Recent content by gavcradd

I have a Beko dishwasher (DSFN 1534 S), about 18 months old, working perfectly up until now. When I came down this morning, the bottom tray was full (about an inch) of water. I took out and cleaned the filters (they seemed fine), then put it through on a hot wash, but with the same result at...

Hi, hopefully a quick question... I've recently moved and the new house has a dodgy tap in the bathroom. Before I look at it, I need to turn the water off. I've turned off the mains valve under the sink yet the cold tap in the kitchen and bathroom continue to run - at a much reduced pressure...

Kitchen roll - good idea, will do that. Thanks! Definitely not from the loft as there are towels, etc on a shelf above the water tank in the airing cupboard and they're bone dry. Not sure about the overflow idea, the kids were both bathed last night and the shower was used, but it could...

Hi, thanks in advance for any suggestions with this. I'm stumped and my regular plumber keeps putting me off. We have a leak in the airing cupboard upstairs (contains the water storage tank, water pump and pipework) - enough to make a damp patch on the living room ceiling, but not enough to...

The upstairs ones stay on when they should - and they're always red hot. The downstairs ones are hot (but not as hot as upstairs) normally, then go off when the hot water goes on. I've read up on here and it seems it could be the pump, does that sound likely? We had the pump replaced a year...

Hi, I have a central heating system with a stored hot-water tank upstairs - For a while, there's been something dodgy with the downstairs radiators, with them going on and off. I've only just recently worked it out. Whenever I put the hot water to heat up, the downstairs radiators go off. At...

Thanks Joe90, I think that's a bit extreme! I don't want to rip anyone off or get anything for free, I just want to get what I agreed done for the price that I agreed. At the very worst, I'll get a quote from a second builder to put the drain right, then pay the original guy the amount we...

I know I've been naive but I know absolutely nothing about building or drainage. That was the reason for the post in the first place! Surely you could turn it around on it's head as well, I haven't signed anything and I know for sure he has nothing in writing agreeing a price (I had to push...

No idea where missing posts have gone - I haven't deleted anything! I haven't got anything in writing and that's part of the problem I assume. The guy running the conservatory firm is pretty disorganised and only even gave me a written quote with a fixed price when I asked for about the 5th...

No, not paid them a penny yet - I'm not that stupid :? I don't want to get distracted by the aesthetics of seeing a pipe or not, I know it's important but it's not the main point I'm looking at - cheers for the reply but I'm more concerned about the problem of an open drain being under the...

That's the point - they're now saying they're not going to move it because it's absolutely OK where it is. I don't care about seeing the pipe in the conservatory, it'd easily be boxed in - it's more the fact about not being to get access to the drain in case it floods. Freddy - thanks for...

Here are a few images that might hopefully help to illustrate what I'm talking about...