Recent content by clazza

Apologies. Boiler is Heatline Solaris. All was running fine, no alterations to pipework, taps or any part of the system. Just running a bath and taps ran dry. Due to loud banging from boiler that was the first port of call, and engineer came out to find no fault, although he did replace the...

Hi Please can you help? I have had no hot water for nearly 3 weeks now. The combi boiler has been checked by an engineer several times, and we have managed to run hot water off from it via a hose and not through a tap. No error messages appear either. Once you try to run hot water through...

Tekkie Steve. Thanks for your help. Yes I did make sure the glass wasn't handled, so I am pretty sure that wasn't causing any hot spots. Had to rush back to the garage tonight before it got dark as I lost all but one side light. We have replaced all the bulbs at the same time but he...

Thanks Spark123. I got the shop guy to check it as nobody understood which one I needed and also checked the car info manual so should be ok. They are Lucas bulbs do you suggest I try the Osram and who's the best supplier, only have local car spares shop or Halfords near to me. I will get a...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and advice. I did get it all checked out before but I think I might just run it past them again to be safe, the amount I've spent on bulbs recently it's got to be cheaper :)

I have a Punto 1.2 ELX (X reg) and for the last 3 months or so it has been snacking on headlamp bulbs. Each time the normal beam goes, whereas the high beam stays intact. I change one and then the opposite one goes in a matter of days. Current has been checked at a garage, but open to...

The battery is around 2 1/2 years old, so I guess it's due for replacement really. It's just that I have never experienced an engine die like that after being jump started. As long as I kept the engine running whilst the jump leads are removed I should be able to give it a run hopefully and...

I think that I left the interior light on all of last night. The car was dead this morning, someone helped me jump start the car but as soon as I stopped accelerating it dies and needs restarting. Will I just need to get it out on the road for a good run (if I can) to recharge the battery...

Thanks for the advice, I will try to have a go myself, another job for the list this weekend .......

I am having to venture into garages to get my car fixed now as my trusty mechanic has emigrated to New Zealand, and it's a scary world! The horn on my Fiat Punto (x reg) has given up the ghost. Is this something that I could contemplate fixing myself? If not a rough idea of financial damage...

Just the stuff they sell in a tin in Ikea to stop them drying out and/or splitting. Perhaps 'oiled' wasn't the best description! It's a milky white colour and it goes on with a cloth, then excess rubbed off. :)

These worktops are all fitted in my kitchen, and have been oiled as instructed. No real problems with them but they are difficult to wipe clean succesfully, crumbs and stuff are ok but they seem to attract and hold onto dust (they are not freshly oiled and not sticky to touch). I am working...

I have a Victorian end of terrace with the obligatory bathroom built in the back extension. Between the kitchen and the bathroom is the small lobby that the back door opens into, and in this area is a manhole cover (it has been covered with the same floor finish and only the outside frame and...

I have a flat roof on my ground floor bathroom which extends out from the main part of the house (Victorian end of terrace). There is a down pipe from the main roof that directs rain straight onto this flat roof, it then flows towards the guttering over my back door, but on particularly rainy...

Thanks for the advice I will give it a go. All my other ceilings are now smooth after spending hours removing woodchip and other such delightful coverings, so would really like this one to be the same. Thought the others were pigs to do, this may prove me wrong!