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Evening! Going to have a go at patching up external garden wall that the render has fallen off, I was going to use a bag of ready mix concrete from Wicks but before I do can anyone else recommend a product I should use or will concrete do the job see attached picture! Bear in mind I have no...

Had a burst pipe in the kitchen under the floor (concrete with old tiles on top), it was the old redundant hot feed to the washing machine that is buried in concrete to run from 1 side of the kitchen to the other, it must have been leaking for about 12hrs, at its height it was enough to kick up...

Hi, is there any problem regs wise if I spur off the ring main to a fused spur point to power a wall mounted electric fire? Thanks

My bog no longer flushes, it has a standard syphon installed, Im thinking of getting this part as a replacement...... Fluidmaster Pro Series PRO750UK lever operated dual flush valve This will fit & work as a direct replacement won`t it :D Toilet is a close couple cistern. Thanks

Does anyone know how this type of compressor engages/disengages? There is no clutch at the front just a pully with a damper inside, the only connection is the one you can see at the back. Is there an internal clutch or maybe a pressure relief valve to take the load of the pump when not in use??

Why are houses built with say the ground floor front room cavity floor with floor boards & the back ground floor room solid/concrete floor? Thanks :)

I'm trying to figure out if a motor like this one Is kaput or not, it has 4 wires, 2 are neutrals that are tied together in a choc block & 2 are I'm assuming live inputs that go into the timer control board. I've done a few tests & 1 live input has about 10ohms to neutral but the other...

How much would it cost too connect a gas oven (rough idea please) to an existing capped off supply pipe. I know it can be abit crystal ballish with these things but I'm just after a rough idea of what gas engineers charge for this please :) Paul.

Hi, does anyone have a list of cap`s to replace on this PSU? Ta :D

My Worcester boiler is in need of a service & repair, would it be recommended to get Bosch to come out and service/repair or should I find a competent local person? Will Bosch be vastly more expensive than a local independent service engineer. Ta

Today I lost my Snap On spike, scratched head and wondered where I had it last, I used it to remove an airbox on an Audi A6 3.2, outside I go with keys to look and as I open the bonnet it comes to me!! I had dropped spike down side of engine and got side tracked before I could retrieve it! It...

Might start off a pic of the week thing, feel free to add your own :) That's one of the inlet valves on a Vauxhall Corsa CDTI 1.3, clogged up with carbon deposits courtesy of the EGR valve! The valve ports were full too!! This was causing the valves to stick which made it difficult to...

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Who knows about Audi`s :) A mate of mine has an Audi A4 B6 2001 - 2004, with the ignition off the speedo & rev counter needles jitter/vibrate slightly, when the engine is on/car in motion the gauges do not work nor does most of the dash! Any ideas on this one? is it new or refurb...

At 1am this morning me and my good lady were woken by cracking from the bathroom! I went to investigate and found the internal glass pain of the top part of the window unit was in the process of breaking up! The external piece of glass is still in one piece! My initial thoughts were was the...

How does air get into a system that appears to be sealed and is pressurised to 1.3 bar approx. I`m just wondering why in my combi heating system my towel dryer needs bleeding often, its the highest point in the system so naturally any air will collect there, but how does this air get into the...

Hi all, replacing some worn out caps on a TV, I`m obviously familiar with the spec of the cap i.e 1000uf 25V 105C etc but also written on the cap is this.... 505B(M) written on a similar 1000uf 25V 105C is.... 504D(M) What does this mean? Ta!

A friends Renault Clio 182 (2.0L F4R) has a fault code stored, code is 0308 Bi mode air inlet solenoid valve. Can anyone tell me what and where this is on this engine?? Any Renault techs on here? I worked as a Renault tech for 12 months and did not hear of this part :lol:

Going to have a go at building a wooden gate to replace my very rotten existing wood gate, first question, What sort of wood to use for the gate and what should I protect it with :)

Is there a web site which gives scheduled engineering or fault information for the electricity network?? I`m in a Scottish power area and there website is useless!!