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We've got an LG washing machine, probably about 2-3 years old now. It has started to smell and leaves clothes smelling. I've searched on the internet and tried everything I can find to no avail. The clothes are left with a bit of a fusty smell, the smell is made worse by heating the clothes...

Gas currently costs me around 5p per kWh. Electricity costs me around 7p per kWh. So with the losses from gas the electric should be cheaper. That doesn't take into account export, and it is reliant on not spending much time over the inverter limit.

To be fair on the company, after sending the photos there was a few days delay and then the next I knew was a delivery notification coming through saying that my radiator would be delivered on Friday (today) - so it looks like they've just decided to send a replacement out. It should arrive...

I'm probably a little different to the norm here. We currently have a gas hob that is about ready to be replaced - it is 17 years old, still functions but is looking worn and the plastic screw covers have gone brittle and broken. We are changing the worktops hence the timing to replace. I'm...

Still waiting for an answer, they replied to ask for photos - which I then provided but no reply since (weekend though) - I'll update once (if) I do get a proper reply.

Hmm, the pipe work in my house looks to complicated to work in that fashion. I could bypass the kitchen sink but everything else would be softened including the heating system (vented conventional) and the outside taps.

I am honestly expecting some kind of response like that!

We live in area which has water classed as hard water. I'm looking into whether it is worth fitting some kind of water softener for the whole house. Someone recently told me I should go for one of the electric ones that requires no plumbing. It looks like you just wrap wires around the pipe...

I've managed to find the purchase details now. It says it has a lifetime guarantee. I have emailed the company and will await their excuses!

That was my suspicion, the only positive I could give it quality wise was that it was heavy. Externally it all looked good but didn't like the best inside. I think it had a 25 year warranty but I can't find the paperwork now and I'm betting they would wriggle out of it anyway. I'm tempted to...

It started with a pinhole leak with a little rusting around it, I would presume that it rusted from inside to out. The point where it leaked wouldn't get hit by anything as it was recessed in. We don't put anything on this radiator, we don't dry clothes on it etc, it just heats the room.

We had an extension built 3 years ago. As part of this we had 2 radiators installed - one went where one used to be and one went in the new area. The one in the new area has been fine but the one that was replaced has rusted through. When the radiators were added, inhibitor was added to...

When we had our kitchen done about 17 years ago we had issues with the kitchen tap as the one that was installed was a monoblock tap and it didn't work well. We have quite high mains water pressure, but we are on a conventional boiler system, so hot water pressure is much lower. After a few...

Thanks, I have a spare ridge tile. It looks like the current setup is a ridge tile with a hole through, so I think that a roofer could replace the ridge tile. Access isn't the easiest though, that's why I was wondering if it could just be pulled off and replaced with a cap of some sort. I saw...

There is an old flue pipe that runs up the cavity in the wall and out through the roof. On the top there is a metal sphere that spins. The house is about 44 years old. The gas fire is no longer there, the metal sphere makes a noise in the wind as I think the bearings have gone. The metal...