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Hi there, House has a Vent Axia MEV Model: MVDC/MS A Vent in bathroom pictured below has stopped working. There's a similar vent in the kitchen which has never worked apparently and a switch nearby:- Have the vents just packed up and need replacing or does anybody have any pointers? Thanks

Ok, ta. The tool box can go back in the cupboard then ;)

No, sorry, I don't get it. At least I think I don't :) The grating (those 2 square holes, opposite each other, as you look down the plug hole?) takes in water as it drains and that's the reason for it coming out of hole in pic 2? I don't get why this has just started happening, will...

Well, I'm back again and it's much sooner than anticipated. I hate Easter :x Right, water running into an unplugged sink which was a bit blocked so water wasn't escaping as fast as it should but nothing to worry about. I then noticed that water was escaping through the hole in pic 2 which is...

Yep, did try this, always looking to cut corners where DIY is concerned but it didn't have any effect unfortunately. Must be all the reading I've done on here picking up some good tips. Would never have thought of that on my own :) The odd thing was that I could've jumbled both the good and...

Well, it's that time of the year again when the jobs come thick and fast for poor old Humpty. Looking at my posts I've managed to lay low for a whole 9 months without lifting a finger but the missus managed to get her way with me :shock: Anything for a quiet life. This job involved fixing a...

No, it's not really near the sink, it's nearer to the drain. Trap is what I meant when I said u-bend, it's all the same to me :oops: I fitted it myself, there wasn't one even in it before. I was pretty impressed with myself with that one. 8) My idea now is to remove some of the shelf and...

Blast! It's still doing it. High enough? I dunno. Down to the u-bend it's approx. 7.5". As I was saying, there isn't much room and I had to trim the pipe to stop it hitting a shelf above it so the drain hose just has enough room to get into the pipe. Think this is turning into another one of...

Ah, thanks guys. That's a good chance that's where the problem lies. I went for pushing it as far down as I could going on the belief that the further it was down the pipe, the less chance of water coming out :oops: Will give it a go!

What's the best way to do this? The drainage hose from my washer goes into a vertical pipe and is free standing but it does tend to froth up and overflow over the top of the pipe a tad as it goes into the drain. There isn't much room for manoeuvre and the hose does seem to be as far down the...

Yep, I was looking at that yesters but got put off with the "Unfortunately, we cannot accept cheques" :x and enough sites have my cc details as it is. My thought is "Unfortunately, you won't be getting my business then!" Yes, that is the switch for sure although it says for '2010'. What you...

Don't want to really chuck it out if it's usable as money is tight. According to the missus it's an on/off switch. I've now taken a piccy to make things a bit clearer. The original switch which both live wires went in (one either side) is shown with the yellow arrow. The live wires which I've...

I've got a Tefal iron model no. 2820, some sort of steam contraption. The on/off switch has ceased to function, looked a tad black on inpsection. The wires leading upto it all seem in good condition so I was wondering if I can simply bypass the switch and wire everything up directly to have a...

Thanks for that, everything seems to be as it was (including the radiator which was cold) BAR the shower. It's a Triton T80si. In the same room (top floor) there is a wc (which I've got it into my head is not flushing as powerfully as it was tho' I could be wrong!), a mini basin and shower...

Had some builders in yesterday returning to fix a small leak on a basement radiator (old pipe connected to new pipe at radiator). After changing the old pipe for a new one they tested all the radiators and said they were working (hot). The layout is :- basement 2 rads bathroom and shower...