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Hi, The spout has become so stiff to turn that it sometimes turns the main pillar with it. I have undone the securing ring and tried to pull the spout out to clean and replace the o rings (which I understand is the procedure) but it seems firmly stuck. Is it just a case of more brute force or is...

This week the circuit which the hob is on seemed to cause the RCD to trip. It is the kitchen ring main and as far as I can see there are no spurs, the hob is connected via a manufacturers integrated 13A plug. This ring has an MCB and is on the RCD controlled side of the CU. All the circuits on...

I see there are several threads on this but my particular case doesn’t seem to be covered… I took the light down while some building work was done and on putting it back in the same place it comes on when it gets dark but stays on. I have tried the various re-set tips but they haven’t improved...

We had a kitchen fitted just under a year ago, it was done well but the new doors attached to our integrated fridge freezer have dropped a little and started to rub on adjacent units. Having taken the top section door off I see it is extremely heavy and in my view too heavy for the hinges on the...

Hi, we recently discovered that if the heating is on and the HW tries to come on the actuator won't open the HW valve. Similarly if the HW is already on and the heating gets triggered then the heating actuator doesn't work. They both work fine via override if neither is on So the valve units...

Hi, I am having a 1.8 x 2.4 m. wood frame greenhouse 2.2 m. tall with dwarf single skin brick wall about 0.7 m. high. Would a raft foundation be OK and would reinforcing mesh be essential? Any comments on minimum raft depth gratefully received. ... If I were to have a trench footing instead...

Hello, I have a Bosch gas hob with a small, spring-loaded 'main' push button switch which needs to be depressed before any of the burners will light. This hob was not bought by me and the id. numbers are impossible to read correctly without dismantling the kitchen unit - I am not that desperate...

I recently made some enquiries about replacing my felt flat-roof with GRP. One roofer told me that he could fit GRP but it shouldn't be done in January as it needs a few dry days to complete the job, he was also a quite sceptical about how good GRP was anyway and said that he had heard of 'lots...

Hi, I am repairing a shed and also replacing my old double glazed (aluminium) patio doors. I was wondering if it is feasible to break up one of the old d.g. Units into separate sheets and cut one up to make shed windows. I am a novice glass-cutter and have only cut 'ordinary' glass in the past...

Our street is an unadopted road which is not finished with tarmac or anything similar, hence 'dirt road' in title. It is about 40m long, 5m wide and very badly worn with large potholes and craters. I am hoping to get the neighbours to club together to fix it in some way. Our houses only front on...

Hi, Sorry, this is posted on 2 forums - I originally put it under loft insulation but have been advised that I might get a better answer from the 'sparks' so here it is again. I am about to install loft insulation (mineral wool - SPACE 'Loft Roll') and the instructions on the packing say...

Hi, I am about to install loft insulation (mineral wool - SPACE 'Loft Roll') and the instructions on the packing say 'Insulation must not be laid over electric cables'. This implies I need to lift the lighting cables which are currently (ha ha !) fixed to the joists so that they end up above...

Hi All, There is a plastic valve-like thing fitted into the drain hose of my Bosch dishwasher. It is about half a metre from the end, same width as the pipe, and about 5 or 6 cm. long. There is no mention of it in the manual that I can see. It has developed a leak and screwing the nuts at the...

Hi, I was thinking of hiding all my pipework under the kitchen sink by putting it in the service void at the back of the base unit and then re-fitting the back panel so that it could be removed for maintenance (hopefully never !). Reason being that we cannot seem to avoid the occasional flood...

I am refitting my kitchen and replacing microwave, oven, hob and extractor. I was planning to get an electrician to do the oven and hob so that I wasn’t breaking the law but I now find that the microwave and extractor seem to require more sophisticated connection than the old ones too. (Can’t...

Hi All, I recently ordered some Sheraton kitchen units and got one spec wrong. They won't exchange - watch out for this one - so I am seriously contemplating modifying a 600 base unit to make it into a 500. I think the Shaker door will be do-able if I cut down the vertical join then chop the...