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Hello folks, I have a big problem with blocked drains and I'm hoping for some advice please. It started with an en-suite shower in which the tray fills up almost to the top, then drains, presumably as the pressure and the hot water take their toll. Then the toilet and the basin joined in...

Well, having contacted a local heating engineer and waited nearly three weeks for him to come and do the job, which he confirmed is to replace the CH valve, I was getting a bit fed up, although Chrisr's tweak was keeping us warm enough. Then yesterday something changed. The tweak no longer...

Definitely. There's no way I'm doing this myself. I'm just trying to understand what's going on so I don't end up with a new boiler if all I need is a new valve.. Thanks for all your help.

Thanks newboy. Interesting. it was the lower one I adjusted.. Does that make a difference? Also, does the leak explain the problem? Do I just need to replace the upper valve? Your help is much appreciated, by the way.

Hope these help..

Thanks, Newboy. We're getting heat now, although not quite as much as I'd like. Altering the cylinder stat seems to have no effect though, so I've left it set to 70 as suggested by Chrisr. If the water goes cold I'll use the immersion. How can I tell whether I 'adjusted' the correct 2 port...

I just tried FAQ10 (thanks Chrisr) and it seems to be working. However, knowing nothing about heating systems, I'm a bit concerned that something may blow up if I got anything wrong - I'm thinking particularly about the step with the 'hooky' thing set to manual. I can't see any hooky thing, but...

Reviews of the plasterboard fixings are a bit mixed... Plus I'm completely u/s at DIY. How would I attach a picture hook? Or would I just hang the picture on the end of the screw? I like the idea that a decent sized picture hook would do the job - sounds simple. I assume we're talking about...

Thanks guys, what fixings do I need to use? I seem to think there are alternatives to rawl plugs, designed for 'hollow' walls. Are they any good? M

Hello folks, Unfortunately I'm currently living in a modern house (c20 years). This entails trying to hang pictures on those walls which sound like hollow wood when you tap them, and thin wood at that. Can someone please tell me what is the most secure way to hang heavy-ish frames on them...

Hello folks, Unfortunately I'm currently living in a modern house (c20 years). This entails trying to hang pictures on those walls which sound like hollow wood when you tap them, and thin wood at that. Can someone please tell me what is the most secure way to hang heavy-ish frames on them...

OK. Homeplugs are out. I was vaguely aware that they sometimes cause problems, but I didn't realise they were actually being sold in disregard of the regulations. I don't really like the idea of the three phase issue potentially opening up my data to two of my neighbours either, although that's...

Ok - it's sorted! Thanks guys. The final setup is as follows. Phone socket doubler in the working socket. Filter in one side with the alarm plugged into it. Telephone plugged into the output from the alarm. Extension lead plugged into the other side of the socket doubler. Filter in...

OK. I'll request the alarm be brought back and try this. I'll post back with the results.. Thanks again.

Thanks guys. All I have to do now is get the alarm brought back and try that. Seems so obvious now you come to mention it! One thing which puzzles me still though is that the phone line sounded perfect the way I had it, but I suppose in that scenario the phone was being filtered but the...

I assume you mean using two microfilters cajar, but how exactly do I connect them please? Don't know what type of alarm it is - the community alarm people collected it a couple of days ago since it wasn't working, with the intention of bringing it back once I get the telephone sorted out...

Is an NTE5 always a master socket then? It certainly looks like an NTE5. Maybe BT can tell me whether the property ever had two lines.... If the socket I'm using turns out to be a valid BT-installed master socket I have another problem. I'm trying to install a community alarm and it works...

I can’t even see where the cable enters the house. It’s certainly not overhead. All I know is that the working socket seems to be connected from inside a small sloping bit of roof over the garage. How it gets into that bit of roof I have yet to discover. I’ve just crawled behind a filing...

Thanks plugwash, I'll attempt the diagram. edit: OK I've had a look around and this isn't going to be easy. Cabling everywhere, some of it boxed-in or apparently inside walls or in the loft or the garage. The dining room has the one working botch-up, plus one of those extensions you buy...

Thanks for the replies. I don't think the working socket is the master because it comes through an unprofessional looking hole in the wall, runs across under the front door, through another amateur looking hole into the dining room. The master is in the hallway, as you'd expect in a twenty...