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Radiators not getting hot, hot water still ok. Y plan, f&e tank etc 3 bed semi, 7 rads. The 3 way valve was completely changed in 2016, I think it's also had a new head on it since then. (If not I've got a spare knocking about) So it might be the valve, but having had a look at the...

What is the DIY home mechanic supposed to do with used coolant? AFAIK none of the local council tips take used coolant, just oil. Should it just be tipped into the oil drum? In the past I've just poured it onto a large patch of weeds behind the house. This area has now been cleared and...

I need to cut a door out of a sheet of MDF, then use the door within the hole I've just made. The sheet will be a full height cupboard front, and will require nearly all of the sheet. I'm thinking partial plunge cut with a circular saw (not a proper plunge saw alas) Then use a hand saw...

Model CXFG1552W This unit crapped out recently. First to go was the freezer compartment, all the food was soft, fan was running. Couple of days later the fridge starts running warm. Not frost in freezer compartment, and I've tried leaving it turned off for a few days and trying it again...

What would be the best way to support an upstairs, rear solid 9" wall (3 bed semi) Looking to extend out, currently have patio doors in a 1.9m opening. Looking to extend the opening to 2.6m. There would be min of 400mm brickwork left at either end and lateral support from internal walls...

Hi all, long time no see. I'm planning to build a rear extension under PD. 3 bedroom semi. Roughly 4mW x 4.5mL up against the boundary, with the adjoining wall becoming a new party wall. Neighbours have agreed in principle, I told them they could use it to form part of their own extension...

Hi all, I'm building some wardrobes using 4 doors from a previous wardrobe that have been in storage. The doors are fitted with Hettich hinges but the backplates have either been mislaid or binned with the original carcass, I was hoping to reuse them rather than buy all new hinges. The doors...

See pictures. The previous rad was closer to the wall than the new towel rad. The bent pipe needs removing and replacing with new pipe with a gentler bend. Obviously can't fix a fitting to the bend itself as the pipe is extruded. If I cut the bend off. There's not quite enough unbent stub...

Bog standard 1987 diesel 205. The nutshell: I have the older style diesel filter and primer pump, it's a metal tube that sticks out of top of the fuel filter, with a plunger that you unscrew and pump like a mini bicycle pump. Does anyone know if these can be taken apart? I can separate the...

Google is proving frustrating in my search for this item. My terminology might not be optimised. I'm after a power switch on the end of a lead. The lead would plug into a socket, something else plugs into that. The switch acts as a stop/start for the plugged in thing, which is left...

Got the floorboards up on our suspended ground floor. Sleeper walls, airbricks, 4x2 joists, the usual setup. Going to be insulating between joists with 4" rockwool. Currently have 2.5mm T&E feeding 9 downstairs double sockets, with a spur for a single outside socket. The cables are...

I'm fitting a swish corded track into a bay. The plastic type with the roller gliders. http://www.dunelm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/dunelm/product/superluxe-corded-track-1000026096 The previous non-corded track, curved round in the bay, and then came out round an external corner so...

I'm papering a previously painted ceiling. Q1: What the best way to seal/prime this old surface? It's a mixture of bare plaster and old mist coat, with powder filler and caulk in the numerous cracks. I don't know whether or not it had been PVA'd prior to painting. (Which as we all know...

I have one of these... //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/diplomat-adp8902-dishwasher-stuck-in-drain-cycle.130436/ Diplomat/Smeg, underside as per the pic in the other thread. It seems to work OK in rinse mode, cold water rinse for about 20 mins, then drains off. But as soon as I try any of...

The old Sunvic unit is playing up it's the (2nd one we've had), and the valve is very stiff (Valve is 20y.old), so I've drained down and replaced the lot with a Danfoss HSA3 body and head I had lying around (New in box) But before I wire the head up I just need some clarity on the wiring...

Mazda 121 (aka Ford Festiva) 1990, 1.3 petrol, 58k Old banger as such, but up until now very reliable. Driving on the motorway Sunday, and the exhaust starts popping, clouds of smoke, immediately pulled over turned off. Wouldn't re-start. Called breakdown for a ride home. Checked it over...

I'm replacing an older style Dudley concealed cistern with a newer Dudley 'Vantage' I don't however have the correct flushpipe to pan, the old one is a standard type with washer and nut, the new one is supposed to be push fit onto a spigot at the bottom of the cistern. Because it's all...

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50232899/ They never cease to amaze me.

Snake oil? http://www.threesixtyplumbing.co.uk/ecosoft/how-it-works/

"He said: ‘I don't have a girlfriend but I would be comfortable bringing a girl back - it would be a chance to show it off." I'm assuming he's not talking about his house...