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Thanks for the advise... , when i dig out to thecorrect depth would it be best to put a membrane down then the top soil to try and keep the soil moist and not drain away ? Also anyone know any good top soil suppliers in Manchetser or online, done a quote on northwestturf for 12 tonne...

Going to replace some block paving in garden with turf ( daughter just started walking) blocks are 60mm thick and then there is a thick sand bead under it , then hardcore. Will I have to remove some of the sand to apply top soil or will i get away with a thin layer of approx 30mm of top soil on...

Why send 500v down , just loop the other end set the megger on contact , get your ohms reading and divide by 10 , then use your slide rule to get your reading... read the prints and work out the ohms for each section of copper / ali / paper cable.. or you could just PC if FRS was still around.

A porch is classed as internal if it has a door on it and is not open to weather elements that is why an internal termination box has been fitted. What colour cable feed into it from outside ( if this is grey and thin like speaker wire this is dropwire 3 , if its grey and looks like thick...

Well as promised Worcester turned up today , New Heat exchanger and PRV fitted for £245 (inc VAT). Asked engineer why would the HE go faulty , 3 reasons . 1 , Too high water pressure ( Doubt this at my house ) 2 , Bad instalation of boiler with solder / flux getting into the pipework..(...

If you call your SP(service provider) they will send an Openreach engineer out , as you state that this box has corroded and is inside you porch .. it is now Openreach policy to charge a service provider for problems like this as it is up to the End User to maintain there house and make sure it...

Still got the problem xmas is over so time to get it sorted. Phoned Worcester and arranged for an engineer tomorrow prices quoted : £185 replace up to 3 parts except the heat exchanger £245 replace up to 3 parts and including heat exchanger Both prices include labour.. not sure if...

After help in here the fault has been narrowed down to the heat exchanger (8715 406 8140) in my worcester 28si II , where is the best place to buy one from ?? I was told worcester so a standard repair and fix charge of £180 , but worcester have not confirmed this , however after searching on...

thanks for the replies , but what is a Calorifier ?? Is it an urgent repair if it is the heat exchanger or will i get away with releasing the pressure ever other day ? Could the CH water be entering my DCW and DHW supply and causing harmfull contamination?

My 2 1/2 year old boiler keeps gaining pressure , the relief valve is working and throwing oout the water when required, i drain it of from the relief valve approx every 2 days back down to 1bar , give it a couple of days and its up to 3bar+ cold. A plumber i know told me to discon the filling...

Check that the mahine is connected to the hot and cold water feeds , i have seen this before , smelly washing machine and it turned out it was connected on a flow and return of the central heating circuit... a proper DIY bodge job.

Aybody got any ideas ??? Thanks

My Electra/creda dryer starting playing up a few months ago , timer would stop it counted down to 40 mins then stayed there drying for hours!!!!! I purchased a new timer and fitted it ...everything seemed ok ... then the same problem came back after a few days counts down to exactly 40mins then...

Did you get it sorted ??? Sounds to me like a h/r dis or line card problem. When you ring from a mobile does it keep ringing , or does it just ring a few times then stop , if so this is ring trip and can be caused by a H/R dis , this would not be picked up by the remote test system that is...