was the same. The problem is the room has one long length (approx. 7m) and this length has expanded to fill the gap (10mm each end). The expansion has...

Got a leak on our bog, took me a while to work out where from because of the condensation but it's definitely coming from the pipe that leads from the cistern to the pan - which comes out at the bottom of the cistern and then turns at 90 degrees and disappears into a slot in the pan. I've...

I know it's a long shot but does anyone know anywhere in Manchester or the NW that sells Geberit spares on a Sunday?

I have just been quoted £800 for a new CU (strip out everything in the cabinet including the old Economy 7 boxes and wiring) plus new double sockets in 9 locations in my lounge. The mains cabinet at the moment is a real mess - it's jammed full of wiring from 40 years ago and I can't even...

Took off a radiator to decorate and to install a new window above it. The new cill is sitting about an inch lower than the old one so the radiator has had to be moved down by the same amount. Nothing too major because it's microbore stuff so slightly flexible (I assume). The fittings and the...

Got an 02 reg Nissan Vanette which had a lot of wear on the prop shaft and was causing a major judder going through the gears. Was quoted £600 from a Nissan garage - managed to get a new one off the internet for £80 and had it fitted for £45. This is the simple bolt on type so nothing major (or...

OK, bit of a strange one. Got a friend of a friend building a garden wall for me using concrete block. The wall is 20m x 0.9m. Footings are all in place and the materials are being supplied by me. This lad is a brickie by trade and he reckons it will take him about a day and a half (with me...

Had a new boiler fitted by a mate of mine (a Baxi condensor) after the old Ariston stopped working (circuit board fault). Went in fine and we now have heat again as well as plenty of hot water in the kitchen. However the hot water in the bathroom (sink and bath) are both lukewarm at max. We've...

We've been away for three days and on our return our Genus 27 mffi won't come back on. We turned it off at the switch (rightly or wrongly) so we've put that back on and pressed the On button on the boiler itself. But it won't fire up...in fact nothing, no noises or anything. Nor does it start if...

Hi, We had a problem with our 8 year old Genus 27 MFFi some time back and, cut a long story short, got someone to tell us the bad news that we needed a new pressue vessel (it had other minor problems mainly with the wiring which were fixed). However the fitter has since ceased trading and the...

Strange one this...got a 7 year old Ariston 27 MFFI with a Landis digital timer unit and ext. thermostat. Hadn't had hot water for a while and the system was making a lot of screeching noises and then the timer stopped working other than the over-ride boost button which is the only way we could...