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hi, Over the past few days we have noticed a noise coming from our water pipes. The noise is similar to the normal flow of water similar to the noise from a toilet cistern filling, maybe not quite so forceful. If I turn to main stop cock off, it surprisingly doesn’t completely go away but is...

Ok thanks for that

hi I am installing a cooker hood in the kitchen. My problem (potentially) is that the 150mm hole I’ll have to make in the outside wall is within an inch of two 22mm central heating pipes. The problem being is that of ensuring those pipes are sufficiently insulated, although there will, of...

Well, I think I have the answer - which I hasten to add, is what I suspected (don’t shoot me!). I couldn’t see the sense in their protestation that the plug could not be swapped for a UK plug as the German plug adapter connect the German terminals to the same corresponding UK terminals. My main...

I have questioned that, and they tell me that the warranty is good (so got that in writing!). I think it may be a valid point that maybe in Germany it would invalidate the warranty if I removed the plug, hence why they told me not to.

My Sony speaks many languages and more recently in Swedish - then I realised I was watching Channel 4 late on a Friday night,

For further clarity..... I have never found Amazon to be a particularly well presented site especially when it comes to finding out the supplier. When I stated "it turns out to have come from Germany" that was not clearly written, I was aware that the hood was a European hood but not of it's...

I’m thinking of sending this thread to the BBC scripts department - could make better TV than we currently have

Yes because when I ordered from either Amazon or eBay (can’t quite recall) I was unaware of the origin

Yeah damn right, but at least I have so far amassed an array of opinions - just a shame that some contradict others

Oh yes, I’m old school and have successfully partially re-wired my old house, so fitting a 13ampplug is a breeze - are the cable colours the same as ours though?

Ok to answer some questions I hope I’ve attached photos ok (not done it for a long time!) Photo of the actual plug. Photo of how the cable wires into a box inside the hood (that could be a distribution box as there are LED lights as well as the motor). Finally a photo of the box showing the...

i just purchased a cooker hood online which turned out to have come from Germany. It arrived with a European 2-pin plug (a substantial one, not a shaver type one) and is 220-230v at 50htz. I contacted the supplier ask if I can just swap their plug for a UK 13amp plug, they told me that I need...

Yeah but that really isn’t possible, what’s the problem with going doward?

we have a small kitchen where the best position for the cooker (free-standing gas) is positioned in front of a wide boxed section that hides water and boiler pipes. We need to install an extracting cooker hood, but all instruction on doing so are aimed at the hood being mounted direct to the...

Hi Had my hall and stair walls skimmed during the summer, now where the plaster meets the stair stringer (I think it's called), it keeps cracking. I have tried using chaulk, and really pressing it into the crack, but for the third time now it has re-appeared. I am wondering if there is something...

I have a conventional heating system (i.e. header tank in loft) it’s a old system but heats well with even heat distribution in all rads. However, I have one really annoying problem - the upstairs rads that have (Drayton) thermostic valves gurgle - at the point close to the valves. The two...

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i just bought a pair of internal French doors which have an off-white primer painted each side, however they have left the edges unfinished and recommend using an oil based primer sealer to completely seal the doors to prevent the effects of humidity(!). I’ve been to Wickes and B&Q and really...