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Hi There, I have a battery operated smoke alarm on my landing and it keeps going off at random times, evening during the night or when sat watching tv I went out and bought a brand new slightly more expensive one, and that seems to do the same. Does anyone have any ideas what could be setting...

Hi everyone, My parents cooker has started to trip out the fuse breaker everytime it’s used, does anyone have any ideas why that may be? I’ll try to include as much info as I can think below along with 2 pictures It’s been in and working for approx 2 years and no work has been done on or near...

Hello everyone, I have an old Citadel XR2 alarm and the PIR in the large shed is going off randomly during the night, quite often now I want to replace it for the magnetic door sensor instead so it doesn’t go off unless opened. I see they are easily available to buy online, but my question...

Hi All, I’m looking for a little advice, I live in an end terraced house, and there has been some work carried out by a water company to dig up the 10ft alongside my house. I wont go into too much detail but large wagons up and down the 10ft, 20 to 30 times a day for 3 months, then drilling and...

Hi All, I wonder if you lovely people could help me, we have an old tap on the bathroom sink and when you turn it on it becomes really wobbly and loose in your hand. I've included a picture to show the faulty tap. In my experiences of taps in the past, I assumed that the white bit on the top...

Hi There, Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of an Atlantic F127 electric heater? They seem simple enough, it has 2 modes Basic and Prog and the manual says Basic means manual, so set the temp and it will kick in or out depending on the current temperature, and Prog whereby it should...

Hello All, My friend has just moved into a rented house which is all electric and has a hot water tank and Storage heaters, my head is mashed already! lol I understand the principle that the heaters charge over night when the tariff is cheaper and then kick out heat the following day, but...

Hi All, Im helping a friend move and tomorrow bringing the washing machine, I’m looking under the sink and am confused The hose is obviously shut off otherwise water would be steaming out of it, so I expected to see some kind of shut off valve to turn the cold water off to the washer, but...

Hi there, I’m in the middle of replacing my old electric ceramic hob that is old and damaged, the electric is its own dedicated run from the consumer unit to a box on the wall then into the old hob (30amp fuse) the old hob simply has 3 terminals marked live, neutral and earth as I’d expected...

Hi There, I wonder if you can help me. In my spare bedroom I only have 1 x Double Power Socket, I'd like to have a TV and DVD Player in there but they are on the opposite wall. Rather than use a standard Extension lead, is it acceptable to buy 5 meteres of white Flex 2.5mm electrical cable...