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Ok Guys Daughter just sent me a video, her toilet cistern is making a funny noise, house is not that old 10 years or so, the toilet flushes ok, but the fill valve is making a funny noise, she sent me a video on WhatsApp but I cannot get it onto this site

A bit of advice guys please, about 3 years ago I replaced my old Glowworm fuelsaver MKII that I installed in 1986 (in the days when you could) previously worked in a local shipyard in metal work, always around the plumbers etc. I had it replaced with a Valiant 418 eco tec boiler, also at the...

I wonder is someone could point me in the right direction to obtaining a replacement plug, my sister in law has been using bleach (she no longer does) which does not go down well with chrome, her pop up plug 1 1/2 inch diameter with a o ring attached it has a central internal thread attached...

Hi All, a little advice please on changing the thermostats on my White Knight Gas Tumble dryer BG442/1, i have found that the gas is not switching off and cycling as it should which would leave me to believe that the thermostats possibly need changing, any advice would be appreciated...

Hi All, i am tidying up my bathroom and the old mcalpine shallow waste outlet is past its best the chrome has come off the plastic as outlined in the photograph, any suggestion on how to get this old was off without having a major headache on my hands,

HI All, I need to fit a TRV to my existing towel rail in the bathroom, it is possible to get away with it without removing the existing boss that fits into the radiator, are they all a uniformed machined fitting that will interchange,

Hi Guys, I wonder if anyone could help me out my daughter is having neigbour troubles and her and her husband have invested in a wired cctv system with a dvd recorder question is this, in her lounge (the house is 3 years old ) there is a box on the wall near to where her tv and sky box...

HI My Daughter is in a new property which is 3 years old, she has a a stainless steel sink which is fitted into the worktop, (well fitted from underneath) she called me last night to say she hand a leak under her sink and said she though it was the copper pipework (there is nothing wrong with...

Hi all, i am in a little bit of a dilema, i am replacing my sister in laws honewell 3 way valve its states on the top honewell F1-9608 however having taken the the cover off the wiring box the old honeywell only has 3 wires live neutral and earth that come from the 3 way valve i need to...

my sister in law has a honeywell y system with a programmer situated in the hall it is a cm51 the bungalow is about 16 yrs old, she has just been on holiday and asked me to turn on her boiler for her ( she said the switch on the boiler ) that is a glowworm fan assisted open vented boiler...

hi all, my daughter has developed a problem with her phone line, she can receive incoming calls fine, but cannot make outgoing calls , she has sky tv and a sky modem for broadband, any ideas regards dave

hi guys, i am in the process of doing some work on my daughters old terraced house, there is a front porch which is of wood construction and formed along with the next door neighbours so taking it down is not an option, however tidying it up is, what i want to do is fit a second hand upvc door...

Hi all, some advice please, my sister in law complained recently that there was no hot water coming out of her kitchen mixer tap, and sure enough there was not, no reason for it at all, i assumed and wrongly that it was a problem with the cartridge in the kitchen mixer, fitted nice new mixer...

anyone got any suggestions on daughters fridge freezer, done a complete defrost for 36 hours, levelled up the appliance, in the freezer compartment undid the plastic cover with the 4 torx screws checked everyinthing in there, all looks fine, replaced and put on power again, fridge...

hi all, my daughter has the above model fridge freezer, the fridge part at the top feels very cold and it is on position 2 on the control above the fridge door, the freezer temprature warning light is on red and the bread inside the freezer compartment has started to defrost, although other...

Hi all, i have a honeywell room stat as outlined in the picture, it has given loyal service since 1986 and still for that matter works, however i was thinking of replacing it with one of the new honeywell t6360 room stats, as the one i have is slightly higher from the floor than it...

hi guys, my sister in law has a security light on the end of her garage which is driving her neighbours mad at night, i have disconnected it for her and it is no longer operational, however she does still require a light when she walks in at night to activate, here is what i propose to do she...

MY Colleague has recently had his boiler replaced and his system upgraded, the company have fitted a rdh10rf room stat in the hall, the boiler fires up fine the rads get nice and hot, however on the room stat the upper figure does not rise for example if he puts the desired...

hi all, my daughter has a vokera excell sp80 combi in her kitchen it is working fine hot water and central heating no issues, i have added additive to the water, the pressure is constant in the boiler everything fine, only problem is, i was around hers today, and it sounded like a pump was...

hi guys, anyone got the answer to this one, my sister in law has a fitted fitted kitchen and fitted custom fit panel over the front of her whirlpool diplomat dishwaher, we have changed the two plastic brackets that were supplied by whirlpool on the back of the panel, however the door panel...