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I recently moved into a house that has three wall mounted electric radiators. They are made my a German company called Elkatherm. They are very simply and just have a temperature knob and a red light to show when the radiator is on. Two of the radiators no longer heat up even though the...

I have a Hortsman HRFS1 wireless thermostat. It's worked fine for five years but suddenly it seems to have developed an error. The red light(power) and green light (connection) on the receiver unit start blinking together and I can hear a faint clicking noise from the receiver whenever the...

Hi there, I have a Horstman HrFS1 wireless thermostat that is now about 4 years old. Recently I get the feeling that it is showing the wrong temperature, lower than the actually room temperature by about a few degrees. The result of this means the heating seems to be on most of the time except...

I have a female hand knob that I have screwed onto an M6 screw. For security reasons I don't want anyone to be able to unscrew the hand knob and take it away. Is there a way of 'corrupting the thread' on the screw to stop anyone unscrewing the hand knob once I have screwed it on? Thanks...

Does anyone know where I can buy a piece of Birch Plywood (BB grade or near enough) around 50cm x 50 cm and 9mm thick? I have seen places online but they only sell massive sheets. Thanks, Julian London, UK

Hi there, I'm looking for a type of nut and I have no idea what it is called although I'm sure something like this must exist. Is there a nut like a 'sex nut' (female) but with a threaded hole that runs all the way through the entire nut so I can screw an M6 bolt right through so the nut is...

Hello there, I hope someone might be able to help me. I just moved home and plumbed in my Bosch Classixx Dishwasher that has been lying in shed dormant for 6 months. ( I can't seem to find the seriel no. but this is written on the back - 346 15.01.07 9000136867). Photo attached. When I...

Hello there, I have just been looking at a victorian semi-detached house that interests me although I did notice that on the detached side there is a very slight bow in the wall about half way up. There are no windows on this side of the property, just an alley way. The house is built on a...

I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. This morning I discovered I had no hot water. I found that the pilot light on my Potterton Flamingo 50 gas boiler had gone out. I reignited the pilot light but it cuts out after about 30 seconds. If I select the hot water to 'on' upstairs and...

I've just had my old pine front door dipped bringing it right back to bare wood. I want to keep the unvarnished matt look. Can anyone tell me what I should treat it with to protect it but keep it looking like untreated wood? Thanks, Julian London

Hi there, I recently had my bedroom replastered. The plasterer and I thought it would be a good idea to remove the bedroom radiator so he could plaster behind it. As we could not manage to close the inlet valve into the raditor we decided to screw it back into place and plaster around it. Now...

I just stripped a load of wall paper in a room and today I began painting the wall white with matt emulsion. After the first coat began to dry I can see a brown stain on the paint in parts (as iff something is coming thought the paint from the stripped wall). Can anyone tell me what this is...

A cast iron pipe that takes water away from my roof has got blocked. The pipe has a couple of bends in it as it runs down along side the house and one of these I think is the source of the problem. I have tried a wire coat-hanger but could not get deep enough and caustic soda did not clear the...