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I've got exacltly the same problem as this. Hot water only if you turn the taps on full - shower is cold. Boiler is a combi. I concluded that the shower wouldn't work because the cold supply to the therm control was reducing the available pressure for the hot side. The problem has been...

Looking for ideas on this.... Jumped in the shower this morning to discover it's ice cold... :shock: Checked boiler pressure - OK at 1 bar. Switched on radiator heating - all OK, rads getting hot. Discovered that if I turned the hot water tap on fully in the kitchen or bathroom, hot water...

If you have removed a "Strip" of plaster, suggest use hardwall as base coat. Slap it on, and use a straight edge running against both sides of the strip to flatten to the correct level. When nearly dry, flatten with a float and gently scratch to take the finnish coat. It's easier to put the...

It will be impossible to match the old and new, so depending on the scale of the job, it may be woth considering removing all the old dashing to a natural break, i.e. a corner. whichever way you go, you will need to remove all the blown render back to a firm base. You will need to glue the...

Hi all, I think I need a bit of reassurance. I got a builder to lay an oak floor for me - 2cm planks T+G all round. The floor was layed at right angles ontop of the worn out pine T+G to ensure that it cancelled out any waves in the original floor. It was then professionally sanded and...

Success!!!! Thanks everybody for your suggestions - you were right ! The problem was that the UHF to the TV was running on channel 36, too close to Ch5. I took the VCR to bits, but couldn't find and switches or pots to change this frequency. Reassembled it all and decided to investigate the...

I've done this in one of my rooms (originally a Georgian farmworkers cottage) - looks fabulous, but .... when 1950's hardboard (yes, really) ceiling removed, it left two generations of heating systems, and at least three generations of wiring (including lots of lead sheathed stuff). It meant...

Thanks for fast reply, Masona. I'll give this a go. The frames are coming out anyway (rotten), so I'll get my crowbar sharpened for the weekend!! :D

I'm about to replace a number of 1950's Crittall windows (warped, draughty, rusty, horribly out of place in a cottage) with some new timber frames. Looking at the metal windows, I can see that they are screwed onto a wooden frame. Getting at the crews is OK where there are opening lights, but...

Thanks for the help so far, but no further progress :cry: I've tried letting the thing retune itself - no change Telly upstairs on same aerial, so signal should be OK. Following TexMex's suggestion, the UHF channel displayed on setup is 36. By looking at the channel number for Channel 5 it...

Tex, that's what I remember about this! Tried standard retuning as per previous suggestions - no different. Next step is to move the UHF output as you describe. Brilliant. :D Thanks

Thanks guys. I'll have a go this evening.

Hi all, For some reason, when I connect my tele to the VCR, I cannot receive Channel 5. The tele upstairs works, so it's not a problem of coverage. I seen to remember that people came round to retune all the VCRs before Channel 5 went live, and for some reason, I don't think mine was done. Can...

OK, I know I may be going out of my depth here, but here goes..... I'm refurbing a cottage, and am pretty efficient at applying skim plaster to either base coat or plasterboard. My problem relates to a chimney breast that needs a cottage appearance, i.e. not regular. The problem I can't get my...