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Not used shower wall board before. I'm preparing the en-suite in my son's new house to fit shower wall board (acrylic) to the 3 walls around it. It will be across one end of the room and the tray will be 800 x 1400 with the acrylic board on all 3 sides. The shower tray (Mira with upstands)...

My wife has just emptied her Bosch Logixx 7 washing machine and the washing is covered in what appear to be black oily rubbery bits. There's some of what looks the same which appears to be burnt on an area of the edge of the spinning drum nearest the door, over about 20 or 30 degrees of the...

I have a small 19" Samsung TV in my kitchen. It is fed from a 6 way splitter in our loft. Recently we noticed that the signal had deteriorated and the picture and sound was continually breaking up. I checked and made sure that the aerial lead was secure and would transmit a good signal...

Hi everyone, had to replace the valve on the shower in my son’s house today. I’ve done it before on my own house and wasn’t expecting any issues. His heating system is a Potterton with a boiler with a pressure tank. I turned the water off at the mains, but also at the tap adjacent to the...

I have a simple wired house alarm system, 5 PIRs and a front door. The box needs replacing as the key pad is failing. I'd like a straight replacement with wifi connectivity so that if it activates I can get a notification. What would you recommend please?

Hi everyone. I have a Scantronic 9448+ which is probably passed its sell by date. A couple of keys are getting very difficult to use. I've had the panel off and cleaned both the rubber buttons and the circuit board a couple of times over the past few years, but it has reached the point at...

I have a Gerberit Dual Flush (see image attached) which is running very slightly into the pan at all times. I have changed the bottom silicon washer for a new one, but it continues to run slightly. Is there anything I can check, perhaps on the siphon?

Hi everyone. I've had an extension built on the rear of my house and as a result the rear kitchen doors are no longer there. However I've extended the cable so as to provide the possibility of adding a PIR in the new room. Just remind me what do I need to do in the control box to make this...

Hi. My son has moved into a house with this alarm fitted. It work OK at the time, but he recently discovered that the shower was leaking and water poured down the inside of the wall on which the Remote Key Pad is fitted. As a result, fuse F4 on the main panel, which controls the power supply...

Hi folks, I'm relaying all my paths and patio in indian sandstone and want to know how to deal with 2 x 45 degree turns around a bay window on the front of the house. It sticks out about 2 feet and is about 6 foot long. How best should I lay the stones to go around it?

Hi all. I'm laying a patio. Relative novice, but experienced tile layer!! Hope some skills transfer. It 22mm Indian brown mix sandstone. What depth of mortar should I use, 25, 30 or 35 mm? A wettish mix seems to be recommended. Should I use a plasticiser? Should I use a SBR bonding coat...

Hi folks. I'm having a single storey conservatory replacement room constructed off my kitchen. It's the sort that has velux roof lights on either side of the roof and a flat centre section with two sloping sides with the roof lights in. The ceiling, between the rafters, is having hard...

I thinking of getting a Warmcore Bifold door (4 panes, 3.2m wide) and 6 of 800 x 1500 for a room in the garden that we are having built which is open to the kitchen, and has 3 1/2 walls to the open air. What do people think of Warmcore? Is it worth having triple glazing? Is triple glazing...

Hi all. I live in a very clay soil area and my lawn has always been waterlogged despite having laid drainage under a lot of it. I am having an extension built at the moment so the guy digging the footings has taken off the turf and is pulling back the top soil which I am going to use on my...

I have had 3 of these fitted in my house for the past 2 and half years. In each installation there is both a light on/off switch and a fan on/off switch. Provided the fan switch is in the on position, switching on the light will activate the fan. Generally after showers are finished we switch...

I have a Scantronic 9448+ unit, hardwired, combined box and key pad. Recently, the alarm have been regularly activating with nothing showing on the box until you enter the passcode to reset it, when the tamper light illuminates. I would appreciate the best course of action to troubleshoot it...

My Scantronic 9448+ is on its second board, so getting on a bit. I last changed the battery about 2008, I think. Recently its been faulting occasionally with the tamper light coming on. Tonight I came in and it had gone off and wouldn't turn off with the keypad, so I disconnected the mains...