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Is it acceptable to remove a damaged sealed plug from a pressure washer and replace it with a normal 3 pin plug. Is there a reg regarding ingress of water into a pressure washers plug? Thanks Phil [/b]

I have a karcher pressure washer with a sealed plug. The cable sheath has been pulled so that the brown and blue are visible. I know I can replace the sealed plug easily enough, but is there a reg regarding sealed plugs and pressure washers? Thanks Phil [/b]

Just moved into a new house built in the 60's with a severe lack of plug sockets. Apart from the kitchen all sockets in the house are on 1 ring main. The consumer unit is new and has spare 32 amp mcb's. Can I run 2 new ring's (upstairs and downstairs) myself and get an electrician to test and...

Hi I currently have sky with an old (10 years) box and want to get sky plus. I also have a seperate sky box in the bedroom , not a multi room just free channels. My father inlaw has got me a sky plus box and I know I need to ring sky to get it syncd with my card. I have had a look at the...

My car has just failed its MOT because of a hole in the exhaust system. It is only small and easily repairable. Will this pass the MOT? Obviously as long as the emmisions are ok. cheers phil

the best decorator in my van

i work , paye , for a medium sized decorating company. we have been struggling for the last year (who hasn't?) and the time has come for radical change. we have been told we have to go self employed but can still work for the company using a payroll agency/company. basically we put in our time...

no offence taken , i like to stick to what i know. cheers phil

the only settings i changed were the basic settings for auto,constant,hot water immediately etc. nothing too indepth. cant hear anything other than the burner firing up when the tap is turned on. is it possible for an amateur to change the diverter? if not what price should i expect from an...

we are getting no hot water at all from our combi , condensing boiler . the central heating seems to be on all the time. after trawling the web , i thought it could be the diverter valve . with the hot tap running i tried various settings of the heating / hot water to see if hot water worked...

Has anyone had problems getting hold of the blue primer in the weathershield system? my local ddc said it could not order it any more. thanks phil

I have double and treble checked connection , was up and down ladder like a yo yo!!! This has really annoyed me.

I need some advice about satellite cable. When we moved in a "sky" man ran a nice white cable around the outside of our house to our lounge, I have just decided to change it it black , as white looks bad, and decided to run 2 cables so sky + would be an option. The run of cable is around 25m...

Actually if you use the red tins of zinsser , the shellac based stuff, you can use it outside as a knotting solution. phil

Was advised by a Dulux rep today to use Zinsser , the solvent based stuff, as a knotting agent outside. Will give it ago.