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The reason im bothered is that our softner seems to use an excessive amount of salt, and salt isnt cheap. If its using a fifth of 2 blocks unnecessarily every 2 weeks then id like to know why. I would have thought that 1 generation is much less than 5th of a block as we get through a pair of...

Hi I suspected this happened last time i went on hol so this time i marked the level the 2 blocks of salt were at before i left. i was away for 2 weeks and on my return both blocks had gone down by 2 inches! We have a Harveys water softner and it uses the large salt blocks (in pairs). We...

Hi We are getting a chimney breast closed up and plastered in a couple of weeks and want to mount a tv on it when finished. It would be good to have all the leads hidden. We dont have the new tv yet so were going to use the current one for now, but if we get all the leads buried what...

hi a crack appeared in the lounge ceiling plaster after i had a whirlpool bath fitted in the room above it. turns out the lounge ceiling has distemper between it and the plaster so the plaster is coming away. as a temp solution id like to tape up the crack to stop it getting bigger/hold...

Hi ive just had a company round to quote for windows. when i said i wanted tilt and turn they said they didnt sell those as they are problematic and therefore too risky to install. is this true or just an excuse because they dont sell them? ive never had tilt and turn windows before...

Hi We are going to get new double glazing for the back of the house and there have been a few burglaries round here lately so i want a secure option. My husband says that regular double glazing glass is almost impossible to smash but Ive heard that you can also get 'toughened' glass - is...

just thought... both you and me are using 25kg per month so maybe mine is working ok? its just that 25kg costs me £15. perhaps block salt isnt the economical option, rather i am paying for the convenience of having a handy sized block rather than having to scoop granules or tablets from...

Hi. Berkshire is also bl**dy hard. So is it possible to adjust a water softner so it regenerates less often? I assumed it was factory set and sealed. Is it something i could do? Harveys charge a £50 call out fee! Guess i could find a local guy...? Just want to be sure that it is fixable...

Hi We have a Harvey's water softner and have been buying the block salt which is designed for our type of softner. The salt costs around £5 for 2 blocks (8kg) however we are getting through 4-6 (16-24kg) blocks a month which is much more then we had anticipated (we are 2 adults + 2 young...

Hi We have a Harvey's water softner and have been buying the block salt which is designed for our type of softner. The salt costs around £5 for 2 blocks (8kg) however we are getting through 4-6 (16-24kg) blocks a month which is much more then we had anticipated (we are 2 adults + 2 young...

Hi. Seems like a silly question but we are baffled. We have piped ufh in the bathroom. whenever we turn the ch on the bathroom floor also gets warm. the only thing we could adjust it with is a dial thermostat, but it doesnt seem to work. we have it on the lowest setting of 5 degrees but...

The hot is from a cylinder and the cold from a tank in the roof. The shower is pumped tho.

hi i bought a 'Metro vertical thermostatic shower bath valve' from Bathstore http://www.bathstore.com/_application/bathstore/products/showers/shower-valves/shower-bath-valves-concealed/-metro-vertical-thermostatic-shower-bath-valve-284.html?pg=0 I thought that thermo ones kept the...

Hi The rooms in our house have laminate flooring and we want to get them carpeted. It looks like it has been laid 'properly' ie the skirting has been put on after the laminate for a tidy finish. Does this pose any problems with moving to carpet? ie am I supposed to take the skirting...

A mechanic has told me I need a new battery as mine isnt working fully. Im hoping i can get by with this one for a while longer but obviously i dont want it to fail when im out and about. Its a ford focus 04 1.6 with a rating of 390 CCA which is now reading 228 CCA (thats what the mechanic's...

whats MOT? :?

hi ive bought a 15 foot above ground pool and the best spot for it happens to be on gravel. the ground is also at a v slight incline. im not sure what to put under the pool in order to level it and obviously its not a good idea to put it directly on top of gravel. sand wouldnt work, not...

Its a sealed system. They are charging £27 per hour inc vat which seemed like a good price but seems costly for a days work. Dont plumbers usually have a more cost effective daily rate? Its a bit tricky as I work for a subsidary of the company in question and this is a staff discounted...

they are doing 4 rads (out of 18 )

hi i have a chrome towel rad which is leaking from where one of the horizontal bars meets a vertical bar. ive heard there is a product which involves mixing 2 things together and applying to the leak but ive no idea what its called. can anyone help? obviously it needs to be silver colour...