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Intermitting drying fault. Drying three loads, first two loads dried as normal, the third load did not dry. Vent pipe blowing cold, checked the heating element, removed it from the dryer, first connected the heater directly excluding the thermal switches worked fine, checked the thermal...

I have just had my bathroom renovated, my fitter did an amazing job. My wife wants a bathroom mirror hung on the wall (plastic wall panels). I'm reluctant to drill into this new beautiful pristine wall, this is the daft idea?? use Command wall strips. The mirror is 2.6 kg, the strips hold far in...

I have a small leak from my shower trap see attached photo {arrowed}. Can this part of the trap be dismantled and reassembled? It doesn't have any rased ribs like the fitting that can be tightened. If I need to replace the trap is it a easy job. Looking at how it has been fitted, it would appear...

Hello I'm putting in a new bathroom. After removing the plastic cladding, in some areas the plaster board has disinterested so needs patching. Also I have an area of floor where the bath was, that needs levelling up to match the plywood that has been laid for ceramic tiles. Both these area's at...

Hi I have problem with my Asus laptop charging. After plugging in the power supply the only way to get the charging light to stay on was to move the wires going into the power supply plug. When the light did stay on, the laptop would fully charge. I assumed I had a broken wire in the charging...

Can you have too many PIR sensors? I live in a 3 bedroom bungalow every room has PIR sensor's except the bathroom. While on holiday recently the alarm went off, no attempted break in. My neighbours were not at all happy, 20 minutes is still a long time be annoyed for no reason. The panel showed...

I need to varnish some stripped pine doors. I have a lot of surplus water based varnish, which is satin finish. The existing doors in the house have been varnished with a matt finish polyurethane varnish. Can I use the surplus water based varnish for the first coats, then finish with the last...

I have a Logic TV, which is apparently a converted computer monitor with speakers added by the manufacturer to sell it as a TV. When I first switch on the set there is sound but no picture, after switching the set off and on again I get a picture, the set works as normal after that. Any help...

Hi all Noticed a lot of wasps flying around the corner of my roof, after talking a closer look I could see that they were entering my roof through badly fitted roof tiles. As a professional myself, not in the building trade, it must make the genuine builders like yourselfs furious to see this...

Has anyone successfully installed get_iplayer. When I downloaded the exe file it says not suitable for your version of Windows. I'm running Windows 10 home. Thank you for any help given

Hi Recently move house, have mixture of TVR's, no two the same, no idea how old they are some look new, others very old. Is there any way to test them? Some appear to work but would be good to know for sure. Thank you for any help given

Hello At the end of march I posted a question "Cold Water Mystery", this referred to my Atag boiler failing to supply DHW. Just to sum up my post, the boiler would occasionally supply only cold water from the hot taps. The installer changed the flow sensor, no change. It was suggested that the...

Hi I have a Atag ic Economiser Plus 27, which now and again stops supplying hot water. Everything works fine then after a week or two weeks cold water from the hot taps. If you leave it for a while, half an hour, or first time it happened a day, the hot water is back. Since the boiler is only...

Hi Doing an oil and filter change on my 2018 Micra K14 engine. Does anyone know of any method to remove the plastic oil filter cover. It's so tight that it's distorting the plastic nut on the end of the cap. I feel if I put any more pressure on it, it will just round off the corners. Why do...

I have a Atag ic Economiser Plus 27, I woke up this morning with no hot water. I contacted Atag they suggested that the flow sensor was the fault. I feel that I have been cond, the boiler is only a few months old and I get a problems, I wish I hadn't take my installers advice to spend an extra...

I have a Atag ic Economiser 27Plus boiler, can I turn off my water at the mains without causing any damage to the boiler. The boiler is in a cold utility, will the boiler frost protection keep the boiler safe. Should I leave the heating on constant at a very low temperature, say 12 Degs. I will...

I had an Atag ic Economiser 27Plus boiler fitted in October, despite this being the most expensive boiler offered by my local installer I'm less than impressed by its performance. It takes ages to heat my house, despite turning on the heating at 8:30am the radiators only reach full temperature...

My shower is draining very slowly. I assumed it was the usual chocked trap, just needed cleaning. After examining the trap I don't see an outlet. Looking at the images on the net I see traps usually have a outlet on the side of the traps leading to the drain. This is not the case with mine, it...

Hi Does anyone know if there are any 15mm pipe insulation deals on at the moment. Thanks

Hi When I try to open Chrome I get a message about needing permissions see attached screenshot. I have been into Windows settings and ticked allow permissions for this program, makes no difference. O/S Windows 11. Any help much appreciated.