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I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on this mystery. A friend as a Johnson & Starley Economaire 65 which has stopped working on the heating side but still produces DHW. Two Engineers have looked at it, the first fitted a new gas valve which didn’t make any difference then swopped a working...

The upstairs walls of our dormer bungalow were constructed of chipboard in the 60s. In the 90s when we moved here I papered all the walls thinking it would best hide the joints. The normal paper on the landing has stayed OK. The textured paper has cracked at most of the joints What's the best...

Can you tell me the physical size of the cable that goes from the Open Reach pavement ducting to the Customer Splice point? And do they use the same cable from the Customer Splice point to the new Fibre Modem, in our case about 15 metres away on the outside brickwork then through the lounge...

Our Saniflo has been failing to stop automatically for some time, just a gentle kick would solve it until recently when it would run forever. Stripped and cleaned and removed the diaphragm. Found the micro switch works as it should until the diaphragm is replaced - permanently compressing the...

The heating at my 94 year old neighbours bungalow is going to be changed later this year ... in the meantime it seems the only way to get heat to the radiators is to latch the actuator on the three way valve. Q1. Is it likely I could find and fix whatever is causing it not to work of its own...

I'm aiming to renew all our UPVC windows but this time replace the wooden front and back doors. I would have liked the front door to be symmetrical and considered moving the new door nearer the front but the recess is only 34.5" meaning the existing door and frame would need to come out with an...

When we got the house ten years ago the shower room had 4 x 50w MR16 bulbs with GU5.3 connectors and presumably an unseen transformer in the loft. At some point I changed the bulbs to 5 watt LED but found they would only work if one Halogen was left in. I assumed the transformer needed a...

I'm wanting to renew our self adhesive kitchen floor tiles with something similar. They are plank shape and stuck to a Amtico vinyl tile base. I'm interested to know what method a professional would use particularly with regard to the adhesive left behind. Thanks Ray

Does anyone know where the liquid comes from that forms over time in a TV remote? Thanks Ray

I've only ever used normal rawl plugs for fastening any thing to walls but on this occasion at my son's more modern house it would entail identifying the gas pipe and cable locations then using maybe 2" screws into the breeze block which seems over the top for 4 shelves that will only have small...

Every time I’ve asked a question on here I’ve ended up with a solution … it will be a miracle if I manage it on this occasion. I’m trying to bring a Suprabeam Q7xr back to life. When the battery only had 2.78 volts the torch worked as it should high, medium, low output and flashing. Now...

I have a flat Re-chargeable 26650 Li-ion Battery 3.7v 5000nAh 18.5Wh and no charger. It had 2.78 volts and was lighting a torch yesterday ... it now reads 0.00V on a digital meter. I wondered if I have something in the house to make one just to check if it will charge. If so I can send for a...

We have a Bosch Classixx 6 Vario Perfect which has taken to stopping usually when it should be starting to rinse. We find it with all the lights out. To get it going we have been setting it to rinse & spin on the assumption the washing cycle is complete. Sometimes it may stop again during...

This was a 3.8 x 2.6m greenhouse base years ago, I started cleaning the other day with a jet washer until it developed a fault of only being capable of running for a split second before stopping. I wondered if there was a one piece rubber mat available to cover it or any other ideas would be...

Having not worked on one of these I'm unsure what can and can't be done. The downstairs toilet cistern occasionally overflows into the bowl. It happens when a bath is run upstairs, or when the toilet is flushed upstairs. The float is fully underwater when the water level is in it's "normal"...

This is more out of curiosity than a problem ... In our 1964 bungalow when you turn off the main stop tap the cold water to the sink taps stops immediately. In my son's 1998 two storey house after struggling to turn the under sink stop tap off to work on an upstairs toilet cistern, the kitchen...

I've read the already discussed posts but not found the answer. The Honeywell valve was renewed June 2019 I was asking on here in April 2023 about a buzzing sound emanating from the valve which could be stopped by simply turning the power off and back on again. We have a Nest Thermostat, the...

I'm re-painting the front door and steel garage door. Could you tell me the best way to prepare for undercoating and if there is any particular paint to use to lessen the chances of it happening. I always use oil based paint, I have an electric sander and a blow torch. Will I get away with...

This is for a friend of mine ... he's hoping to remove an Hive controller from a Vaillant Combi Boiler and replace it with a Sunvic TLX9201 Room Stat. He'd be grateful of help with the most straightforward method of changing the wiring over. You won't be able to over simplify it :giggle...

This is at a friends house a distance away, Single 5' Fluorescent new enough not to have a starter Turn the light on, it comes on perfectly normal, no flickering, then goes of after maybe 2 seconds Just have to wait a short while to do it again. It does it exactly the same each time. It won't...