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Hi. I have a Veritas 8 alarm which after today is causing a hit of an issue. We’ve had a smart meter fitted today and during fitting they turned the power off. when turning it back on the alarm hasn’t been the same since. The smart meter company are no help, so wonder if anyone has any...

Hi my dad is trying to remove the front off his integrated dishwasher as he’s changing all the cupboard and drawers fronts. However, he’s unsure which screws will take the front panel off and which will separate the internals of the actual washing machine. Could anyone help with which screws to...

Brilliant, thankyou!! I’ve managed to clean all the debris out of the square chamber. The hole in the side at the bottom of the chamber, should that be soil/stones or should that be clear?

Hmmmmmm good question John!! I’ve cleared it out to the bottom and didn’t come across a tap, but I guess it could be tucked round to the right amongst the soil and stones..

Hi there we’ve just moved into a house and over the past few days have noticed a grid on the drive having water pool round and over it when it rains. I’ve just had a look at it and it was full of soil. I’ve cleared the soil out and it appears to be a square clay drain that goes down...

Brilliant!! Thankyou!! I’ll do that now. With the run of venting going into the loft and out the roof would you think a ceiling mounted fan would suffice or do I need to be looking at an in line system?

Hi there. We’ve just moved into a house and are experiencing a massive amount of steam in the bathroom when showering. It’s fully tiled and has an extractor fan on the ceiling but even with it on, the mirror and shelf are soaking wet from steam. The fan goes into the loft and from what I’ve...

Undertrained - it does look like its losing water as I’ve now found damp patches on the floor, but weirdly the bottom of the cistern doesn’t feel wet.. it’s very strange. I am airing on the side though if it’s been in a few years, it’s rather black and manky and maybe replacing the whole cistern...

Thanks for your reply!!! Access to the bottom inlet is quite good, it just looks quite tight getting bits in and out of the cistern... but it’d be much easier I think than trying to get the whole cistern out and replaced. I’ll have a look and see if I can match up the inlet with one on the link...

Hi there So, the cistern pictured is being a bit of a pain. It seems to be constantly filling but really really slowly... as if the water is at high pressure but isn’t able to get through where it should very well... other than a spray at the top of the fill system on the right of the...

Thankyou very much for your advice and help ‘oldbuffer’.!

Thankyou so much ‘oldbuffer’.. that’s the perfect explanation! I just need to confirm.. Thread to thread so tail to ‘iron’.. I use ptfe tape. When there’s an olive present... so when I attach the pipe.. a slathering of plumbers mate.

Hi all.. I’ve just had a tap delivered with the flexi connectors in the picture. The previous taps were completely different fitting but had push fit connectors on the end to go to plastic pipe. I’m having an absolute brain fart and can’t work out how or what I need to get to connect the new...

Thanks ever so much for your reply guys..! Does the plastic pipe with insert into the compression normally fit ok?

Hi all, I’m fitting a new sink unit. The previous one had no back and allowed the pipework to be a bit of a hash - see the pic. I’m going to fit a new unit and hoped to be able to beaten the pipework out to pass through a single hole in the back of the unit. The only issue is the plumbing was...

It’s horrible isn’t it!! Would you recommend expanding foam in the hole out to the outside tap??

Hi there. I have just pulled out our kitchen units and discovered behind the sink a hole in the plaster board exposing the brickwork. The draft coming through the hole is quite alarming. Its an old house and appreciate that probably the pointing needs fixing and stuff... but before I put the...

Thanks for your response Blup..... Do you think the thing in the top left is the rain sensor then and actually should have something connected?? I don't want to go routing round in the roof lining for a cable really unless I know that it should be there first really..

Hi there I have a 67 plate C350e which 2 weeks ago had the windscreen replaced after a brick hit it. Since the windscreen was replaced I've not really driven it in rain until yesterday when it became obvious that the windscreen wipers at position 1 and 2 on the stalk aren't working. They...

Thanks for your answer John... it goes into the ceiling and across to exit out of the wall.. I’ve packed the pipework as it goes out the house with insulation, I was just a little concerned about putting it into the hole in the ceiling over the cooker. I’ll avoid foam I think as like you say it...