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I live in the east of England, and we get a lot of lightning in the summer. Twice in the past three years I've had my router zapped and had to replace it, since then, I always unplug the router from the phone line whenever I hear thunder approaching. Tuesday night, thunder started, I...

Hi all, just noticed a crack that wasn't there a few months ago (pre 1930 house). It goes from the ceiling to just past top of door. No crack in upstairs room, zero signs of any cracks outside. A few times the front door has heavily slammed shut in the wind when back door is also open, mind...

Hi, thanks all. Had a weird power cut a few weeks ago, lights flickered on and off for about a min before power went out. One of my neighbours lost theirs, the shop a few doors away lost 1/2 of their lights, and it seemed to affect random houses up and down the road. It was fixed about 5am...

Hi, just had a faulty meter replaced (faulty in that I had no electric) and while he was at it, he replaced the sealed fuses and the tails coming from the fuses to the meter. He gave me a warning notice that the tails going into the fusebox are only 16mm and I should get them upgraded...

Hi all. OK, I know I've screwed up, it's felted perfectly (decent torch on) apart from one thing, I didn't use any arris rail. I'm about to put gutters at the front and rear of the shed, but I want to stop water going off the sides. I was thinking using roofing adhesive to stick plastic...

No it's this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/152968626805?chn=ps Will get a new switch at that price.

Thanks. It's an old Ferm FTB 16/500 I've tried googling, the manual pdf I find doesn't show the actual piece. I think the bit I photoed is simply an over designed connector block as testing with a multi meter, both pins connect to each other. So it probably is the lid switch

My pillar drill started not turning on propery. Each time I pressed the green button it would only go while I had finger on button. I would have to try it up to 10 times before it finally stayed on. No problem I thought, I would change the green/red buttoned on/off switch. I took it apart and...

Yep, Mira have just confirmed this

I have now contacted Mira direct via email including a pic of the part. Local electrical factors said they contacted them and he had to buy the whole part, and quoted him £136. I've looked on Mira, found the part with the washer on for £100.73, but can't see the washer on it's own (have emailed...

Hi all A friend has a Mira Advanced ATL Thermostatic shower that works properly except he had to replace the shower hose. The end that goes into the unit had a washer that's earthed, but as you can see from the attached pic, it's broken. He's asked around and the only success he's had so...

Hi all. I built a workshop for myself around 2008, when it finished, the roof looked like this It was fine for a couple of years, but since then I have had nothing but problems with it and have had to make numerous bodges concluding in me having to rip part of it off and replace with cheap...

Hi all Have sockets on my kitchen wall, I know the cable runs down from them all so nothing above them. I want to fit metal bars across the wall like these http://www.no29design.com/2013/01/the-newly-uncluttered-kitchen-counter.html Obviously nothing will be hung over the sockets...

OK Thanks, in that case I'll leave it for a while before I give it another top coat

yes I know, should have hired a pro :) I've put a top coat on my landing walls, I did a pretty good job with most of it (for a diy-er) But there was part of it that the wall was slightly uneven, so I (probably stupidly) evened it up with the top coat and decided I'd give it a second...

Fixed it. In the cistern there's two different bits that get pushed down, one for each button. Pressing either of these and it flushed properly without needing to hold it down. So I adjusted the plastic screws on the cistern lids buttons to make them a few mm longer, and it all works...

Just fitted this, instructions missing from box (typical) Anyway, toilet and cistern are in and no leaks. But it only flushed while I hold either of the dual flush buttons down, as soon as I take my finger off, it stops. I presume its not designed that way? Water filling up to correct...

Thankfully the holes line up with the studs so yes it's into timber. Just wanted to make sure it would be fine with the weight and no extra support would be needed underneath. I suppose with modern cisterns they don't get anywhere near as heavy as the old ones due to the limited amount of...

Well it's a low level but in the same style, cictern on the wall with pipe going into pan rather than actually resting on the pan http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/160444 My toilet before last was a plastic version of this and was simply screwed into the stud. I then replaced it with a...

Hi all. Have a washing machine plugged into a socket in the kitchen. Modern machine with computerised timer/display. Twice in the past three months the washing machine has finished, I've turned the washing machine off at the machine hence LCD displays go off. Then I turn off the switch on...