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@terryplumb , While still in the cylinder yesterday, I disconnected it from its original fused socket and wired it to standard 13 amp plug and it tripped as well. This ruled out any existing wiring problems. It was when I inspected the terminals that I realised there was a very thin film of...

Hurray tightening did it! Before putting the new one in, Are there any check I can do to make sure its actually ok. This current one certainly never worked in 10yrs

I'll give the tightening approach a try on the box spanner, I can't see a 86mm slogging spanner. Just incase .... would a (cheap) blow torch work if the above method fails me?

Hi all, Our central heating broke down yesterday so while waiting for BG in next couple of days , I thought I'll use the immersion heater for hot water and that tripped the electrics instantly on connection. I had a look at the (top entry) immersion heater and notice a very tiny amount of water...

Thank you very much, i'll give that a try tonight when I get home.

Hi all, Without dragging an old tread of mine up ... I finally over the weekend removed a couple of tiles to get to the concealed cistern so I can replace the old faulty syphon with the new Top Serviceable ones. I purchased the dudley turbo 88 syphon, Followed the youtube & printed...

Thanks guys. I received the rigifix over the weekend and mounted the tv bracket with 6 of them. Feels pretty solid on the wall, though decided not to hang off it since my bones are worth a lot more to me than the TV

The ones in my picture above is 10X100 as well. I did mistakenly go though the thermalite on the only 1 hole I drilled. My guess is that only 80mm into the brick is required(assuming its that thick) since the remaining 20mm will account for the thickness of the Void and Plasterboard

Any other type of fixing?, what about the rigifix?

Thanks. Does that mean that i cant hang a tv on the thermalite or need different fixings?

I drilled a pilot hole (with a wood drill bit) through the plasterboard thinking that the drill will stop once it hits the block behind so I can use proper masonry drill for the block behind. The wood drill bit just continued drilling all the way through (plasterboard & wall behind) without any...

Hi all, I wanted to mount my TV as well. This is a dot and dab plasterboard wall with grey breeze or thermal block behind it. Will this fixing be perfect for the job or i need something else?.

@Madrab i wont be able to get to the inside of the outer drum without stripping the whole machine. This wont be possible without some tools i found being used on youtube coin is embedded in the outer drum

Thanks guys, I'll give them a go

My LG washing machine started leaking last week. I opened the back up and looks like a coin got in between the inner & outer drum. Long story short the the coin is still embedded in the outer drum with water leaking out. I have had the machine for 8 years and looks like I might be better off...

Here are 2 pics. There are no Isolation valve on the water feed.

Hi all, our bathroom flush is on its way out and looks like the diaphragm is split. unfortunately we have a back to wall pan with the water cistern behind the Tiled plasterboard wall. My only access to the cistern in only at the top where we have a shelve. It appears that I will need to...

Rather than getting MDF cuts, I took a chance and bought 21 mm birch ply already cut to my dimensions. The cuts looks almost perfect but I guess I would know on assembly. I have already done a very quick sanding with 240 grit and then done the biscuit joins. The Birch looks too bright for...

The middle section is not wide enough for my centre speakers ......

opp's Length 1380 mm Depth 490mm Height 520mm Internal vertical width are 390 + 500 + 390