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Have a 6 month old Sealed System Worcester Bosch 4000 Ri Boiler system with Storage Cylinder. When it heats water or rads, getting banging noises from the hot water cylinder. Got engineer coming to look at it (under warranty) in a couple of days but wanted to be clued up as to what the issue...

Have just had a conventional boiler and cylinder system installed with sealed central heating pressurised filler tank (rather than old style small header tank). Had it a week and am finding that when the central heating is off but someone has a shower, the upstairs radiators come on. The...

Just had complete new boiler installed and as part of that had all radiators fitted with brand new trv valves and lockshields. However, am finding that when the trv is set to off for a particular radiator when the heating is on, that radiator is not cooling down at all. Same for all...

I have an old 1960s rectangular plastic cold water header tank. Currently it has some old planks of wood on top and some thin plywood on top of that. All very mouldy. Id like to get a proper lid for it. Preferably plastic. It measures 880mm x 790mm. Any ideas? Thanks

As detailed in other posts, I'm replacing my back boiler with either a combi or Conventional Boiler. Am in the proceedings of getting quotes and trying to work out which to go for. We have a medium sized 3 bedroom mid terrace house with single bathroom with shower over bath and total of 7...

For those that saw my recent post enquiring about replacing my back boiler to something modern. Looks like this has now been brought forward. Have started getting brown water coming from my hot water taps. All cold water in bathrooms and downstairs is fine. I believe that the piping inside the...

Am biting the bullet and having my very old Baxi Bermuda back boiler replaced with something new. Hopefully this summer. I know it's going to be a big job and a lot of upheaval but just wanted some opinions on where to get quotes from. The local bloke that does the yearly service recommended...

I am due to replace the two smoke alarms in my house as they are quite old now and was considering replacing them with a model that has 10 year sealed lithium battery but have seen reviews stating the the batteries have only lasted a fraction of the time or have a habit of going off...

I have a Baxi Bermuda 552 Back Boiler and was told by my gas safe engineer who services it that the ignition is on its way out. Hence, tricky to reignite. When I asked him if he could replace it, he said that the problem is getting the parts as is a very old boiler and it's unlikely he'd be...

Think the seal on my radiator drain valve has gone as its started dripping from the valve spout. Want to unscrew the whole inner section to ensure all seals are replaced. Pretty sure I can get from screwfix. Looks like a simple job but don't fancy draining the system down to fix. Sounds more...

My Dad tends to keep his central heating controller set to continuous and just switches the heating on and off when he needs it using the thermostat on the wall. Possibly a weird way of doing things but that's another story. Anyway, he was complaining that when he goes to switch the heating on...

When my Vauxhall Zafira (Diesel 2014) is left for a long period (usually overnight) in freezing conditions, I am unable to move the gear stick from left to right. As the day warms up, it is ok again. Had the same issue this morning, so left the engine running for about 10 minutes and all was...

I have an old Baxi Bermuda Back Boiler which usually runs fine and without issue. However, today when an engineer came to fix our gas cooker, the gas needed turning off. Afterwards, I tried to restart the boiler following the instructions could not get the pilot light to ignite. Got no flame...

I had a project way back of creating a hybrid 2 door Hillman Avenger Tiger suped up type thing. It was great fun years back and I made some progress but 30 years of marriage, leaky garage roof and kids signed the death warrant for the project. Sadly, the car itself was scrapped (as was rusted...

Sometimes I have problems getting my 2007 petrol Fiesta into gear. But the issue is very intermittent and not consistent. Not sure whether this is pure coincidence or not but find if the car has had a motorway drive, after getting onto local roads afterwards, can be very hard to change gear...

Just had the Hotpoint engineer round to look at our gas cooker (as it's still under warranty, only 8 months old). Recently, the grill has stopped igniting and there's a smell of gas afterwards. Everything else works fine. Engineer just been round (I was out at the time) who told my wife...

Hi, Am going to be replacing this pushfit connector and hose due to a leak on the valve screw. Am familiar with the John Guest fittings and how they are disconnected but never seen one like this which must be at least 20 years old. See attached pic. It has a red collar but no idea of brand...

Switched off the screw head type inline isolation valve to do a fix on my toilet. But when turned back on again (or even on off position) it weeps. Ptfe tape is not an option as not feasible to put on, so out off desperation just covered i it fernox lsx in the hope the very slow dripping will...

Our Zanussi washing machine conditioner tray is not emptying as the holes above where the water sprays through are constantly getting blocked. Poke something in the holes now and then to clear it but that only fixes it for a few washes. Looks like a build up of black gunk around those holes on...

As a cheap solution to store photos etc, was considering buying a couple of cheap 2TB USB flash sticks (less than £10) each. E. G...