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Yes - it was a new one on me as well, but my neighbour said that yonks ago when the element failed and had to be replaced the guys merely clamped off the plastic pipes with something like pliers which held in place, that isolated the pipes - they then took out the heating element and put in the...

The electric element in my neighbours towel rail has failed and needs to be replaced - this in itself is no problem. I believe its possible to isolate the towel rail by merely clamping the flexible pipes that feed the rail from the c.h. system - can this be done whilst the central heating...

Thanks for that Lucid - don't think I will go down the road of a repair myself - ironically I switched the unit off at the wall switch - left it unplugged for an hour or so, switched it on again and its working perfectly - seems strange that it should default to max volume when all the...

My JVC midi hi fi is suddenly not behaving itself - when you switch it on the volume comes on maximum and its not possible to turn the volume down - is this an easy replacement parts fix or does it mean end of the road for the item ?

Exactly - that's the very reason I need to get some replacements - to replace the ones that are damaged when you get them out !!

your lightening quick reply whilst appreciated is not too useful is it ?

Need to replace the little plastic push on screw covers for NEM switches anyone point me in the right direction to get some of these please - ta in advance

I need to put up some shelves in garage. I have a quantity of metal shelf support brackets but need to get hold of the long wall mounted metal pieces into which the brackets fit. Thought I would try and get some on e bay but can't seem to locate any cos I don't know the actual name of the wall...

Currently my downstairs cloakroom has no ventilation apart from a window that opens into a porch between my outer and inner front doors - do I need an extractor or are things ok as they are

When both taps are off no drips - when hot water tap turned on all ok hot water and no cold (as it should be) when hot tap turned fully off and cold tap turned on a small amount of hot water comes from the water outlet - any ideas whats wrong ??

[/url] There will be no problem with that, as we only need to heat and dry the towels in the summer - we do not heat the bathroom during the summer months !!!

My daughter has gas central heating in her flat - she wants to replace the radiator in her bathroom with a chrome ladder type rad and also fit an electric element so that in the summer she can heat the towel rail via the electric element when the central heating is off . Is this posible and...

clearly !!

Anyone know where I can get a dimmer without the on/off switch, a link would be good - thanks

.....if its possible to buy a dimmer switch that doesn't incorporate an "on/off"switch - thanks