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evening - appliance woes :( Hotpoint fridge freezer RFA52 Ice Diamond had this fridge freezer for about 18 months - it went off on friday. turns out the freezer was very icy at the back - must have been due a defrost and forced a shut down? anyway - defrosted it friday night - turned it...

cheers - will do. i'll post again on monday after ive had some fun with this meter.

right, borrowed a multi meter today - will have a bash tonight. i'll check the voltage readings of the 2 offending sockets and also check the continuity.

i can borrow a multimeter - have no idea about the tests though? i understand the concept though - i think :?

Having some problems with the electrics in my house. I have 2 single sockets (either end of a wall) in a bedroom upstairs and they occasionally have a power cut. I know this because both of the alarm clocks reset. I’m not 100% sure if this is happening elsewhere upstairs, but I know it isn’t...

going to redecorate the living room (just emulsion) but the walls are currently covered with textured paint. is there an easy way to remove the textured surface? or is it just a case of taking a scraper to it? thanks in advance.

lol - sounds affordable then! thanks for the help fellas.

is that an expensive job?

not when the system starts to bang no. you think i'll be able to see/tell anything for being up there?

I have a conventional heating system, with a (old looking) boiler in a cupboard downstairs, and a big copper tank up in the loft. Problem that i have is once the central heatings been on a few hours (so the systems been nice and hot for a while) the system starts to make crazy loud banging...

thanks for your reply - i'm not sure, i'll have a look over the weekend.

Apologies: I know next to nothing about heating systems, and the longwinded post! I Have quite an old conventional heating system – wall hung boiler downstairs (the bit that looks quite old!), copper tank and cold water tank in the loft. Only had the house 6 months, and the boilers always had...