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I removed a dishwasher the other day, it was connected up with one of those flexible washing machine hoses. The numpty who put my kitchen in built the units on top of the joint where it attaches to copper pipe and left no access hole and it's right in a corner. There is a length of the hose...

I have a rather frustrating problem that I hope someone with a bit of knowledge may be able to help me out with. Last year we installed a Villager multifuel stove into our front room. The output I believe from memory is 18kw. The lounge could be heated by a 5kw one as it is only 5m x 4m but...

My neighbour has installed a multi-fuel stove and ever since he did we have been getting smoke in our house. We are a semi-detached, brick built, about 1895 and our stairs adjoin to the neighbours lounge. We can feel the warmth on the wall from his fire and there is a strong smoke smell and...

Hi, I have a light fitting in my kitchen that holds 6 of those little spotlight type bulbs, they are 240V 50W. This morning I switched the lights on and there was a flash and a pop and darkness, the main 5amp fuse had been blown. The lights have been installed two years with no problems...

Hi, I have a Worcester Bosch Greenstar boiler. Today I removed a radiator so the wall could be plastered tomorrow, I was able to isolate the pipe at one end but there was no valve on the other and I wasn't able to cap it off with a push-fit fitting as the pipe was been squashed slightly. I...

Hi, I have just come home and found that there is a pretty serious water leak on my Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28i Junior boiler. After inspection it seems to be a black plastic component that has developed a pin-hole leak for some reason and is spraying water out at a fair old rate. The...

I walked into the bathroom this morning to be greeted by a fountain of water shooting out of a pipe that had come off one of the basin taps. It must have been running for hours, all the newly laid vinyl tiles had come off the floor and the plywood that we had stuck them to was all buckled up...

I have just had my fireplace knocked out so that it will accomodate a nice stove. There is a big slab of sandstone on the bottom and the builder has clad the interior with plaster board and on the top a sheet of that cement fibre stuff. I was wanting to clad it with them thin brick thingies so...

Hi forum, I was wondering if anyone could give me an outline or a link to the regulations for putting in a multifuel stove with regards to the chimney. I have recently removed a small coal fire from my kitchen and opened the chimney breast up so I can put a stove in. I just thought I'd be...

I had a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28Kw combi boiler fitted last year at the recommendation of a heating engineer. It seemed fine in the summer but now that the weather is cold it isn't up to the task of suplying hot water. In the summer the hot water it supplied was just about hot to the...