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I won't touch the boiler but can manage tap washer repairs. Even a bit of plumbing if it's MDPE ;)

Yes, actually it was Saturday and I hadn't taken that into consideration.

I did a bit of research. I found the name of the company and looked at the commpany's financial details. They are very comprehensive which is unusual and there is only one Director and he is making a shed load of money !

I think you would call the outfit independent. I Googled "Sky engineer" and found someone alledgedly near to me. But when he had done the work he phoned someone who I assume was a superior of some kind and that person obviously dictated what the price was going to be. In truth I think it is a...

Thank you very much for your help. You clearly know what you are talking about. I had "a man" in today and as you say, it was a faulty LNB that was the issue. As can be seen the cover had deteriorated and allowed the heavy rain to get inside. In fact, after he had removed it I turned it upside...

Just taken this. I am confused about the bar system.

Yes, I found that earlier today. I can take a photo. & post it if you like. Thanks for your help.

Thank you for your help. I have just booked a SKY engineer to come and look at it today.

Suddenly discovered today that our SKY system has a fault which we have never encountered before. We cannot get BBC1 to work, we are told there is no signal. But BBC2 works but only after we get a message telling us to re-start the SKY box. And we can't get any SKY channels to work either. We...

Crikey, does that mean that in a years time we won't be able to replace any dead Fluorescent tubes ? We have quite a few in the house and that is quite worrying.

Many thanks to all of you yet again. I have certainly learnt a lot in these last few hours. I stupidly thought that LED would be so much brighter than fluourescent and so my current intention is to return the LED batten and buy a longer fluourescent with a cable that emanates from the centre top...

Oh dear, it seems as though I have got completely the wrong idea about all this. I automatically assumed that more lumens = brighter light. It seems that I was wrong. So maybe I should start again but before that I would like to give my thanks for such quick responses to my initial question...

Thank you. Sorry for using the wrong terminology. I forgot to add in my question that the current unit does not have a starter. So just to be sure, are you saying that it is not possible for me just to buy a same length LED and fit it straight in the same as I do now with fluorescent tubes i.e...

I have searched this Forum for an answer but what I found was quite old and so I am going to ask my question if I may. I have what I think is a basic fluorescent light in a small room. It is 1200mm long Sylvania Cool White F36W/840 3350 Lumen bulb and the unit has the attached image of a ballast...

Thank you for that. I'll do some research.

All sorted now. Thanks for the help that some of you gave me.

Thank you both, very helpful. It's just as I thought but it means that I have to find a mirror with similar fixings to avoid the wiring in the wall behind the mirror. Thanks again for prompt help.

I did search this subject on this Forum but didn't really find an answer. We have a bathroom mirror (as attached) that has lost a lot of it's "coating" as can be seen. It is exactly the mirror we needed because of the shelf, size, existing fixings, etc. Is there any way that mirrors can be...

On one wall of my house I have 3 lantern-type outside lamps. The current goes to the first one which has a PIR which then operates the other two lamps when the first one is activated. Looking at the attached image it can be seen that there are two power cables coming out of the wall to the first...

Hello everyone. It's me, the OP. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this topic. I am reading every posting and am finding it very informative. Slightly off topic in some cases but I am still very appreciative of each and every one of you. Thank you and kind regards.