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Current boiler is a vaillant combi. It's 20 years old now so thinking of having it replaced this summer. The boiler is located quite a way from the kitchen and bathroom, about 15 metres I would guess, so it takes a while for hot water to reach the taps, therefore wasting water and gas. Bit of a...

Boiler is vaillant 824 turbo max. Since the very cold spell of last few days, DHW has been intermittently warm, but not hot the diagnostic codes are all as they should be, indicating diverter valve is operating ok. Could this just be due to the very cold incoming water supply, or diverter...

One of my four Interconnected BRK smoke alarms started beeping the other night. The alarms are mains powered with 9v battery backup. I got it down to replace the battery and noticed the expiry date of the alarm was 12 months ago. As they were all fitted at the same time, I ordered four new...

This week we are having new gas service pipes installed. We received several leaflets explaining what was happening, and were advised that once the pipe was connected up, the gas supply would be left off and we would then receive a visit from a gas certified engineer to test the supply and all...

Assuming it isn't windy ,.... Not too easy to explain this without pictures. Place a support in the slot in one of the posts. Needs to be about 5ft This could be a piece of wood but it needs to be a fairly tight fit. Alternatively if you have a clamp you could clamp this around the post to...

I'm planning to have a patio laid in porcelain slabs over an area of 27sqm. I know the cost of the slabs I want is £27 per sqm so that's £729. I have obtained some quotes for the work. The first company came and carried out a detailed survey and then sent me their detailed quote breakdown of...

My wife loves her sewing machines, and we just picked up a vintage Singer 185k made around 1960. Before letting her loose on the machine, I decided to check the wiring. There was a cut in on of the leads, so I opened up the electrical connector box and cut out the defective piece of cable and...

So, the Haier engineer arrived a few days ago. I told him what the faults were and he replied " I think i know what that is " and he went off to phone someone. A few minutes later he declared that he couldn't fix it as it required a systems engineer to regass it. Still waiting visit from...

I have a Haier American style fridge freezer. Normally the fridge is set at 5 deg c and the freezer at -18 deg c. Recently the appliance has got quite noisy and the left side is quite warm (more than usual). The fridge temp remains constant but the freezer fluctuates, displaying different...

Problem solved. The electrician arrived and immediately diagnosed a "chattering contactor". It seems the apartments had storage heaters originally and the contactor was used to switch to economy electricity. Not sure if he replaced or removed the contactor, but hopefully it should be a quiet...

My daughter spoke to someone in a neighbouring apartment who said they had a similar problem. It was sorted by an electrician and was something to do with a relay in the consumer unit.

She contacted the landlord and asked for an electrician ...... so they sent a plumber! He has turned the water supply off for 24 hours. Oh well, it should at least confirm if its water or electrics.

After 'interrogating' my daughter, it seems that the bang only occurs at 2.30 am every day, so would seem to be timer related. The plumber checked that there were no heating settings to cause this. There are no storage heaters no electrical items with a timer. Problem is that when the noise...

My daughter moved into an apartment a few days ago and has been troubled by very loud buzzing/banging noises at random times. The landlord sent a plumber round thinking it may be the boiler or pipework, but he couldn't find any problems. My daughters been doing some googling and found youtube...

Is it not a requirement that the cu is mounted on a wooden backboard? That's what my electrician told me when I had a new cu fitted.