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Got it fixed for the maximum £90 call out charge...new drum fitted along with some other stuff, about £200 worth of parts (he said!). I think it is the luck of the draw, you could pay £90 for a £5 part fitted or in my case get a pretty good deal.

see option 1!

Thanks, but i finished the job before seeing your reply. I used a piece curved wood (used for door frames i think) for the doorway and left the existing strip in, I just routed the centre of the wood underneath so it fitted flush. Looks very good now ive varnished it. Cheers all the same tex

That sounds like an expensive experiment!

...and buy a carbon monoxide detector before he arrives!

You have no option but to take off the bath panel and see whats behind there. I have never heard of a w/m being plumbed into bath pipes before! The overflow will only be connected by a hose leading below the plug hole, so water would be coming out of there long before the overflow.

I am tiling the bathroom floor. Currently there is a carpet to carpet strip on the doorway, I assume with the height difference this will need to be replaced. Is there a strip out there thats meant for this job? Thanks

Thanks Breezer I never knew about the parts, I'll do just that. Cheers

Our Hotpoint WMT02 was doing it's spin cycle today and after a god awful noise, smoke dispersed form the machine. I suspect the drum motor has burnt out. Is this a write off or can it be repaired for a reasonable price, the m/c is 2 years old Thanks

...to all forum residents. Especialy the ones who have helped me greatly in here over the past year, you know who you are. Have a great chrimbo! Graeme.

Thanks again breezer, thats explained it :D

Thanks breezer, Ill tell him to get a new element. RE the isolating switches. I have the same type of mcb as him and if a light bulb blows in the kitchen it is the switch covers the circuit of the downstairs lights that 'trips' and not the rcd, I thought it would be the same for the cooker.

My neighbours rcd trips at the consumer unit regulary when the oven is turned on. There is a seperate isolating switch on the board for the cooker but that does not trip, just the main rcd. He was asking me what I thought of it but I do not know. Any pointers much appreciated.

You could always use a small junction box to repair the damaged wire, much better than terminal blocks which I would not recommend.

I have forgotten to mention it again to her funily enough :oops:

Got the job finished this weekend and it looks very nice. Thanks to all for your help and advice :D Perhaps this forum should have a bar so I could buy you all a beer with the money I saved :!: :wink:

Id be interested in hearing your horror stories of cheap power tools Ban-All-Sheds. I have never spent more than £40 on a power tool and all have lasted me 2 years now with no probs as yet. I praise cheap power tools as for the amount of time I actually use them I don't see the point of...

Of course you will go to prison, on mass manslaughter charges after you've blown your street up. That's assuming your not in the house when it ignites, perhaps the rest of your family were not so fortunate but at least you saved a few tenners doing it this way, eh :?: I think there is 4312...

the advantage of mono-block is if you should have an oil spill you can simply remove the bricks in question and replace, with concrete you will have to look at it forever. This was posted 2 days ago if you look back for the answer on the pro's & cons

I think he meant to say it here but posted it in the wrong place