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Keeps blowing fuses but only when the start button is pressed. No apparent short circuit on the heating element. Is there anywhere else that's the likely culprit?

First the thermostat light was coming on but no heat so I ordered a new element. But when the element arrived, the oven had gone completely dead, not even the thermostat light and this even before attempting to install the element. Ideas appreciated...

Good to know! Thanks!

Actually, someone said recently horti glass has a green tinge which would be no good at all....

No, I don't unfortunately. And thank you!

...it's on the beams and rafters, and when you rub it, the wood rubs to dust too. :shock: What is it!? It's especially noticeable on the stone wall at the apex of the roof where the rafters meet in an inverted "V".

I'd like to get that ripple effect when replacing some cracked panes of 200yo original glass. I hear the options are crown v horticultural/agricultural. But crown was quoted at £50 for one small piece to fit inside a sash and horticultural is said to be very thin and dangerous. Have you...

The mastic looks much more solid (even though it takes 6 months to cure) but I hear they're both good. What are your views? I've applied the polysulphide today and I can't see much difference to silicone - is it actually better? How long do you have to wait before painting over...

I'm less than a beginner but I know for a fact that silicone lasts no time at all and peels off easily, at least on our house though I expect weather exposure has a lot to do with it. I know of joiners who seal (wooden) windows with caulk but I've been advised here and in real life by others...

We had dry rot on floor joists and stone wall in one room of a 200 yr old house, which was sprayed. Now less than three years later it's back (there was a small hole in the windowsill that let in moisture). And this time it's on the lintel too that's being replaced. The stone was bored last...

Hello, does anyone have any experience with using both or either on wooden sashes and can say which is better?

No it's unquestionably rain. I think the sill was put in at an angle and causing water to run to one corner. The question was whether I can just fill the gap where the old sealant was up to the join with the new sealant or whether I have to take the whole section of old sealant out. In any...

I'm stuck! I have a justifiable paranoia about the windowsills in a 4th storey south facing room in Scotland where I've had wet and then dry rot in 2008 shortly after we moved in. This year I found dry rot in the next room caused by water penetrating a small hole on the sill, rotting the...

Thanks guys. (How) can I check my PRV is sound myself and that the exp. vessel is charged?

I guess I must be. I recall the bag over the blowoff pipe was supposed to be a test to be sure the de-pressurisation was due to a leak in the heating system: if water collected in the bag there was supposed to be a leak in the heating system somewhere as opposed to it being down to some other...