Recent content by cold-in-glasgow

Hi, Looking for some advice on how to go about insultating our 110 year old house. (Apologies if this is the wrong forum) We have a 1 1/2 storey house, with double glazing and central heating, however we can't get the temperature above 16degrees upstairs even with the heating on 24hours a...

any ideas where to go from here please?

Yeah, the water level doesn't drop

No, there is no noise from the box. The water is now draining at almost normal speed but it doesn't empty before filling (if that makes sense!)

I'm not sure. The bathroom is tiled up to waistheight and in the corner (between the loo on the back wall and the sink on the lefthand - external - wall) is a tiled box approx 10inches high, 10inches deep and 1 1/2 foot long. Guess its something to do with the plumbing due to the gurgling...

Hi, We seem to have a blocked toilet. Its the downstairs loo, think its due to new luxury thick loo paper! I cleared out everything in the bowl, put bleach down and left it (twice), also put boiling water down twice (advice from other sites). The water level slowly returns to normal. I have...

Our house is well insulated - the floors are warm all day and there are no drafts etc We paid around £250 for the inital delivery. We can't get a refill until the new year, although husband went tonight and got 50litres in 2 containers, which will hopefully last a few days. Sorry, don't...

Hi, We moved to an oil-heated house during the summer. We had our first oil delivery 3 1/2 weeks ago of 500litres (have a 1200litre tank). Our heating stopped last night, and on investigating discovered the tank to be empty. Our house is 5 years old, boiler serviced in September...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. I figured out the TCO is the thermal cut out, how do I check it. We took the front off the shower (turned off power first!), but didn't know where to go from there, tried google but no results have helped. thanks,

Hi, My shower has stopped producing hot water. Last night I turned down the temperature to do some cleaning and when I turned it on this morning I couldn't get the temperature to go back up. I have turned it off and on at the power supply. Its only just over a year old (typical!) and we move...

Hi, Looking for advice about my fridge freezer. Its about 4 1/2 years old and seems to have stopped working. The light still goes on in th fridge, but the food in the freezer has partiallly defrosted. There is no noise coming from it. We tried turning off and on, and changing the...

cheers, hubby plumbing it in now!

so you think its ok and we can go ahead and plumb it in?

Hi, We have just unwrapped our new washing machine and there is water inside it - the drum is wet and water has poured out of the hose! It is a John Lewis machine and it was delivered this afternoon. We phoned John Lewis but was told the department we needed is closed and doesnt open til...

Hi, When we moved into our house, some separated paint oil (we think) leaked onto the hall floor from a binbag - leaving some dark stains. We didnt do much about it at the time (being young and stupid!) but are now wanting to sell our flat and the marks are quite obvious on entering the house...