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Hi, My external Grant Combi vortex 26 oil boiler, possibly the world's most unreliable boiler, had another wobble couple days ago, no hot tap water, as the HW pump was silent, so gave it a tap on the speed selector dial and it whirred into life briefly. Took it apart, fiddled with metal wiper...

Interesting! I've seen a hidden wifi network SSID moving around and interferring with my wifi, it's probably my neighbour having a smart meter fitted on the other side of our party wall.

Update - it worked this morning all on its own! typical - So off with the lid and I found that wiggling the cable where it goes into the CH pump made the pump stop/start so prised off the black cover on top of motor and found the rotary switch (speed1,2,3) had some dark pitted marks suggesting...

OK thanks guys, I'll take a look this morning.

Evening all, my external oil Grant vortex combi 26 boiler (from 2010) is giving no central heating, hot water ok, flow switch LED goes on/off with hot water, water pressure ok, about 1.5bar, Central Heat Pump and demand LED shows when thermostat turns on so looks like it's getting thermostat...

I bought a Sky Plus box on ebay years ago and the supplied blue card still allowed the box to record free to air channels. With the old blue cards, if you removed them from the box before Sky sent out the kill signal (to stop it working once the subscription had expired) the card never got...

Good to know, I've often wondered if that might happen when I've rodded my pipes when they've blocked up, I tried the plunger and it was so tight I quickly pulled it out and used the screw instead. I share a waste pipe with 3 neighbours and I'm the last house before it hits the sewer and it...

I have the 26e external combi in 2010 and got through 2 expansion vessels in a couple of years, luckily I actually took out a 5 year warranty...however I was furious when it failed the 3rd time after being away on holiday during a cold spell at home and the house was freezing. Same old problem...

hehe ok guys, I'm seeing a pattern here...... unfortunately plugs are far to simple solution, we need fancy gizmos :D

Hi, no doubt a rookie question but can anyone recommend a decent quality slotted flip top waste for bathroom basin? I've had a few click/clack pop up ones that gung up after a few years and thought I'd try a flip one instead, some had a rubber seal on them that looks likely to fail and some...

Thanks so much, that was the name I couldn't remember.,,,now to find some UK supplier. Cheers :D

Hi, I have an metal shelf rail bracket where a Conti board shelf clips/pushes in and you get a strong and discrete wall mount, I can't remember who made it and I want to get another to match. Anyone know who/what/where? It looks similar to this glass shelf version: Thanks for any ideas...

Thanks guys, must be a nightmare keeping up with the changes!

Hi, thanks for that.... I've just been reading up the Part P factsheet and see that replacing like for like damaged accessory is OK to do, which I had assumed was not the case. edited

Hi, maybe a daft question but what the heck! I have a kitchen / dining room, half the room is kitchen and the other half is a dining area, originally two small rooms opened up into one. I've had the kitchen sockets and cooker wired up by a qualified electrician and BC has been informed with...

I've had an Ebac for about 13 years and it's going strong, they seem to come with a 5 year guarantee.

I had the same problems, 150 mitre saw (cheapo no name) and 160mm skirting, d'oh! However I tried, I couldn't set up the saw to cut straight and true so concluded that mine was too cheap and nasty for such accurate cutting and resorted to a hand saw and wood filler :D My saw always just...

Thanks for the correction, always good to know these things. Yes should hopefully not get much volt drop in a couple of metres of cable but will check when in place. I've also realise I should have said 12v AC transformer rather than dc

Hi, I have some 12v dc / 10w halogen under cupboard lights that have 42 strand cable wired into them (Ikea lamp kit) and want to extend a couple, I am guessing using 42 strand speaker cable will suffice along with either solder/heatshrink joint or crimp butt joint? Only need to extend a...

We're having a side by side American fridge so it won't squeeze one in that space sadly and we've got another useless space just off the main kitchen that's a larder It's never straightforward is it :lol: