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Hi and thank you for any help. I need to put a breakfast bar in my kitchen but the only wall available to attach it to is a stud wall. I realise it will never be as sturdy as attaching to a solid wall but unfortunately do not have that option. What in that case would be the best/stupidest way of...

Hi my wife (she who must be obeyed) has decided to replace the laminate in our kitchen diner with vinyl. The problem I have is the floors in the two spaces are at different levels. No problem before because I put a board between the two levels that sort of masked it. I cant do that with vinyl...

Hi I have a Heatrae Sadia multipoint 50 that has been working perfectly for the last 3 years but has recently started blowing fuses in the fused spur that it is wired into. As I said it has been working with no problems but since it has blown fuses I have changed them and it has continued to...

Hi I have a leaking flat roof on my utiltiy room. It is approx 5m by 2.5m square and concrete with felt over the top (I Think !!). I am lucky in some ways because the leak is coming through the ceiling into the shower tray and therefor running away. Obviously I am concerned about further damage...

Hi its me again with my astra problems. Drove my van to work this lunch time no probs, got back in 2 hours later to find it would not turn over. I turn the ignition on no probs, everything lights up. Turn the key to start and nothing turns. I am getting no noise at all not even the click that...

Help !!!! Please can anyone tell me if you can reapair a broken double glazed window lock. The window is locked by the handle and a key in the handle. Tha lock still works on two of the three locking points but will not disconect from the bottom point and the window will not therefor open. When...

Hi I have a 04 plate astra van 1.6 cdti, I have had an issue with the lights before and the advice on here was brill, however I have another issue. I started my van up this morning with no issues all good, then the battery light came on. I checked the battery terminals and the battery with an...

Hi I have an Ariston boiler that I had fitted new 4 years ago. It has been a good reliable boiler up until now and the problem I have is as follows. The boiler fires up ok is working on the heating and hot water, but when I am in the shower the water temperature fluctuates slightly. The...

Hi I am a sucker for astra vans and seem to have a multitude of problems with everyone I get. This time I have bought a 1.7 CDTI on a 04 plate and the problem is as follows: It has been starting first time on the button no problemd but started loosing power at about 30mph momentarily and again...

I am keeping a brave face on this but help AGAIN please. My Mk3 astra 1.7td is starting again now but will only fire up after 3 turns of the key (ie pre ignition sequence glow plug symbol goes out 3 times) any ideas or things to check please I dont wanna loose another one to that big mechanic in...

Just got another astra van (sucker for punishment) this time a 1.7 TD Mk3, all was ok yesterday started ok etc, maybe a little slow to start. Tried this morning and it is turning over and smoke comes out the exhaust but it wont start ? Help again please I gotta have some luck some time surely...

Hi I have a 1.7 DTI astra van and it has just started making a really loud screeming/ drouning noise when the engine starts or is reved up. It still runs ok but has lost a significant amount of power. Can anyone enlighten me please on possible causes, I know very little about vans/cars but think...

Hi I have recently purchased a 2000 (V) astra van 1.7 dti and all is ok apart from a slight oil leak. To be honest its more anoying than critical but I did wonder if it is something I can have a go at myself (with help from this forum of course). I think the leak is coming from the (and I don't...

Hi I had a boiler fitted recently and the hot water is now not working. The boiler fires up for the central heating and is really hot, however when you put on the hot tap the boiler fails to ignite and doesnt supply any hot water. Any suggestions please please help.

Hi i have problem starting my astra from cold?. Its ok after first time but often very sluggish to turn over and drain battery before it needs jump leads to start it with no problem. Any suggestions please.

Hi I have had problems with this boiler before and have been fortunate to get some fantastic advice and rectify the fault, so here we go again? I have an internal fan running constantly when the boiler is switched on, it runs wheither or not hot water or heating is on demand. Although it still...

Hi I have just one sash window that I would like to have secondary double glazing to reduce noise and hopefully keep a little more heat in the room. Are there any kits I can get to do this myself or is it a job for the profesionals??. If the later what sort of price are we talking for a 8 foot...

I have a worcester Bosch 28i junior combi boiler and recently it has stopped supplying hot water for the heating. It fires up ok for the hotwater and supplies plenty with no problem,but when I try to put the heating on it tries to fire up and does only briefly. It still appears to heat the water...

Hi I work in a school that is approximately 100 years old, the front facing wall anr roof is edged by what I call flag stones (probably the wrong name I know). Recently we had really cold weather and only now some of the stones have started to blow and crumble. Resulting in pieces falling off...

Hi this is a quick question on behalf of my son. He has a renault Laguna hatchback and recently it lost power and the engine started revving erratically. He found that although the engine was revving high the power was just not there and it would fluctuate as time went on. At the time a radiator...