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Hi I have a 10 year old Range and the fan in the electric oven started getting noisy, a rumbling/humming sound. I had a chap out to fix it, he replaced it and for 6 months it was fine and then it gradually started getting noisy again until it was back to how it was. So I had a different chap...

When the underfloor heating is at Floor Temp 21C the air temp was 20-21C (its not a cold day today and the rooms without underfloor heating are set at 21C) Earlier I set the thermostat to Floor 28C and it has reached temp. But when I take the tile temp with a thermometer it says 24-25C...

Hi We have had WarmUp electric underfloor heating in our tiled bathroom for 5 years and we love it. It is set to Floor Temp 32C in morning and evening and it feels just right underfoot. The air temp of the room stays around 21C when its on which is perfect. We loved it so much we've just had...

Hi Just having a new kitchen fitted and builder has noticed that the kitchen electrics are set up radially rather than on a ring. He has said we should have the kitchen rewired and thats going to be £600 (we live in home counties so its a case of think of a number and add some noughts in this...

the switch for my fade in lights looks exactly like a regular dimmer switch, nothing fancy, and the chap that fitted it was just a regular electrician who was doing the job as cheaply as possible, i certainly didnt ask for anything unusual, all we wanted was regular lights but the ones we got...

hi. what i mean is that i switch the light on by the single click of a switch but the light comes on gradually over say a couple of seconds. i have it in another room in my house and it looks really smart. what a pp says might be what im after - a soft start dimmer? is you look at this...

my builder is about to fit lighting in our new kitchen and id like the downlighters to fade on and off - it looks much nicer than an abrupt on/off. how is it possible? can it be done with any light fittings & switches or do i need to buy specific lights? is it expensive/difficult to do...

Hi We are soon to have a large floor area tiled and we are going to remove the wood skirting boards and replace them with tile upstands. The problem we are having is finding tiles with edges that are suitable to be seen. We've been told that we need tiles that are the same colour...

hi the shower and the bath are on the same level and i believe they drain into the same waste pipe as the plumber left he said to me 'oh and if you get water backing up into the shower dont worry because thats quite normal' and i remember thinking 'i bet it isnt normal!' the water has...

So it looks like the plumber who fitted our bathroom about 3 years ago stitched us up. For whatever reason he didnt make the waste pipes steep enough so for example the shower waste goes straight off at almost a 90 degree angle and always has about 1cm of water sat in it. im not sure how that...

Is there a cheap solution? I'm fed up with dogs peeing and pooing on our driveway as they pass by but I don't want to install gates.

Hi. Can anyone tell me how to program this 'TELECO I-LIKE REMOTE' ? In the manual it says to open the casing of the receiver ie the box within the garage, but thats connected to mains electric and im not an electrician and dont want an electric shock. Are the instructions correct? link...

thanks for the replies. yes i have been up in the loft recently... what can i do as an immediate measure to make the problem safe? should i switch off all upstairs lighting from the fuse box?

Hi About half our upstairs lighting suddenly stopped working a couple of weeks ago. The bizarre thing is that the lights will suddenly come on, usually in the middle of the night. I think where the switch has been left in the on position the connection mysteriously starts working again at...

I havent got an installer yet. Im after opinions first. Itll be a standard flue.

Hi I have what id call a half chimney breast ie half of its depth has been taken away at some point so it doesnt come out into the lounge so far. Its sealed up. I want to get a wood-burning stove fitted in the chimney but im not sure if the chimney is deep enough for the flue. The...