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Had the pump replaced on my boiler which is a year old and there is now an irritating low level hum coming from one of the pipes. Boiler is in an upstairs bedroom and pipes run down to living room below and are behind a hardboard partition. I assume the answer will be get the bloke back in but...

I have replaced a PIR light but it won’t switch on, electrics are fine as I hear the sensor click but nothing happens bulb is fine as well. I have tried different settings but it makes no difference attached is a photo of the sensor, have I just got a dodgy one or is something wrong with the...

I have a laptop running windows 11 it’s an MSI GF65 it’s got all the relevant updates. I have downloaded Chrome but it will not open, when I click on it the screen briefly refreshes and nothing happens. I have tried re-downloading I have checked anti virus and that’s not blocking it, I have...

I have a BWTWS455 water softener which is now 9 years old. Over the years it has tended to use up salt cubes more quickly, I know this as I used to obtain 3 bags from the same supplier and the time period in which I was ordering them was getting less and less, no problem as I thought the machine...

Can anyone recommend a good cleaner for Travertine floor tiles in the bathroom? Many thanks.

I have a small box room where only a divan bed will fit and due to the make up of the room it has to go against a cold external wall. The wall is covered with a wallrock liner which has made an improvement however it is difficult to stop the mattress from touching the wall and creating...

Please see photos below the tape deck has rca audio sockets and the amp has an aux in?

My boiler timed out twice in a week a few weeks back. Turning it off and back on again makes it spring back to life. I thought twice in a week was odd but kept an eye on it and no problems since. Yesterday I noticed a leak on the hot water cylinder. I have this contained until such time as it...

I am trying to fix a couple of split pin rivets to a helmet I am renovating. The pins are very small and tough do it is hard to bend them through a hole in the helmet, see photos. Does anyone have any advice about how to get the rivets to fold flat? I was wondering if something like a G clamp...

I have half a tin of white hammerite metal paint. It has completely dried up, you can poke a stick into it and it is soft and rubbery texture. Is there any way to bring this tin back to life? If so what should I try adding?

I have an outside light, a Timeguard NSLB500C 500w PIR Halogen Floodlight. This is a security light with an adjustable timer for how long you want it to stay on. It has a manual override option to keep the light on constantly which involves switching the light on, then off and on twice in 2...

After flushing my toilet the water level goes higher than normal for a few seconds as if blocked but then returns to normal. It is not doing it all the time but intermittently, and it’s not even a case of it doing it when paper is in there. I have tried a plunger and there is no obvious...

I have purchased a folding pool table which I presume is made out of msg laminate, see link below: https://www.rileyleisure.com/product-page/bce-5ft-rolling-lay-flat-folding-pool-table Due to its size I was hoping to store folded up in garage when not in use, as garage is external and can get...

I will be painting some walls which are covered in lining paper. The paint I want to use is available in Dulux's endurance range as well as standard matt. Would the qualities of endurance, i.e easier to clean marks work as well on lining paper or would it need to be on plastered walls to work?

Hope I have picked the right sub forum As the title says are hinges standard sizes? I enclose a photo of a cupboard hinge I want to replace with a 170 degree hinge so that it opens fully? Do I measure the diameter of the round hole it slots into on the door?

I have purchased a wooden gazebo kit which is 2.4m square. It comes with drive-in post anchors. I am habving trouble loading the image but it is the right hand photo on the link below. The blade part of the anchor is 45cm (although the photo is a bit stretched so it appears much longer)...

I am looking for some brackets like the one in the photo which jold the guttering in place on my garage. Normal brackets wont do as the roof overlaps the wall. I dont think you can buy these brackets as the garage was built from a kit quite some time ago. Does anyone know of anywhere that could...

Cant seem to rotate image but..... How feasible would it be to enclose this porch, by enclose I actually mean moving the front doir and window forward one metre to meet the edgeof the existing brickwork so creating a larger internal hallway? Obviously the gas meter would need relocating. The...

As the title suggests when our Gas Central Heating is turned off at the wall controls the only way to make the heating go off is to go around and physically turn off all of the individual thermostats on the radiators. What could be the problem here? We have recently had a towel rail...

As the title says I am looking for a cistern to fit a 400mm wide furniture unit, it must have front access. I have seen the Jollytank by Wirquin but my plumber mentioned the flush button wasnt the nicest. He recommended Gerebit but they dont do a cistern to fot a 400mm unit which is a shame as...