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Again I am posting this here as there does not seem to be a mobile phone forum. I am British but living in Croatia. I still have a property and income from UK. I have a Samsung A50 phone which I bought secondhand. I'm not sure if it is related to the current problem but a few months ago I did a...

I have a Centrometal pellet burning central heating boiler. It works much like a combi and has a built in pump. I bought it secondhand and it works OK but the furthest rads stay cold. The same rads worked OK with the previous log fired boiler so I thought there might be a problem with the pump...

My roof has always leaked in certain types of weather. My theory was that part of the roof had too shallow a pitch for the clay tiles that were used. I knew that tin could be used for lower pitched roofs so I replaced the tiles with metal profile, in 4 metre lengths. Not sure if I should have...

I just did a search for this topic on YouTube and every result was the opposite of what I need! I live in a rural area with no mobile phone signal but I do have internet via a series of wifi links. I understand that certain sim cards can be set up to link with the internet to provide phone calls...

I have a 2008 Chevrolet Spark which has started making a kind of roaring sound from the front of the car. I put it on axle stands, removed the front wheels and ran it in gear. The left hand hub was spinning normally but the right hand hub was mostly stopped, just jerking round a few degrees now...

Not sure if this is the correct forum but here goes. I live in Croatia in a rural location with very weak mobile phone signal. I have received calls and text messages but it only works once in a blue moon. I have accepted this and always tell people to email rather than phone. It is now becoming...

I live in Croatia but own a small cottage in Scotland that I rent out. My Landlord Registration is due for renewal soon and I have to provide various documents including an electrical safety report. I got an electrician to inspect the property but he has found various defects. His estimate for...

I have a Xerox 3117 laser printer which I bought secondhand but has always printed too faint. I saw a YouTube video about cleaning some internal mirrors. I tried that and it made a slight improvement but still not satisfactory. I just watched another video about refilling the toner cartridge...

I have a pellet fired boiler which operates at 1 bar system pressure. Future plans include having a solar panel for hot water so the system is filled with antifreeze inhibitor compatible with solar. That stuff is expensive so if I ever I need to drain the system I save it for re-use. I do have a...

I live in a rural location and have always had sketchy internet, as it comes to my house via 7 wifi links, with trees and other obstacles to limit the signal strength. I don't sleep too well and often listen to BBC radio, streamed live to my phone. For the last week or so this has not worked...

I have had several woodburning stoves over the years but none of them have been new and none came with operating instructions. Some of them have a device that can partially restrict the flow of smoke from the stove to the flue. I've always assumed that was meant to be used in conjunction with an...

I have a double radiator that is getting hot at the front but staying cold at the back. Is it just a case of removing it and flushing? The system has always been run using antifreeze type inhibitor and is about 8 years old.

In 40 years of DIY I have accumulated various spare fittings of various ages. Yesterday I was doing a modification to cure a leak and managed to create a bigger leak! I used an old 15mm solder ring union / coupling. My uncle ( a former gas fitter) used to recommend you add a bit of extra solder...

I am wanting to add a Horstmann HRT2 thermostat to an existing central heating system. With it not wired I can hear it clicking when I turn it to above or below room temperature. This would suggest I could connect it using 2 core cable (live and switched live). The instructions say terminal 4...

I'm currently installing a solid fuel central heating boiler i.e. the plumbing is not for potable water. This is in Croatia where the only fittings for copper are end feed. I've been using up an old reel of leaded solder but have come to the end of that. I do have Fluxite flux (after trying...

I have an old Clarke generator that uses this engine. I actually stripped it a few years ago to investigate it not starting but then other priorities prevented me from putting it back together. I had hoped there would be workshop manuals available online but suppose, being an American product...

Around 2018 I moved to Croatia but I had owned the house for a while as a renovation project. I designed and installed a solid fuel central heating system. It used pumped central heating with gravity hot water. That design was chosen so the hot water cylinder could act as a heat sink in the...

I have an MTD electric chainsaw which I've had for about 10 years but has been slightly faulty for most of that time. It was just the plastic hose to the chain oil tank that was split but not an easy repair, as the whole machine has to be stripped to access the oil pump end of the pipe. I used...

I have had my 2008 Chevrolet Spark for 11 years and it has been super reliable but on Wednesday it overheated on a hot day in a motorway traffic jam. I removed the thermostat, put in some water and I did complete my journey. I didn't think it was the thermostat but it was an easy thing to try...

I have a pine desk which I have had for 20 years or so. It was flat pack but I assumed it had some kind of matt varnish as it was not shiny. Over the years I realised it must have been bare wood as parts would get grubby looking. I finally got round to dismantling it, sanding off stains etc and...