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We have the above which is about 15 years old. It has recently started to sound quite loud - rumbling sound during the wash cycle. Sounds normal when spinning. Still washing everything very well. I have checked the filter - clean. No unusual sound when spinning the drum manually when empty...

A few weeks ago we could smell exhause in the interior of the car (Vauxhall Corsa, petrol, 2008). The garage diagnosed a split hose and that has now gone away. Now we smell a distinct burning / exhaust smell when getting out of the car - seems worse on the passenger side and from the boot area...

After 20 years the pull switch in the bathroom has stopped pulling. The room is internal and the pull switch controls both the light and an extractor fan. The fan can be isolated with a switch outside of the bathroom. Have unscrewed it - nothing obvious just 3 wires - green and yellow from...

We have Vaillant boiler (not combi) in Garage with a Honeywell Froststat. All working with heating on more or less all night at present as so cold. Want to get a pipestat fitted but plumber to busy at present. Just want to clarify operation of froststat please. So heating on all day via...

We have a room that has been unused and the radiator unused for about 10 years. It was turned off at both the TRV and lockshield ends but was never drained. I want to bring it back into use - can I just open lockshield and reset TRV and should this be done with boiler off. Don't want to...

Just getting breakfast and all sockets (not lights) went off. Took a look at the consumer unit in garage and all individual switches in the 'on' position. The large black one in the centre had tripped. Reset that and all seems to be OK and then resumed breakfast. Each appliance (toaster, kettle...

A few weeks ago we woke to find the heating on (gas with Vaillant EcoTec boiler in garage). The weather was very mild. Plumber came and said it was likely the 3 port valve in the airing cupboard. Changed it but made no difference. Also changed the drayton timer unit - also made no difference...

A plumber replaced a Silavent extractor with a basic Manrose extractor a couple of years ago. This has packed up and I have invested in an Envirovent model with a 5 year guarantee. Given that it looks like a case of connecting just 3 wires I want to do it myself. It is the type that comes on...

We have a laminate floor in our bedroom that we don't like. In particular the beading as the skirting was not lifted to lay it. We would like to replace it with Quick Step Livyn Vinyl planks or similar as it seems like it could go straight on top of the existing laminate which is totally flat...

I have posted on here before about this but now have a further question I would like advice on please...... In summary...... We have a modern 4 storey house with gas central heating provided by a Vaillant system boiler. On the ground floor we have a radiator in the hall that gets very hot and...

Our kitchen has 4 halogen spotlights in the ceiling. The bulbs are the type with 2 small prongs that go into a small round fitting with 2 small holes for the prongs. These have been very reliable over the past 12 years with only the occasional bulb change. Yesterday one of the four lights...

We have a Vaillant EcoTec boiler for our heating and hot water. It is a sealed system with a hot water tank. Heating works fine but hot water is not getting as hot as it should. It was fine last week and then we had the heating on for a few hours. The water gets hotish but not as hot as...

I know it's difficult to say without seeing it but can anyone please give a ballpark for the following: Remove old bath and cap off taps. Install a shower tray the full width / length of where the bath was. Install a shower screen about half the width to allow an elderly person to simply...

We live in a 4 storey house with gas central heating and hot water. Vaillant boiler is in garage but hot water tank is in airing cupboard on top floor. This week we have noticed that when the system is set to heat rads and heat hot water tank the rads do not heat up. When hot water goes off...

Have just had a new washing machine from John Lewis. Came with the cold fill hose already attached to machine which I screwed onto the cold water feed. All has been Ok for a week but today noticed a pool of water in cupboard where cold fill supply is. The white screw threaded attatchment on...

I have new washing machine arriving and am trying to remove old built in one. Old one is hot and cold fill so have succesfully disconected red hose from hot water supply by turning red knob, taking off hose and capping with brass nut. However I have tried same with cold but a lot of water is...

I have a Silavent DVF301 20W extractor fan that has packed up. The bathroom is about 4 or 5 metres from the outside wall. The current fan comes on with the light pull and has a separate isolation switch outside the bathroom. Obviously I am not looking to replace the ducting just the fan...

My toilet suddenly will not flush. I have taken apart the Dudley Turbo 88 syphon and there do not appear to be any tears or damage to the thin plastic membrane. It is attacked to the framework (not at the edges) and the frame / membrane move up and down freely when the chain is pulled...

We live in a 4 storey town house. All of the rads get hot apart from the kitchen (ground floor) We have a vailant condensing boiler which is newish. All of the rads apart from 1 have TRV's. The rad in the kitchen is a 2 panel rad - the rear panel gets warm (although far from hot) but...

We live in a 4 storey town house. We have a newish boiler that provides very hot water and very hot rads apart from the one in the ground floor kitchen. This one gets warm but never hot. The thermostatic valve on one end of it is set to max. (I have removed it and the pin seems to move up...