Recent content by trotterwatcher

The sealer I used wasn't cheap, I sprayed it in the cap and used a small brush to give the grout lines a good dose 3 times, bit great stuff though

Hi and thanks for the reply, I've done a test piece mock up. I've done a very small Qty to the correct ratio, mixed for the 2 mins stared, rested for the 32 mins stated, and mixed again. The out come 12hrs later was harder to the finger bail, still breakdown with bit of moisture and nail. I'm...

Hi Ref grouted the whole bathroom last summer with Mapei fast setting mix yourself grout. I used the fast setting, as only have the one bathroom, and need to use it as soon as. It was warm weather and going off quick, so being a diy'er I was mixing small amounts as required, correctly measured...

Thoughts on possible pcb issue inherited from original fault and never happening previously Ian?

Boiler 3.5yrs old, serial PSS1917*****DC Hi guys and tia Initial issue Had a boiler repair yesterday (first repair for boiler) dead boiler E133 which was both fast blow 2amp integral fuses (live & neutral) had blown, due to gas valve solenoid faulty, solenoid replaced...new fuses...

The valve was the cold supply shut off to the boiler, I've bought a diaphragm type arrestor that I'm gonna locate on the cold pipe under the boiler as a trial, going to utilise the old obsolete fill loop point from the cold feed(cap off, connect the diaphragm with a flexi to the 1/2 bsp and...

Think I'm gonna see if things settle down and maybe add an arrester later if nothing changes, as I had a 120ltr per hour leak for a while and there was a bigger leak around the corner and today I've noticed another fresh dig up, I'm just wondering if the waterboard may have increased the...

Hi, any suggestions appreciated After a leak in the supply pipe to my property (15mm copper/blue plastic coated) 1974 bungalow, I have a replacement water feed of the modern blue pipe which I think is 25mm. The only other thing that has changed is I have had the meter under the sink relocated to...

Hi guys, could I please ask can the microswitch's for the heating elements be changed in position without removing the gubbings from the shower? Looks like the second one for the hottest setting isn't working when I've checked it, I've got it working at the moment by adding a bit of thickness to...

I was told it might be a bad resistance on the bulb making the control board miss behave, changed the bulb and behaved for a bit, problem as was again now, any ideas?

Think a friend has sussed this now, all good at the minute and I would never of guessed the issue if he's correct which I'm confident he is, time will tell. I'll be back soon to let the cat out of the bag when confident it's cured, but in the meantime I'm interested to see if anyone's a guru and...

Hi all Problem with fridge freezer (indesit CAA55NFxUK.1 nearly 6yrs old), sits there fine...cold fridge and freezer frozen...compressor kicks in and sounds fine, runs when required and cuts out when needed, open door light comes on. If you open the fridge door at a point when the compressor...

Good idea with the shelf and off the wall, loads better now :)

I have some racking just below it, think I'll get it on some foam on that for now temporarily.....then next time I have everything out I'll sort a little shelf out, I did think it looked a bit weighty for those screw lugs, good call guys

Something else to think about!