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Hello all, My CDA Cw448 dishwasher appears to have a leak at the base on the right hand side (as facing door) which seems to be coming from the part on the attached pic. Appreciate that the level of the machine will affect where the leak is coming from precisely buy definitely coming from this...

Hello All, I'm building a Balau hardwood deck 3.65m x 4m over existing traditional paving slab patio, using adjustable feet to level the subframe. I only have max 145mm under rear bi-fold door sill so was looking at using C24 4x2 decking joists, with 10 further joists inside the outer frame...

Hi, As post title suggests I have a high pressure (3.5bar!) problem with my boiler when central heating firing . Cold pressure is about 1bar but rises to 3.5 over about 6-7 minutes with PRV activating before I turn down thermostat for fear of damage. Reading round the subject I thought it may be...

Hi, wondering if someone could offer some advice on whether this can/should be done or if there is a better way of achieving the result. I am currently in the process of knocking out my lounge fireplace in readiness for a wood burning stove (house is a 1930s semi - original opening partially...

Hi, I have lived in a 1930s semi with square bays on front ground floor and 1st floor above it for 12 years now, gradually improving as time and money allow. I have always had my suspicions that the DG installation we inherited was suspect and now my suspicions may be (expensively) correct. We...

Hello Everyone, I am currently in process of installing an understairs toilet and am at the point where I need to connect in to the existing cast iron vertical soil pipe which runs, conveniently, right out side the wall where the new toilet waste will exit the wall. I have done a search on the...

Hi All, Recently transferred my cucumber seedlings from the protection of indoors where they had grown in to good strong plants and into the greenhouse in good quality compost bags and now, though still growing, the leaves have gone all limp and lifeless!! Have tried watering but no real...

Does anyone know where I may find a supplier of pegboard hooks with some sort of hook selection? Have found a couple of options on ebay but a bit limited really. DIYers across the pond have a fantastic selection!! Just looking to hang your standard hand tools, nothing outragious. Thanks

W/M drum has recently stopped spinning, either during the actual wash cycle or during the spin - if it gets that far, just seems to hang at the point where drum turning is supposed to start during the cycle. I have opened her up and given the brushes in the ac motor a nudge (power off of...

Hello everyone, Hoping for a bit of building advice please..... I am looking to convert the understairs cupboard (access from kitchen) into an downstairs toilet with new access off the hallway. This will require blocking off of existing opening (put a stud wall in) and making a new opening...

Bit of a curious problem here.... I've just had a single storey extension built adjoining to my galley kitchen, thus opening the area into a family room (if you can visualise that). Where the back door was at the end of the kitchen has now been replaced with a window, with the space where the...

Volvo v40 t4 turbo, petrol, y reg 2001, 83k Runs fine normally, but on the m/way at 80ish if you put your foot to the floor it starts to stutter, as if the plugs aren't firing (or how i would imagine it feels like!) Anybody any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Damn telly gone on the blink.... I've got a Toshiba ZP38 32in telly, only 3 years old. Switched on this morning to be presented with sound but no watchable picture. Bottom third of screen is just black, with top two thirds just a mix of colours and white (a bit like interference) - no...

Hi All, Firstly, new in these here parts.....so drinks are on me! Secondly, can anyone tell me if there are any regs regarding minimum distances that a window can be from an oven hob? Tomorrow :shock: I am having various parts of the kitchen wall bricked up as part of an extension and am...

I am still re-fitting my bathroom, but making slow and steady progress. I have now got to the tileing and am wondering whether convention is that the wall tiling is done first with the plywood and floor tile butted up to the wall tile or floor tileing first and wall tiles resting on top. :? I...

Got an irritating problem with my WM65 washing machine that hopefully someone can help with :) The fabric conditioner section of the powder drawer has started retaining water up to the max fill level after the wash has finished. Though not an earth shattering problem, it means we have to take...

I am trying to split the Freeview signal from the digibox so that I can feed the TV in the kitchen (the nipper likes Ballamory in the morning :roll: ) but can't seem to find the signal on the kitchen TV. The TV is fairly old so not sure if it is 'capable' of picking up the freeview signal. Is...

My trusty load lugging Fiesta ('92 K reg 1.1, 79k) has stumbled at the MOT emissions test :( on carbon monoxide. the limit I believe is 0.3% but the Fiesta was pumping out 5% :shock: Can anyone offer any advice on where to start looking on rectifying the situation? I have looked at the air...

Thanks for everyone's comments on my previous post re: laying of new turf, all duly noted :P Have just completed the dig over and removed the top inch or so of soil that looked pretty tired and am about to put on some new top soil and level out. My plan to level out was to set out a number...

Hi all, I am in the process of lifting a number of old patio slabs in preparation for laying a new lawn for little nipper to crawl on in the summer. Now these slabs have been down for 10+ years and I was wondering about the condition of the soil underneath and its ability to sustain a newly...