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One of my sensors (kitchen window 'shake' sensor) is randomly activating the alarm. No obvious reason, but I thought that this particular device needed a lot of vibration and input before it worked. Can anyone suggest a reason for it going off? Can I disable it in the app (HC 2.0)? I see that...

I've been driving automatics for 50 years and I was taught to put the stick into neutral if I needed to stop for more than a few seconds (lights, slow queues etc.). so as not to dazzle the driver behind with the brake lights. (One video on YT says that you should use neutral at night but not...

Two questions here - sorry! 1. Over the years my friend has recorded concerts from his TV onto DVD disks - his system went back to about 2000 and he has lots of disks. His player/recorder recently gave up the ghost and he has bought a shiny new LG player. This is now refusing to play some ...

2020 Nissan Micra Acenta. For no reason the car beeps twice when I'm going along at the legal limit, often in light traffic in good weather. Sometimes three or four times a day, sometimes never. Does anyone have this model and have an idea where the beep is coming from? The car is running...

Last week I thoroughly defrosted my windscreen and a few minutes after driving off I turned on the wipers and inadvertently the sprayer too. These worked fine, but a while later I noticed that the wipers were OK but the sprayer wasn't working. The washer water had the usual additives and...

I posted a few days ago that my domestic hot water was very, very hot. I linked that to me having increased the boiler flow temp. Well today I decided to investigate more and I see that my HW thermostat is attached low down on the cylinder but the white wire thing that was securing it has come...

A guy just turned up and crouched down behind the garden wall. He didn't appear for a while so I grabbed a crowbar (not really!) and went out. He was from Thames Water and he was installing a smart water meter. I didn't know that such a thing existed but he was very professional and tested...

I recently increased my boiler flow temperature (system boiler) as the radiators weren't really coping with the very low temperatures. The house is now warm, but I've noticed that our hot water is noticeably hotter even though I haven't touched the cylinder thermostat. Is that normal?

I would like to protect a couple of airbricks from water ingress. The airbricks are at ground level. Is there anything you'd recommend? I made a new paved area with gaps for plants and I used quite thick slabs up to the house, including where the ventilation bricks are. I did tilt the slabs...

My front door has the usual sensors - one large one attached to the door frame with the little blue light and one smaller one attached to the door. The small one is very loose and I'm afraid it going to fall off eventually (the one on my back door is solidly attached, so I know that the front...

My sender unit has given up the ghost - screen blank for no reason or flashing to say I haven't set the date etc. I used to be able to reset it but now it's just going blank during the night and then we have no early-morning heating until I get up and put it to 'manual'. Anyhow, the receiver...

My Gas Safe engineer came to fit a gas hob. The ignition for the existing one is under the kitchen units. He asked me where it was and I told him, so he bent down and unplugged. When he removed the old hob he disconnected the wire and there was a spark or two. The RCD tripped. He had...

In the spring I bought two small plastic storage units (different manufacturers) for the garden. They were kept on the patio and I stored small tools, pots, liquid fertilisers etc. in them. As they were always quite dry inside I made the mistake of using them for other stuff like cushions and...

I'm about to order a gas hob. The company also offers installation but I'm a bit wary about this and am considering getting a local installer to do the job. Before I decide, can I be sure that the seller's installers will be Gas Safe registered? Will they be under any time deadlines? Are any...

Current gas hob measures 50x58cm. Suggested replacement measures 51.5 by 59.5. How precisely should the replacement mirror the original? I would imagine that it's the space below that matters and that they're all a standard size.

Is there a natural gas detector available for domestic use? Friend's elderly mum is absent-minded rather than suffering from dementia etc. but occasionally leaves the gas hob unlit, causing gas to escape. Is it possible to fit a device to the hob so that this can't happen anyway? Or are there...

My elderly neighbour has had a downstairs storage area converted into a shower room with toilet and a small sink. The latter is built into a small vanity unit. She bought the sink, shower etc. from a local shop (bathroom accessories etc.) after agreeing with the plumber what was needed. They...

I fitted the docking station for this and then pushed the end of the charger cable into the holder, forgetting that this should have been threaded along the back before fitting. Now the cable gets trapped when the station is folded into position for charging. I can't manage to remove the...

A company I use is sending me emails that I'm rarely getting. I do get the occasional one, but most don't get through. If I email them my messages (usually with attachments) are flagged up as potentially dangerous (!) but they are received. When their IT people check what I've sent there's...

The guy who fitted our fibre internet line had to go up to the eaves on his ladder. He asked if it was OK to drill a hole in the wall at ground level. He then secured his ladder to a fitting in the hole before he went up. I offered my foot on the bottom rung instead but he said that wasn't...