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Morning , Happy New year. I have an issue with my white bathroom tiles , the grout over the years is getting black mould on it , its as well ventilated as possible , however it continues to produce black spots , about 2 months ago I cleaned all of the grout out and replaced it with mould...

I am wondering if this heat exchanger (DHW) section could be cleaned by adding a hose to point 33 and pumping non toxic cleaner into it and then having a hose from the other exit point going into a bucket and circulating the cleaning fluid for a period of time , othewise I don't see how it can...

I had my roof done approx 25 years ago , never been happy with it , I have a terraced house and the low level pitched roof joins the main building . Theres a leak , it's getting worse and worse and the bad weather this week had it leaking through the low level ceiling ( it's happened before ...

I had my roof done approx 25 years ago , never been happy with it , I have a terraced house and the low level pitched roof joins the main building . Theres a leak , it's getting worse and worse and the bad weather this week had it leaking through the low level ceiling ( it's happened before ...

Good evening , hope you are all well, I'm trying to purchase some small plugs to attach wires to a PCB , shops dont stock them and I've already ordered the wrong ones , please see the attached image , can someone please tell me how you measure these so I can ordered replacements , what am I...

This is a very strange and specific issue , I have been watching shows on Netflix ( on Bush TV); and every now and then the scene look as if it has been filmed through a filter with small triangles on it , like a veil , however the next scene is fine , and then if the scene then goes back to...

I have bought a solar welcome light for the front of the house , it was £55 so not really one of the plastic cheao online ones .. It has a sensor on it to welcome visitors , if I have It in direct sunlight for days nothing happens , it won't come on on either the permanent setting or the...

I have a combi boiler Thermistor that may be faulty , it is screwed into a copper pipe to test temp of passing water , the water needs draining to take it out to replace , so it's a small inconvenience that I would like to avoid if necessary .,Im just wondering if I could test if this is the...

Hi , I have a Bosch classixx 7 tumble dryer , recently it was struggling to turn , it has done this a few times in the past ( over 10 years) , I have replaced the capacitor and it has solved the problem ( in the past ) , however today the capacitor has gone again and when I have gone to change...

Any idea how I can remove this air brick ?, it's internal and appears to be made of plaster , it's not letting a lot of air in and im going to remove it and clean it , is it just glued on to the face of the wall ? , Id ideally like to keep it and reattach it as can't afford a nice looking one...

The actual " handle" of my mains water tap has become loose , it just turns , ive removed the little screw and taken it off , the fixing is mangled , however can be turned with a small spanner , now I know that I could put the handle back on and tack it with a small weld , however is there a...

I've fitted this new tap , however due to the base of it being a D shape the excess water is dripping through the hole in the sink , I bought the tap as ex display , reduced from £130 to a £10 charity donation at wickes so it was without a washer to go between sink and tap , can these be...

When I moved into my house 25 years ago there was a digital water meter , for approx 10 years my water charges were determined by that , however it stopped working , after a few letters from Severn Trent asking to come and replace it ( bearing in mind this was 15 years ago ) , they stopped...

I've just bought a new prv as combi one is dripping quite badly , I've replaced a few in the past , no problem, is there any reason why I shouldn't use faulty prv to drain system first , If i open the loop and prv would it just run clean water in whilst dumping the old water out , only reason I...

I've bought an outside hose kit, it's exactly what it said it would be ( not suitable for pressure washers) I imagine this is due to the self cutting tap that has the same pressure as my late 40s bladder, I've bought a 15 mm Tee compression to replace it, however I can't find a 3/4 male (...

I've just bought a reconditioned pcb for my ferroli 901, I've had one in the past from the same company no problems, when I plugged this one in the leds just come on very faintly and go off, the clock works and the pump runs but nothing else, is this likely to be a faulty board, all wires...

I've just fitted an external expansion vessel to my ferroli as the internal one was passing a lot of water, it's created another problem, it all went well, fitted to return pipe ( i double checked) joint eventually stopped leaking but then.... When I fire up the boiler in burns for about...

Evening , The expansion vessel is ****ing water , wont hold pressure , its one of those pain in the backside ones that are round like a steering wheel and on the back of a ferroli 901 , I can see how it all plumbs in and can buy a new one for £50 , however can this be removed without taking...

I've a combi boiler with an auto air valve, the cap is missing, it's been missing for years, when I press the valve down water shoots out, otherwise it doesnt leak at all, I'm assuming this is faulty, I'd appreciate any advice, I can change it if needed for about £20, it's not in the...

Ok, I know it needs chucking but I'm currently skint so I'm trying to drag it out. My Ferroli 901 used to short cycle, now I don't know if I misunderstood short cycling but the water / heating used to turn off because the Thermistors were faulty, hot, cold, hot again. I always thought...