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I bought my garage 12 years ago from Jewel, who only operate in Germany now. It consists of two parts, the main garage and a side extension. I would emphasise that these are two complete castings. The side extension is five sided with an open end that butts up to an arch in the main garage. The...

Long story. We have had a Logixx 8 for some 13 years and never had a problem until now. It came up with F42 and an engineer visited and changed the brushes. He broke one but I managed to solder the connection. All was well for three washes. Then the rcd circuit blew. On re setting the washing...

Last week I noticed air in the top radiator - about 10 inches from the top, so I released the vent valve and repressurised. At that time there had been a little reduction in the system's pressure. A couple of days ago the pressure guage on the Vailent 630 Eco Tec had dropped to zero, so I...

I know the pressure vessel needs pumping up, but how often? The boiler was serviced in October and it was pumped up to 1.5 bar. When I checked it yesterday it was 0.6 bar. Does that mean it is time to replace? Is it a diy job for someone who is fairly capable?

I've had a Vaillent ecotec 630 system boiler for three years. The water has been getting dirtier and I've discovered a leak. The plumber is recommending replacing the three port valve which he says is faulty with two two ports as the system has 12 radiators, although most of them are on stand by...

We have just had a Vaillent 140 time switch fitted and an old Drayton unit removed to clean up the boiler as part of a Kitchen refit. What I can't find is any over ride facility on the timer. Is there any way of turning the boiler (Vaillent 630) on heat or hot water for just an hour when the...

Hi, I need to invest in a set of taxi tyres for my car soon and wondered which tyres are recommended? As they will have little use I am not interested in the taxi driver's requirement for high mileage tyres. I want to know which tyres provide the best grip in wet and dry conditions, ideally...

We bought a Juwel concrete garage about a year ago with a side extension. They are effecticely two cast boxes. Recently we bought a grass roof to go on top and laid it. Then it rained and for the first time the join leaked. The rooves are covered by a membrane that is meant to last...

While setting up temporary water tanks the plumber connected the central heating expansion pipe to the hot water expansion tank giving me truely centrally heated water! Is there anything I can add to the cold water tank to remove the smell & taste of rusty water? He said it had never been...

Going ahead with the loft conversion shortly and will be relocating the cwt to the eaves, so it will be about two foot lower and replaced by a 50 gallon tank. Is that large enough? I know that I need a 3 bar twin pump for the shower cabinet (any opinions on New World products?). Can I run the...

After 20+ years of sterling service we are looking to replace our New World built in gas oven but no one appears to manufacture them any more, especially the larger size oven we have. Why so? Are electric ovens that much better/ cheaper to run?

Looking around for a new washing machine & have come across the ISE 10 with a 10 year garentee. Has anyone heard of them & whether they are reliable?

We have a standard (vented/ indirect hot water tank) system. Over the last few years the efficiency of the boiler (sited in the kitchen) has plummeted. On cold days the water from the boiler is only hand hot at the water pump (1st floor airing cupboard) but is enough to heat the hot water...