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    bosch exxel dishwasher door fault

    i have a bosch exxel dishwasher and the door sometimes will not open with out sliding across a little orange tag which sometimes drops down within the grab handle reccess in the door, the machine works fine other this.
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    Zanussi DE6850 Pump

    the impellor looked fine when i took the motor out, i also took the middle out inside the machine, under the filter, you can see the blades through there also and they look fine .
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    Zanussi DE6850 Pump

    managed to get the pump out no problem with the impeller looks sound. maybe time to get the engineer out :cry:
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    Zanussi DE6850 Pump

    Hi my dishwasher ( no not her at the sink ) has packed up the water will only pump out if i hold the outlet pipe no more than about 40mm off the floor any higher and any water fails to come out. i can get an impeller for about £30 but i'm buggered if i can find a way into the area where the pump...
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    Solder chrome pipes

    took all the advise onboard, ground the chrome off used a wet cloth, no leaks and posh looking tails coming ou the wall ready for tiling thanks all
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    Solder chrome pipes

    will it taint the chrome from the heat at all?
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    Solder chrome pipes

    it was more a case of "could" you solder copper to chrome as no-one seems to have a definative answer
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    Solder chrome pipes

    is it possible to solder chrome radiator tails to copper elbows? i'm putting a towel radiator in the bathroom and want to bring chrome piping out of the wall at right angles i would like to solder them rather than compression joints as they will eventually be behind tiles.
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    boiler banging is this the answer?

    i used sentinel descaler together with a bottle of sentinel inhibiter. when the system packed in about a year ago it was out of action for about 5 weeks i'm assuming this didn't help any build up of scale, also after fitting the pump and refilling i neglected to replace the inhibitor :oops:
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    boiler banging is this the answer?

    poping a bottle of descaler has made loads of difference, still pops and goes a bit. think i shall give it another couple of week then maybe another bottle added
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    remove single tile from a bathroom tiled wall

    how long do you leave the chisel in the freezer for?
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    boiler banging is this the answer?

    tried it on fast speed no different i'll try a descaler as we live in a very hard water area. i'm assuming it will take a couple of weeks to work it's "magic"
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    boiler banging is this the answer?

    having changed the pump last year after a small leak blew the pump up, and also a circuit board in the boiler, very troublesome to get the system running again, boiler would fire up for a few seconds then would cut out seemingly over heating. anyway got it all running ok apart from loud banging...
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