Recent content by Fred Blogs

Whatever effin idiot thought that constructing an engine that used a rubber belt made from oil products and then allowing that belt to run through an oil bath really wants his/her head read. Look at the crap that Stellantis and Ford are in now mainly due to the wet belt debacle. I would avoid...

Short answer, don't bother if your boiler is working keep it if it isn't replace with a like for like. For sure don't go down the heat pump route, they don't work.

Good luck with that, even after "popping" off the front cover access looks almost impossible. I think with that one I would be looking at breaking the silicon seal on the top panel and removing that. So glad I haven't got any concealed bogs in my house.

Absolutely no need to buy new or to add components, just do what I have suggested it isn't difficult and will save you a lot of money.

What OS are you running at the moment. You can upgrade (not an upgrade in my opinion but MS says you have to) on older machines if you are able to use programs like Rufus. There is a myriad of information on YouTube. I "upgraded a 20 year old laptop yesterday so it can be done. but if you use...

An LED lamp will not work in that fitting.

Every other party are run by clowns. Rupert wotisface or Kemi thingy look like the only, nearly, viable contenders to replace NEW labour. The tories gave us 15 years of nothing apart from lining their own pockets so kemi thingy is between a rock and a hard place. Rupert wotisface doesn't really...

It's from the foam carpet backing. It is breaking down and gone chalky. I had that when we bought the house we are in now. Al the carpets were quite old and that chalky substance was under most of them.

The time I had one of those at my door, which was a good few years ago, he got quite verbally nasty because I said no thanks. I told him I would call the police if he did not go away. He then proceeded to knock quite loudly on the door which I had closed at that point. But he did go away...

Probably just stuck with age but I think you should clean it up a bit and expose all of it so that people can see what you are dealing with.

All these frightening examples are the very reason why appliances are now fitted with molded plugs.

They are called strain relief sleeves although that one is part of a moulded plug and is not replaceable.

Self amalgamating tape wont do it. It's meant to keep water out of a joint, something like rain and it doesn't do that particularly well, neither will any of the other gunky things at mains pressure unless they go off almost immediately. You need to use something like Tricky Dicky's suggestion.

I have TRVs on all my rads. They are all set at max during the winter as is my wall stat. In summer the wall stat stays at max but the rads are turned off. heating and water comes on for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening and that is sufficient for our needs. We do have a...

It does depend on how much rot there is but I would use a wood hardener where it is soft. I used Ronseal Wood Hardener when I had a similar problem but there are others. Be very careful with it though. Wear lots of PPE and make sure it doesn't get on your skin or in your eyes. When I used it I...