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I'm on my 4th sky decoder box from Sky and my viewing is still intermittent with the box eventually hanging or saying 'no satellite signal'. On the last visit the engineer changed the LNB and when I tested the new LNB with the box he put in I was pressing the channel up button to check the...

yes you are right it is the domestic hot water and the boiler overrun - sorry about the long time for the reply I only had it confirmed when the boiler was changed!

Yup fixed - the light bulb was not sitting in the light properly! Silly me - it wasn't me who fixed it - I had a sparky round for something else and he found it.

I've read some posts on Part P and looked at this site http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20043210.htm. This site http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1130907 answered some of my questions but I can't find information on this: Someone is redoing my bathroom now. New electric underfloor...

this model is frost free! so the useful life of these things is down to 8 years now? I can remember my parents having fridges and freezers lasting 15 to 20 years!

well I decided to put it in the skip!

I have a Hotpoint Fridge Freezer Mistral 8596S which is almost 8 years old. It originally went wrong when the fridge stopped cooling even though the freezer was fine. I called an engineer (ex Hotpoint) and he said the fan wasn't running so changed sensors and ran a self test which appeared...

My house is a 1984 build with breeze block inner walls and red brick outer walls with the cavity filled with insulation. My ensuite bathroom has just been stripped out and I can now see why I was suffering from bad condensation above the window (the room was fully tiled) resulting in lots...

I had the car - Ford Mondeo 1997 automatic - serviced last year, within days there were oil drips under the car. Garage then tightened up sump drain plug. I took the car to another garage for something else (continual smell of fumes around the car) yesterday and they phoned up saying the sump...

I've got one of these and I'm really pleased with the results. Only issue though is when BT came last time to investigate a separate fault (hissy, scratchy line) which was nothing to do with my DSL, filters or extensions (it was the alarm) - the first thing the engineer said is 'oh you've got...

Re 'getting a new one' - the PIR and the light are two separate things. Should I just replace them both?

I can turn the motor by hand easily - bearings appear OK.

During the summer my 16in Wahl fan packed up - it started getting slower and slower and eventually the fan wouldn't turn. I dismantled it and tested the circuits - current was flowing upto the capacitor linked to the motor when switched on at all speeds. I took the motor out and inspected it...

which switch - is there one on the PIR? When I'm at home and its light next (next weekend probably now) I'll open it up and take a look - unlikely though as the PIR is fairly sheltered from the rain. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ aah a multimeter - I've not got one of those. I might...

The security light in front of the garage suddenly stopped working. I changed the halogen bulb - still not working. I've changed the fuse on the switch - still not working. The PIR unit is separte from the light itself. How do I troubleshoot the setup - there must be way of testing it...

Good tip - thanks!

I managed to talk to an alarm company - they weren't the original installers. Apparently the line grabber is on the alarm circuit board. The guy muttered something about how the previous guy had made a real bodge job (not even telephone grade wire is used) and how some rewiring would have to...

good job I read this post - I have to tackle a similar job after the old Ceiling Rose plastic disintegrated and fell out of the ceiling! I've made a mental note to see what connects to where before dismantling and if the new Rose doesn't have the same connections I'll leave it to the electrician.

Not sure what to do next on this one... We moved into this house and the alarm was already installed. However, intermittently the phone line was very noisy and has gradually got worse. Some BT engineers came out a few months ago and it appeared fixed for a while. This week the problem got...

thanks all for posting - only just caught up with the latest. To try to answer some of the questions / respond to suggestions (ignoring PEDANTICVINDICTIVEMAN!): a) looking for clues on the piping near the cylinder - gulp - so many pipes just going down to the floor and up into the loft -...