Recent content by brendangrant

I think I'll just replace then cost of drum isn't far off a new machine...throw away society...thanks

Hi, My 4 year old Hotpoint was spinning noisy and gave a F02 error...motor fault. The drum bearing was leaking oil. Is it worth replacing the bearings or has the damaged bearing likely cause motor damage also giving the f02 error and I am.better just replacing the machine. I would complete the...

Resolved....pin 4 on the hive controller had become dislodged....hive was switching but no output voltage going to controller

Hi, Ran out oil,boiler tripped 500l delivered...resest red button few times...no good,no time to bled at this time walked away. Next day came to open bled nut,no lights no boiler,unresponsive. Hive attached,power to hive and is switch ok. Checked incoming 240v...OK Checked fuse...OK No lights on...

Thanks for that That sounds like what is it alright. My fear was a leak So at the minute the problem does not warrant the repair,but at least I understand the noise now...I was unable to recreate this morning so the expanding and contradicting esp when the missus uses the shower makes sense

Yeah that is it,I will see if it is specific to the hot

Hi,I'm not sure because soil pipe is boxed in and tiled,I don't think so

Hi, So in my ensuite when the shower is on,tap is on or toliet is fushed I can sometimes hear like a banging creaking or dripping noise. I have no signs of water on any ceiling or anything else that would indicate a leak,although what else could it be? The drain pipes are not accessible so my...

Had to use a low level toilet to resolve this

Issue was actually a stale shower drain trap.fushed it out with some treatment and 100 x better...turns out the fan was doing its job

Hi, I currently have an old Firebird 50/90 oil boiler..does the job heats the house well. However it is located inside the utility room,pump to the right and flue straight out through the back wall....I would like to upgrade to a more efficient boiler and position it outside to save some space...

Thanks for the replies....2 double pole switches it is. I only have one roof tile vent available the other is used as watse vent so rather than install another roof tile vent it is easer to install 2 double pole switches as suggested. I heard of this configuration before

I didn't wire the timer in, the bathroom is seldom used and I end up leaving the light and fan on for a while. the issue is when the bathroom is un used for a period of time and the air becomes stale

its a manrose MF100T, it runs everytime I use the bathroom and I usually let it run for a while after. I suppose the staleness is there when it hasn't run for a while. I'm just wondering would a run of ducting to the sofit provide some fresh air or additional inline fan sucking fresh in be of...

Hi, Looking for some advice on an ensuite bathroom, all internal wall and no window. Currently have a decent inline extractor fan installed venting through a roof vent tile, however there is still quite an annoying staleness to the air in the bathroom especially if hasn't been used for a while...