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Currys Essentials CID60W16. Steady drip [about 1/second] from bottom of pump/heater assembly. This eventually trips the flood sensor about an hour in to the programme. I am working around it for now with a towel but want a better fix, because fishing a damp towel out of a live appliance is a...

I have a piece of beech 2000mm*250mm. Pretty sure it was the window board in the kitchen when the house was built in the '60s. I would like to use it as a shelf but it's got a fairly serious bow on it - clamp down one end, the other sticks up about 40mm. I have tried screwing some twin-slot...

I need to trim down some 150mm ducting for a hood extractor. How can I do this neatly? I don't have a 150mm mitre box. I have various hand saws and lots of scrap wood.

Wanting to fit a very heavy, fashionable 4-column radiator fairly close to a tall cupboard: The pipe will be coming in from the cupboard on the left as that's where the boiler is. It cannot come up through the floor as it is concrete. What's the minimum sensible distance to leave for the...

Looking at heaters from Myson, Smiths and Thermix. Thermix and Smiths specifications show heat output at flow temperatures from 40-80°C in 5°C steps. Myson specify theirs at two, "∆T 50°C" and "∆T 30°C". For physically similar models, output at ∆T 50 seems to correspond roughly with a flow...

I've owned at least 8 bread makers in the past 20 years, of which I only bought 2-3, most of them being cast-offs from friends/family who liked the idea but not the actual reality. They seem to be pretty unreliable in general, easily the least-reliable domestic appliance. In the same time I've...

I have a Spirotech MB3. A mere 6 years after it was installed, I have got around to draining it. The first few buckets were obviously dirty, but now probably 20-30 litres later, it's much clearer [but a bit yellow] with the odd black flake. The manual suggests 5-10s of draining would be...

What's this thing called a strimmer spool fits on to?: My spool broke. I assumed they were generic, so I bought a new one [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354027223069] that looks almost identical, except, it's about 10% smaller than the original, so doesn't fit on the existing spindle, and...

[Not sure if this is the right subforum but it seems the closest] I am considering installing MVHR in my semi. Hopefully relevant information: - Built in mid-1960s, 130m^2 - Brick cavity walls, not insulated - Gas central heating - Unit to be installed in loft - Not really sure how air-tight...

Price of hot composters....starting at about £150 for what looks like an expanded polysytrene box? I have a snap-together cold one from Lidl that cost me £20. I would like to insulate it and make it into a hot composter. My first thought is to get a sheet of foam insulation, affix it to it and...

This is one of those "the Mrs saw it on the internet, so can I make it happen?" posts. I am not sure what country this is but they seem to have made a full-width plinth drawer: Do we think the cabinets are hung off the wall? The worktop looks a bit shallow.

How can I secure this flag? It's come loose and is currently just "resting" where it is: The metal post will stop it from falling so it's not immediately dangerous, but I would like to secure it somehow. I think it's basically just rubble/topsoil behind.

They start around £45 from the usual places, eg: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154594385266 My intended use is for shredding fallen leaves and prunings, eg bits of ivy, to speed up composting/use for mulching. I am going to assume they're not great at that kind of price, but just how not great...

Diplomat APP2440. Probably about 16-17 years old. Light doesn't work. Fan works fine. If you hammer away at the light switch, the light will flicker. If you wiggle the fan/light cable, the light will flicker. So something in that control box is loose or worn out. I have removed the two screws...

Back wall of my house is always cold and tends to get mouldy at the bottom. It's built in to a slope somewhat, the ground level outside is about 5-600mm higher than inside. Pile on the left has come out of the cavity. The DPM is right at the level of the flags, one of which I have taken up...

I've been working on this for months, finally got it finished: As you can see, it's a desk that moves up and down along some Unistrut fixed the wall, with the help of a winch pulling a steel cable. Unfortunately the pulley mechanism is not up to the task and has failed in use, so I am looking...

It's like a timber connector but with teeth only on one side, and the centre is threaded for accepting a bolt. You tighten the bolt and the teeth bite in to the timber. I cannot for the life of me come up with some search terms that match the name of what I'm talking about. Just to be clear...

My mother has solar PV + hot water tank with PV diverter. She is looking for a new washer and it's going to be in the same room as the tank. This seems like it would be suited to a hot-fill washer [assuming these are still available...]. Is my thinking right here?

Bought a rosemary from Sainsbury's [you know, that place that mainly sells food] and on getting it home I am bit puzzled to see that it is "Harmful if eaten": The RHS, who IMO are pretty much the authority on plants in the UK, says nothing about this. I am confident that a significant...

Got a pair of Parkside squeeze clamps from Lidl. Work well, total bargain [£3!]. But what are these loose red bits? They can slide up and down the bar, or fit snugly at one end or the other.