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Hi, I have a Grohe 38690 cistern and you need to hold the button to flush and it flushes slowly. It looks like I have the flush valve 42774000 with blue air hose. I've removed the button (part 42357p10), when I put my finger over the air holes and press either button, i can feel resistance so...

Hi, Just moved into a house with 5 or so year old 440Cdi with a Comfort dual channel programmer but no thermostat. I would like to add a nest thermostat and understand the wiring requirements, but wonder if someone can clarify what to do with the old programmer. I assumed it should be...

Hi, I've currently got a gas hob, kitchen has external windows/doors. There is also an air brick in the wall, externally it has a silver angled cover, open at the bottom. I'm thinking on building a conservatory utility room which would enclose the windows, door and vent. From what I've read...

Hi, I've decided to replace my gutters as they had started to look scruffy and had been damaged in places. The run also looked uneven so I hoped to rectify that as well. I bought like for like Terrain guttering to ensure I could fit them to the existing hangers. Due to the way the top rafter...

Hi, One for any heating engineers out there? I have a Worcester Greenstar 18ri and the flow pipe elbow is leaking. This sits between the heat exchanger and the flow pipe, it has a syphon on the top. I've taken the case off and spotted where the drip was coming from, when the system is up to...

Hi, I noticed the pressure in my CH system is dropping. On closer inspection I see the pressure goes up to near 3bar and the PRV starts weeping. I have an external vessel. Boiler is a Worcester greenstar 24ri (might be a lower number, I can't remember right now). I read the guide on how...

Hi, Currently constructing a fence in my garden. just a standard post and rail with vertical boards job. Post are sunk 600mm into the ground and bedded in concrete, Timber dimensions are: Post: 100mm x 100mm x 2400mm Rail: 38mm x 87mm x 3600mm Board: 19mm x 150mm x 1800mm My...

Next to my house I had an 18 metre long section of mature beech hedge, probably 3-4 metres tall. It was growing through the mesh fence which forms my boundary. The council own this hedge as it was on their side of the fence. They never maintained the hedge, i did it, which worked out ok...

as per the discussion/advice in one of my previous posts I'm going to install eaves trays. Couple of questions, you'll see in this picture there is a vertical fillet pinning the felt down, I'll need to chop that so I can slide the eaves tray under the felt, will there be any issue with that...

Need to get an articulating long reach hedge trimmer, as i will only need to use this twice a year i want to get one that doubles as a strimmer. (will be cutting a beech hedge right now but in the future will also include privet and leylandii) obviously something from Stihl would be great...

so, after a recent drain down I've filled the system and bled everything I can. when i switch on the system i get a water rushing/gurgling noise, it goes away once the system has run for a while. sometimes you can hear a noise from the (new) pump that sounds like aerated water going through...

So, after a drain down and re-fill I worked on bleeding the system. i bled the pump and switched on the heating. the pump appeared to be sticking in that it didn't come on immediatly. Now it seems to be siezed completely? I can hear it make a light buzzing but it's not turning. you can...

Spotted my magnaclean has been leaking, on closer inspection i reckon it's one of the valves that is poorly made. if you look at the nut that connects to the magnaclean body side on, it's approx 15mm high on one side, but the other is about 12 mm. I think as a result it's not pressing evenly...

took a radiator cover off and discovered the radiator half hanging off the wall, guess that's why the previous occupants had a radiator cover? :roll: radiator hung with hollow wall fixings, obviously some noggins would be best but would mean more mess to get them in. just wondering if i...

Hi, Have done various jobs on my central heating which have required drain and refills, have always flushed the system a couple of times and then topped with inhibitor when done. i've also used a cleanser a couple of years ago but i'm certain that was all flushed out. i flushed it, a...

Hi, The electrics for the ensuite i fitted are supplied off an RCD FCU which I wired into my upstairs ring main. This ring is protected by a non RCD consumer unit. This morning the wife switched the light on the ensuite and the bulb went, she shouts the bathroom is not working so i said...

my bi-fold shower door is particularly stiff to close, it ends up juddering quite a bit. i can close it quietly by lifting the handle slightly and pushing the fold, however the no amount of telling gets the wife to do that. what is the best lubricant for the track bearing in mind it will...

when scraping some wallpaper from my hall walls, i discovered that when wet, the emulsion (assume it to be emulsion) underneath scraped off. I've continued to scrape off with the intention to repair myself but as you can imagine you get the odd gouge etc. Additonally in some places the...

for no reason really other than nerdy curiosity, is there any way to tell remotely if my boiler is actually firing? the boiler is in the garage and obviously I can tell if the room or cylinder stat is calling for heat. I am planning on replacing my room stat with a digital one and have...

exactly as last January, my gutters have filled with ice, causing an ice dam on the roof and resulting in water seeping in, running down the inside of the exterior wall and dripping in through window/door frames. If i go in the eaves I can see some timbers are wet and the top of the...