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Hi I recently removed a radiator in my living room to decorate. I refitted it, bled it and topped up the boiler pressure. 2 weeks passed and the pressure had dropped below 1 bar and triggered an error code so the boiler wouldnt fire up. I checked everywhere and no leaks. I topped up the pressure...

Hi, after recent winds I have noticed my Cordyline Australia is pretty wobbly if I move it by the trunk. It is only about 4ft tall and been in the ground for over a year. This happened last year so I just pushed it up right and compacted more soil around it. Since then it has grown a foot and...

Hi, I recently laid bark in my borders but, not thinking at the time, it has been blowing about onto the lawn, path, and neighbours drive. Not a lot, but enough to annoy me! Any suggestions how to help avoid this? I was thinking wet it with the hose and stamp it down? Thanks

Hi A few years ago I filled in a flower bed that was in the middle of my lawn & planted grass. It came through perfect but it seems to be a lighter shade of green compared to the rest. Can anyone recommend anything to make it all the same?

Has anyone got any good experiences with garden furniture covers? I have an L shaped rattan sofa and a 6 x 2 table with tuck in chairs so is an exact rectangle shape. I have spent god knows how much on various covers but they just blow off, rip, or both. Im at the point now of not bothering or...

Hi I recently had a combi boiler installed and have noticed that one radiator has a bit of a whistling lockshield valve. The TRV is so sensitive that if I move it by 1mm either side of number 3, the radiator is either on or off. If I turn the TRV down it will quiten the lockshield valve but gets...

Hi I have recently replaced my boiler from a gravity fed system to a combi. Now that all my water outlets are mains fed pressure, my toilet fill valve is now noisy. Although it only now takes less than 10 seconds to fill, it is annoyingly noisy. Any ideas?

Hi We recently had our gravity fed system replaced with a combi in the garage. We are in a bungalow. I have noticed that the bath and bathroom sink hot tap, if you fully open it, doesnt get fully hot. It seems to go hot ish then cool then hot ish. If I turn it down to about half way, it gets...

Hi I would like to install exterior downlighters around the exterior wall of my garage to light up a pathway. Could I run them off the existing lighting circuit in the garage? The only issue I see there is they would only come on with the garage light, but could I wire in a separate switch just...

Hi My wifes salon has a hot water cylinder in the staff room, presumably unvented as seems to be supplied from cold mains. There is no gas supply to the shop and no central heating, so everything is electric. Just recently we have noticed that the cylinder makes a noise when heating up so no...

Hi I recently had a new combi boiler fitted. I replaced the old gravity fed standard boiler and cylinder. My old boiler used to be at about 58/60 degrees and would be fine. The boy who fitted the combi set it at 70 and set that would be fine. I noticed the radiators were extremely hot to touch...

Hi I recently had my gravity fed system replaced and new combi installed in the garage. I have noticed it takes about 15 mins longer for radiators to get hot. I had a 2 channel Hive previously and the sparky has wired it up so I can still use it. In the mornings I get up and press boost on my...

Hi I recently had a combi boiler fitted after years of a gravity fed system. Now that I have high pressure at every outlet, I have noticed the toilet fill valve is a bit noisier filling up, then it instantly shuts off when full. Is this normal because of the higher pressure going through it or...

Hi I had a gravity fed water with cylinder and heating system, which was run off my hive to operate both. I just had a new combi boiler installed so have done away with a lot of stuff. The sparky had a new hive ready but managed to use the existing one so the heating still works as normal on my...

Hi Ive been having trouble with my lawn forever now. I recently treated it with a thickener and feed. I went on holiday for 3-1/2 weeks and came back to long thick lucious green grass, which Ive never really had. I trimmed it on lawnmowers highest setting but it has now gone back to being...

Hi I am looking to put a plug socket up on my wall for a wall mounted TV. Is it possible to spur off the attached photo of a socket which is close by? Thanks

Hi I have just installed a pair of wooden bifolds doors on my wardrobe. When I close them, they dont stop square but keep going as if they are folding closed too far. Almost as if you kept going the would fold the other way. Is there a way to move or adjust the hinges so when they are closed...

Hi. I woke up this morning to a freezing house. My thermostat is on a schedule to come on at 18 at 6am. I woke up to no heating on but the target said 18 but actual said 13. I pressed boost and it came on. I checked the heating history in the app and it said it was on 20.5 from midnight onwards...

Hi I have an old stereo system in my workplace which has speakers with bare wire connections into the back of it. The speakers are in the corners of the ceiling. Would it be possible to connect these speakers, via an adaptor to the 3.5mm output on my echo dot & do away with the old stereo system?

Hi Yesterday I got a shock from my bathroom light switch. I took the switch off & noticed there were a couple of broken earth wires. Luckily there was enough length in the cable to be able to cut it and re-connect them. All was fine, but then I switched on my dining room light and it blew the...