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Hello, I have got the electrolux dishwasher that has started to play up. Its about 5 years old and used daily. When i put it on a cycle to wash the water will drain ok but i get no water spraying from the rotating arms at all. I have checked the feed and thats ok, i took the left hand...

Hello, I have got a Hotpoint WT640 which is just over a year old and it has started making a knocking noise when its on fast spin. works perfectly fine apart from the noise. Outer shell is not knocking against anything and all legs are down and stable. has anybody got any idea of what...

hello, I have the british gas boiler cover and over xmas had trouble with my boiler turning off and not turning back on. Currently british gas have been out 4 times and even tho the boiler is running its not running properly. they have changed the ecu board and the front control panel so far...

Please help, my boiler has been working on and off since monday, British gas have been out 3 times to it but still have not fixed it and have a feeling they are just replacing bit by bit until they come across something. My symptons are :- Boiler will not just fire up, has a 0 flashing on...

Hello, I have just had a new boiler Vallant EcoTech Plus 831 fitted as well as a new bathroom, all is great apart from the basin taps seem very noisey. The tap is a Bristan Capri Basin mixer. The inners have been changed by the fitter as he agreed the tap is noisey. Run the bath tap and no...

Hello, just had a new kitchen fitted and the fitter has only put a very small bead of silicon sealant around the worktop, i was wondering if i could go over this with more silicon sealant without having to remove the first bead ? thanks

Hello, just had a new kitchen fitted and the fitter has only put a very small bead of silicon sealant around the worktop, i was wondering if i could go over this with more silicon sealant without having to remove the first bead ? thanks

Hello, i have just tiled a new en-suite and want to put sealant around the shower tray. could anybody with some experience please tell me what the best brand of sealant is to use. thanks neil

Hello, i have got a mountfield self propelled lawn mower with roller and the other day i pushed the mower under a hedge and hit a huge stone. since then the mower vibtrates like mad and i end up with numb hands after cutting the lawn. the mower is a few years old and just wondering if anybody...

Hello, I have a Istor HE325 installed and is about 4 years old. Everything has been great up to now !! for a reason i cannot figure out the boiler will go into the off position even tho the timer etc says it should be running. Its only when i give the control panel a slight tap :) that it...

Hello, Is there a maximum length of run into the soil stack you should have from a sink etc ? I ask this as i get a terrible smell when i use a certain sink which happens to be the longest run into the soil stack. Do not get this smell when using any other sink etc. cannot work out where the...

I have a Ideal ISTOR HE325 fitted which i'm very happy with but have a couple of issues. 1) what showers to run off a boiler like this ? i currently have a thermostatic mixer shower but the pressure i get does not seem that great compared to the shower head on the bath taps. could anybody...

I took the cover off the gas bbq a couple of weeks ago (when the weather was good) and the grill plates have gone all rusty. I have used a wire brush on them but still seem to be a brown colour. Does anybody know the best way of getting rid of all the rust so i can cook on them again ? thanks...

hello, i had an open fireplace that had the basket for logs and coal but i replaced that with a wood burner. the chimney from the wood burner goes up into the othe chimney but i get a draught coming down from around the gap between the wood burner chimney and the original chimney. is the...

hello, does anybody know what the building regs are on sizes of garden sheds ? i wish to build a brick/block garden shed but was wondering what size i could build. garden is an acre in size.

I seem to get an unpleasent smell when i use the main bathroom sink. this sink drainage pipework is the furthest away from the internal stack and have 2 showers and another sink joining into the run before it meets the soil stack. the smell does not come from the sink in question but seems...

Hello, i have an Ideal Istor HE325 system fitted which is a pressurised system. The showers are ok but i wouldn't call them powerful. I was wondering if i could install an in-line pump to increase the shower pressures as the Istor has a 120 litre hot water tank so would not struggle to supply...