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Thanks for taking the time to reply. The timer issue seems intermittent if I'm honest. What I have done though is electrically isolate and remove the power head. How much movement should there be on the spindle? You can barely move it with fingers, and with an adjustable spanner on it, it...

I can't categorically say that they're new, but I am fairly confident that they are new issues. Certainly the timer ticking on and off...

Hi. I have an st6300a timer switch and have noticed that the central heating is ticking on for a second or two every say 10 seconds even when both the hw and ch are set to off. I have also noticed that the Honeywell three way valve is not sealing, in that over the summer when I've had the ch...

it's similar to the hinge you mention, but not the same. When you take the top cap off the hinges there are two elements. Nearest the door frame is the allen bolt, which essentially jacks the door up against a plate that is screwed to the frame. Further out from the frame is the hinge...

i've done some research on these hinges and they appear to be mila ideal rebate hinges, which do adjust up and down, and laterally, but not in/out of the frame. I'm at a loss, except to put it down to poor manufacturing?? Any other ideas? Thank you all for your help so far.

right-oh, i'll double check. I'm fairly sure there's up and down movement. On the second photo you can see that there's a back plate on the hinge. you can see that there's a 3-4mm gap between the plate and the body of the hinge. I'm fairly sure that the main allen bolt jacks the hing up and...

thanks for the replies. there is an allen bolt in the top of the frame side hinge under the cover, but this only seems to move the hinge up and down. is that right? what does the little grub screw do?

my UPVC back door does not seal. When you look from outside, the door is not pulling tight onto the frame on the hinge side. I need to draw the door tighter into the frame, but I'm not clear how to do it with the hinges shown on the attached photos. The hinges are fitted into the UPVC profile...

Ok great. Thanks for your reply. I have two purely hypothetical questions then... 1. if someone was to do as I suggested and wire into the back of a master socket, would the socket on the other end need to be a slave or master? do you need the surge arrestor? 2. if someone was to want...

great, thanks. Out of interest, can anyone tell me the point of the master socket? and why do slaves not have the capacitor or surge protection?

Hi. I need to wire an extension into my existing LJ3/1A BT Master socket so that I can put my router somewhere more convenient. Can anyone confirm the best way to do this? My understanding is that only 2 wires from the incoming BT line actually do anything. From what I've read the...

i like the crate idea! thank you very much!

Hi I'm in the process of removing a gas fire, and need to block off the chimney, which is a ridge vent type connected to an aluminum flue in the loft. What is the best way to seal up the ridge vent? Can i do it from inside the loft by disconencting the flue pipework? Thank you

Hi. I am in the process of removing my gas fire, and will be blocking up the fireplace. It is a type 2 precast flue, with a ridge vent. Can anyone tell me how I should block off the ridge vent? Can I do this from within the loft space by dropping the metal flue pipe off and reaching up...

Hi. I need to install a shower on an external wall which is plasterboard dot and dabbed on to blockwork. as you'd expect, there's a 1" ish gap between the PB and the blockwork. The wall is finished with tiles, and i'm not going to take the tiles down until I redo the bathroom entirely in a...

I'm looking for an expanding filler that sets fairly solid - more so than expanding foam? I'm trying to fit a mixer bar shower to a plasterboard wall that is dot and dabbed to block work. I'm installing it with exposed pipework, and I'm slightly concerned about how robust it would be if I...

marvellous - thank you for your reply. I had a nagging suspicion that that would be the case, hence the query. I'll swap the cable out. Many thanks again.