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my machine is a hoover hw160m washer/dryer it tripped the mcb and rcb in my consumer unit and had a slite rubber burning smell coming from the machine. now the machine has power to it but when it is switched on it turns the drum a little and the door locked light flickers and it does not...

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what is the difference between rigid unit and flat pack. also can some one let me know the best place to get a desent kitchen thats not to expensive.

please can some one tell me what they do with the old bath and toilet when they are replaced. how much would a profesional charge for this type of work

problem3:- clue p125 the cause is reverse circulation the solution is to take out the first tee junction to the feed and extend the pipe to the feed at the bottom. proble4:-clue p124the pump speed may be set to high and feed and expansion pipes may be to far apart. Also feed and expansion...

I was asking because I wanted to check that I have the right answers and if not know were I am going wrong. The ones that Iam not shure about are problem 6/8/10 I dont expect one person to answer all the problems but if any one can help on these please let me know thank you. I think...

on pages 399 to 408 of the RD treloar book there are questions relating to the diagrams on the page i was just wondering if any body has the book what are the answers to problem 1 to 10.

I have read alot of books about bending and soldering copper about would like to know if the rollers on pipe benders can be loosened as I have been getting throughting when i bend the pipes. I now there are different wall thicknesses of copper that follow the european standards en1057 but what...

please can you tell me how to bend 22 mm copper pipes. I have read various posts on here and have read various books but when trying to bend pipes i have to use alot of effert and all my weight just to get the pipe to bend. what can i do to make it easyer to bend. Iam using a cheap...

hi I have just been laying a patio and would advise you not to get cheap paving slabs as the ones i had to laye were made of cement and had alot of pebles in then wich ment that it is impossible to get a staight cut and the grinder disks wore out very quickly they also were bowd in the middle...

I have read the r.d treloar second edition book and it says that there should be a dog leg of 450mm from storage vessel on (page 86-87). But I have also bought a lot of other diy and pluming books and all of them say that there should be a staight vent pipe from the top of the vessel to the...

hi I have been on a plastering course and would like to know what other methods pleople use to do plastering. do you set beads using plaster or screws? do you use a darby and if so why and how? do you use board finnish on boards or multi? does anyone use carlite any more? does any one use...

what is the difference between a gate valve, stop cock, isolater valve, ball valve,service valve and bib cock. why are gate valves used at the main water tank and a stop cock on the riser main is there a reason for this.

i know that a bag of multi covers 9sm at 3mm thick but how do you measure out the quantity of plaster to use on various sizes of wall. when priceing a job do you normaly price per job or by sqm. also do you have any tips for taking on a large areas. _____________________ moderator 15