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I have an issue with pressure drop and am asking if this forum can shed any light. I have lived in this house since it was built in 1997. On the ground floor, I have kitchen, utility room and cloakroom (with toilet and wash basin). The utility room with sink and washing machine was...

I've got one of these (see pic) as the external grill on a utility room extract fan. It looks like my local wasps have made a home behind it. But I can't get this grill off and I am scared of breaking it. I have removed the two woodscrews at the bottom which seems to release the opposite edge...

I have 3 x MR16 12v downlights installed in a pelmet over a worktop/chests of drawers in a bedroom. They are wired to a 2 gang dimmer switch; the other dimmer works the central ceiling light. They were professionally installed >10 years ago as part of a bedroom refit. They have worked...

I had a new Sony Bravia 8 TV earlier this year. It replaced an older Samsung non-digital set. From the start I was getting short duration (1-2s) loss of vision and sound, random with regard to timing and channel, normally twice in a short interval, then maybe again an hour or so later. Not...

The remote control on an elderly Samsung flat screen tv (40") has packed up; the on/off button seems to have lost its 'spring'. Can I replace it with a new one/how would I code it? All modern tv's are a mystery to me!

This is really just curiosity but the upcoming 'digitisation' of telephones has made me anxious to understand. My house was built 1997 as part of a small estate and all cabling is ducted. I understand we have full fibre to the street cabinet. We have a ducted BT telephone cable (presumably...

I have read previous posts under similar headings which refer to 'mythical EV sockets' but no-one seems to have seen them. So here goes on my particular issue: I have just bought a plug in hybrid car (PHEV) which has a 15.6kWh battery as well as a petrol engine, with an electric range of about...

Apologies for the length of this, but I am looking for some advice here, although I don't hold out much hope. I had a Stuart Turner 2.5 bar shower pump installed in a ground floor extension bathroom just over 5 years ago. The pump has packed up (motor burned out). To be fair, ST would have...

The problem being, there isn't one! Turned the shed light on the other night. there was a loud 'phut' and no light. I thought the shed circuit had tripped but the power side is on and I have confirmed power at the batten. I expected to fit a new starter switch but times have changed. There...

I have a Stewart Turner Monsoon 2.0hp shower pump about 4-5 years old. It has suddenly stopped working. The shower still works under gravity and there is a low hum from the pump as it does so. (I thought initially that this was the pump trying to run but it happens when the pump is switched...

Dyson cordless vacuum runs 5 sec after taking off charger, then stops. Put back on charger momentarily, take it off and it will run normally. Is there an internal switch that prevents the motor from running whilst on charge and is this sticking, preventing it running? Progressively getting...

I have two Aico smoke alarms (one hall, one 1st floor landing) which are time expired and need replacing. They are Ei151 TL which are now obsolete and the official replacement is Ei3106. Trouble is that Screwfix want £50 each for these. An alternative is Ei141RC (I already have one of these...

I have a new floor lamp with an E27 lamp socket. Fitted a 6w LEDlite and all fine for two weeks or so. Then, on switching on with the foot switch, there was a momentary flash, then nothing. This occurred each time so nit a burn out. I thought it was the switch but turned out to be the lamp...

I recently ordered teo 240/12v dc power supplies as part of a regulated twin rail supply from a reputable UK-based supplier. They were listed as UK pattern wall psu’s. What turned up had two flat pins and a pair of shaver adapters. I sent them back but wondered if they were actually legal in...

This house was built 1997 and we have lived here since built. Noticed recently a small dampstain on bathroom ceiling and checked the loft. The soil pipe vent is boxed in a corner of the bathroom, rises up into the loft space in (roughly) 150mm uPVC, takes a 90 deg bend to run horizontally...

My daughter and her husband are having a ground floor extension to a terraced house, roughly 5m x 5m. The floor will be suspended timber partly to reduce access problems for delivering concrete (no rear access except via the house) and partly to facilitate possible future installation of...

My block-paved driveway is now 20-odd years old and is edged with 150 x 50mm plain concrete edging units placed vertically and substantially haunched with mass concrete on the outside face. This has left barely enough soil depth for a layer of turf with the result that in the increasingly dry...

Has anybody come across a one gang socket outlet with a single USB socket (with or without a 3 pin square socket)? Nearest I can find is a one gang plate with 4 x USB's but a bit pricey at £23 + VAT. My daughter wants to plug in a NEST wireless thermostat - which still needs a wired power...

This fitting supplies an adjacent gas fire, installed about 20 years ago. It was looking very dull, and I am decorating so applied some Brasso. A small ring dropped off - see pics. I thought initially it came from the joint further back towards the wall but size-wise, I think it is from round...

I am about to invest in an insulated sectional garage door so would like to improve the insulation of the rest of the garage. The garage is part integral to the house so the rear half has cavity walls to support the cavity walls of the upper storey. The "bit that sticks out" in front of the...