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Hi I had damage to a soffit board this week, can experts advise please if it be repaired or is this a replacement? Photo attached. Kind regards

Just noticed today a small brown stain in upstairs bedroom (office). No other stains in the house. Went in to loft to investigate and take photos. No pipes or plumbing in the vicinity. The roof lining looks OK. I have circled a shiny part, is this a sign of condensation? It's a very hot...

Some time ago I fitted ball valves in line to poor performing gate valves, feeding the bathroom from a cold water tank in the loft and hot water storage cylinder. I emptied the cold water tank in the loft. The ball valve to the cold water feed bathroom taps went in fine. However for the cold...

Hi Faulty actuator on the Myson valve again, seems to happen every 3 years or so. This time I plan to get rid of the valve and all, can anyone confirm whether the valve is a straight swap to a Honeywell valve with no pipe modifications? Thanks!

When my Suprima 30 boiler starts up the fan is whining quite badly, once "warmed up" the noise abates a little and at time goes away. On odd occasions the fan is normal. The boiler is regularly serviced (in the autumn), is it likely the fan could fail and be a safety issue? Would a...

My bath and shower curtain are showing a pink tinge, looks like bacterial growth and likely due to contamination in the cold water storage tank. Does anyone have experience of products to clean this out? I notice Fernox do two products, one using choline tablets and another with hydrogen...

Hi. Would anyone know if my car would pass of fail an MOT with these cracks in the rubber? The tread is 5 mm deep D3DDEFEA-DB17-468B-9BED-F386C68DD562 by Scarum posted 23 Sep 2019 at 1:02 PM

A friend's CH system has stopped heating downstairs. Open vent Y plan, original 35+ year old Ideal Mexico boiler. Recently moved in and whole system will be replaced in the next 12 - 18 months when kitchen is revamped. First thing noticed was when hot water came on CH came on too. When asked...

3 years since I completed CH overhaul. The colour of solution is very clear and less rust came out than after the first extraction (6 months after the cleanse) but about the same amount than a year ago. I can only think the rust particles are coming from the rads, that is, tiny loose flakes...

Suprima 30 Boiler, 19 years old - with the new Seimens PCB that has been running for almost 4 years without issue. Regularly serviced and clean system, Y-plan open vented. I'm getting red LED blinks per second: red, red then 2 second gap before red, red etc I've check the actuator and that has...

Hi I'm changing the bathroom taps so I thought it a good opportunity to replace the gate valves in the airing cupboard (they don't fully close.) I have a cold water storage tank in the loft. The mains stop cock it closed, all taps and the shower have been turned on and no more water flows out...

This is possibly more of a physics question but I believe there are some would be professors on this forum so the question that's been racking my head is what would be the most efficient way to heat a HWC in Y-Plan open-vented system? 1/ heat the HWC at the same time as the radiators, or 2/...

I'd like an outdoor tap on the front of the house but the mains riser comes in to the kitchen at the back of the house. The water meter is at the front of the house next to the driveway. I'm in a mid-terraced house, mains water goes up to loft for a cold storage tank and an open-vented CH...

Hi I've just tested my broadband speed and noted the upload speed which was once a dire and slow, well below 0.5Mb/s speed has jumped up to just over 6Mb/s. Download is 10Mb/s which has increased a little. I wondered if upload speeds for broadband people in general has been increased for...

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"If you're switching to OVO and you have a smart meter, it will only keep its functionality if you’re switching from First Utility, Utilita or E.ON, as they are currently the only other providers that use Secure smart meters like ours. However, even if you are switching from one of those energy...

Hi Last night the RCD in the consumer unit tripped twice in 3 minutes. I remember this happening on separate occasions many years ago when a kettle died and a previous oven gave in. I wondered what might have caused it and if there's anything worth investigating / getting someone in to...

Hi Is this light fitting earthed OK? The old light fitting was earthed using the same cable and method (i.e. chock to bracket). Out of the box the chock was screwed down to a small metal prong on the light fitting; this gives no maneuvering for connecting the cables and the final...

Hi I have a front door light that doesn't have a PIR sensor. Is there a way of fitting a PIR whilst keeping the same light fitting? The light bulb is surrounded by glass so I don't think a bulb with a PIR sensor will work. Ideas?

Hi I thought the float valve was shot as I was getting a dribble out of it so I've replaced that. I've found no change with the replacement, still a dribble. Mains pressure is fine. There's a stopcock in the loft from the mains for the cold water fill, could that be the problem, perhaps a...