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I have installed the Polycell secondary glazing system (vertical sliding panes using the ratchet system) behind existing sash windows. For maintenance reasons I need to remove the sliding panes but have forgotten how to do this. Does anyone have any experience of doing this or any idea of where...

Thanks for your response. The door looks preety clean but I will check it anyway. The seal clips over a couple of ridges and has a wire band which secures it in place.

Hotpoint washing machine model wma 33 - water leak which I suspect is a leaking door seal. Has anyone any experience of changing a door seal on such a machine or is it a specialist job. Thanks

Thanks again for the help. When we moved into the house there was the cable, as previously described, poking out of a circular decorative ceiling fitting. The cable had a wire connector strip attached to it and fixed to the ceiling was a hook which I assume was used to hang a light. So I...

Thanks everyone for your responses. The wire coming through the ceiling is three core with white outer sheath. The the wires are red, black and green - the green one does not have green and yellow earth sheathing on it but is dark green in colour. Is this type of cable now out of date and...

Have been trying to connect a ceiling rose and light pendant to existing wiring in the ceiling. The cable from the ceiling has green, black and red wires. The green is connected to the earth on the ceiling rose, the black is connected to the live on the ceiling rose amd the red is connected to...

Thanks - good advice. At the next downpour I shall be in there!!!

Hi , thanks for your response. No the floor is not wet all the time. The water only appeared after recent heavy rain. The area around the door is in fact pretty dry. The concrete floor looks in good condition. Thanks again.

After a recent period of heavy rain I found that a large part of the garage floor was wet. I checked the flat roof - from the inside - and there was no significant evidence of water coming in through the roof. Is there a possibility of water coming up through the concrete floor from below and if...