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Hi thanks for your reply I was thinking that but just thought I’d get away with priming it with something suitable like one of the Zinsser primers.

Hello I’m in the process of building a summer house and the interior walls are Osb board, If I was to wall paper one of the walls which primer would be best to prepare the Osb so the paper would adhere. Any advice appreciated.

Thanks for your replies and advice When this lock down is over I’ll get a sparky in to change the breaker and test it. Looking through the manufactures online manuals it states trying 20amp I’ve attached a screenshot Thanks again.

Hi Yes it’s definitely 2kw

Kitchen sockets are included so microwave ,kettle ,fridge not included is the freezer and cooker those have there own circuits. Also the TV and 2 lamps.

Hi We have just had delivery of a brand new 2kw plug and play hot tub Trouble is after running it a few hours it trips the b16 MCB For the downstairs sockets (2.5 radial) My question is would it be advisable to increase the MCB to a 20amp or should it be on its own circuit . Thanks.

Hi Harry thanks for your quick reply, It looks as if those two pipes could have been joined I’ve attached a pic of the back of the fridge freezer .

Hi I’ve managed to speak to the engineer he says he hasn’t removed anything and that he needed a new expansion bulb to complete the job which repair care are saying is obsolete I’ve uploaded a photo can anyone tell me if the part circled is the expansion bulb and what’s its purpose.

Hi guys my wife was home when the engineer called and she says he cut the pipes to take away the expansion bulb he said it had been leaking I’ve uploaded a photo ,anyway it’s that part that there saying is obsolete .

Hi our fridge freezer is on its own mcb and recently it has started to trip it, So I contacted a no fix no fee repair company called repair care they sent an engineer out to check it ,he disconnected the heating elements and it still tripped so without taking the back off said it was the...

Ok thanks guys for your replies.

Hi we are having a new kitchen fitted in a couple of weeks and on dismantling the under cabinet lights Which work from the mains to a switch then from a junction box to a transformer I found the switch was wired with just the live wire split between the switch is this ok or should I have it...

Thanks for the advise yeah your right its is a bit steep I've since spoken to a mate of mine who's Neighbour is a heating engineer He's going to pop up this weekend and take a look at it.

Thanks Muggles i rang glow worm this morning the fixed price repair Is £299 but doesn't include heat exchanger and expansion vessels There an extra cost,but what they did offer was for me to take out boiler cover for 6 months at £49.99 a month which includes all parts and labour so thats what im...

Hi our glow worm easicom 28 combi bolier wasn't producing a constant flow of hot water it started running hot then cold constantly.we phoned a plumber who said it might be the plate to plate heat exchanger that might need cleaning he did this and also changed a switch of some sort but no joy...