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I recently swapped out a non functioning night storage heater (quite old and ugly) with anew shiny one when I had finished the heater worked fine, it has now stopped working again. thinking it may be the switch I changed the spur switch to one with a neon in it (looks neater to me anyway)...

Hi all newbie so be gentle, I have inherited a badly laid patio with cracked raised paving slabs. Now in the future when I can afford it I will replace with properly constructed decking, however, in the meantime I have tried to relay a couple of the badly laid slabs and found that the...

Newbie so be gentle, I have a hotpoint washer dryer 6 express, It won't dry, it heats up but the clothes are still damp Dryer than before but still damp, don't seem to be able to get them completely dry Any suggestions gratefully recieved

The guage doesn't seem to reacting when fuel is added to the car. The car is 5 years old FSH at an approved dealer. No other problems. Could it be a probelm with the computer display I have read somewhere that if you reset the computer you can solve these probelms. If so how do you do...

may be a daft question but how long is the process to be known as time served.

A defibrillator delivers electrical energy at 360j Is there a formula that will convert Joules DC to watts volts amps? I've not been able to find one yet just wondered if any of you pro's knew Thanks in advance

I have in my house PIR security lighing (500w) front and back. This is powered by a cable ran through the window frame and then plugged into a single gang socket. ( previous owner) I intend to run a 2.5mm T+E spur off the socket (ring main) to a FCU (3 Amp) and then connect to the security...

Hi All, Wonder if any of you can offer advice to a keen newbie. My Immersion heater died last weekend. I replaced the thermostat in the copper and sure enough when I metered it out no continuity. Water heating slightly but not hot enough. The stat is set to 60 degree C there is power...

I want my house rewired but at the moment I don't have the £££ available to arrange this. I need a new consumer unit installed and power from that to feed the workshop which I can afford. My concern is that if I get a spark in and they start doing testing of the circuit they will find...

I have a Hoover Six express WDM 130, the dryer was not heating so called an engineer who wanted my wife to buy a new machine. I took the lid off and found the spade connectors to the element had become disloged /removed. These were duly replaced and the dryer is heating fine however the...

Hi all Been lurking for a while so thought I'd get your sage advice. My house is an ex council house around 1980's build (with concrete walls as far as I can tell). I need to change my back door including frame to a UPVC one as the wooden one currently in place is rotting through...