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Just very recently we have been getting like an earthy smell in the bathroom, my wife also says its like an old brussel sprout smell. Thinking back, we have been getting this for a few months, a couple of months back my wife forgot to mention a smell like wet floorboards, that then went away...

No, that's thd top element. Espares sold a bottom element, but got it cheaper on a hotpoint reseller... Just need to remember to wear gloves when I move the fibreglass matting...

Ok. Bottom element was open circuit. Seems a simple swap out apart from all the bloody fibreglass matting that's there. What's it for, heat insulation??? Some seems very close to the bottom element... Just got to source one now

Yes. What kind of resistance values should I be getting (assuming it's not open circuit)

I have a hotpoint SA2544CIX. Recently it's taking ages to heat up, over 25mins to get to 180degrees. The fan is working ok, and the top element is heating, as on grill it's gets very red. Any ideas how to check bottom element or any ideas what else it could be.... Don't want to pay £70 for a...

I have some older sliding patio doors. Recently although when shut, pulling up the handle engages the mechanism, when I try to turn the key to lock the door, the key turns halfway then refuses to turn any further, no matter how hard I try. I removed the euro lock, and noticed that the tab that...

Ok Thanks. I will give that a try today, see if I can operate the lock. The bit that is work is the raised bit on the cylinder that spins in the lock cylinder. I presume this is what operates the lock itself.

Thanks. The lock is 60mm, 50mm/10mm. So your suspicion is the barrel...

My patio door refuses to lock. All hooks engage but the key goes round so far and then no more, no matter how hard I try. It's a sliding door. I have removed the lock and the black thing in the middle turns ok, but the bit that sticks out looks quite worn. As a new lock is an easy fix, does...

Thanks flameport. Seals are there and look ok. Moved the upper basket to the other level, as its never been moved, and still the same. Its now developed another issue, the tablet drawer does not open properly, its fouling on the upper basket, so the tablet does not come out properly, and I'm...

Thanks for that. I will try backflushing the system. When I had water off earlier to check inlet filter, I checked water pressure and it seemed fine. Looking at spares websites there appears to be 2 pumps for this unit, a drain pump and a wash pump/recirculation motor.

How do you mean tracing the water supply. I have had the top arm, top arm connection to the top arm feed off and flushed. Also flushed the feed pipe from the bottom of the machine to the top. (The pipe that sits flush to the back of the machine). All appears clear. Could it be there is not...

Ok. Filter is clean. Had the whole top arm feed assembly in bits and there are no blockages to top arm flow. Put it all back together, and same. There is flow coming out of the top arm, but its not spinning. Oddly it washes everything on the bottom shelf fine, when I was testing with nothing in...

Double checked the main feed and its fine. Will pull the unit out later and check the filter. Any pointers if the filter is clean??

As far as I am aware the suppy is fine. The supply to the dishwasher comes from a t piece at the end of the cold feed in the kitchen. The other t feeds the washing machine, which is working fine. Is the filter where the water supply is attached?

I have a Beko DWD5411W unit. Just recently the its not been washing at all well, and the top basket washing is just poor. I ran the unit with nothing in, and quickly opened the door, and noted the top arm did not appear to be spinning. I disconnected it, and cleaned it out, but it wasnt dirty...

ok... Heatings been off for around 4hrs. It was topped up to just under 2bar. its now sat at just over a bar, heating stone cold. checked around all rads and all bone dry, pipework that I can see all dry, and no evidence of damp on ceilings. The bag around prv dry. Bag over condensate pipe had...

Phoned ideal, they were open till12 today..... Boiler only had a 2yr warranty. They offered a fixed price repair includes callout labour and parts for £275. seemed like a reasonable offer so its booked in. In your professional opinions is it cost effective to replace heating engine, and is it...

Thanks for the replys... it drops hot or cold, but its more noticeable during operation. There are no buried pipes, and no evidence of water leaks on the ceilings at all. checked around all rads hot and cold and cant see ant evidence of leaks. No work has been done recentky that woukd disturb...

Have an ideal logic 24 boiler, installed in 2011. over the past week its been losing pressure on a daily basis, upwards of a bar in pressure. there are no obvious leaks on the system, all rads bled and heat up fine and dhw works well. I would assume there would be an obvious leak losing that...