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I bought a reconditioned Bosch Classixx washing machine for tenants in my HMO. It leaked from the seal within a month so the guy replaced it under guarantee with another 'reconditioned' Bosch Classixx. This has now dropped the drum down so that the front seal is all screwed up. Guy has turned...

Thanks Dec, that's something new I have learned today. Wifey painted one wall this avo and it looked fine, and has used creative genius to mix a colour that seems to blend it for the other crack repairs and it's looking good now.

Thanks for the advice - not sure what a mist coat is? Yes, we stirred and stirred and stirred the paint pot. Currently trying the blend-it-with-another approach; on one wall which is smaller we might just do the wall in its entirety. To be honest, as we go around the house we are beginning to...

We moved into our house two years ago and the previous owners left us a nearly full tin of cream matt emulsion for touch up work. I have seen other posts from people struggling to blend paint in that is putatively the same as the rest of the walls. We have Polyfilla'd a few cracks and painted...

Thanks for the replies. The drop is quite shallow it seems to me, but it did used to work with the old Hotpoint washer/dryer. I spoke to our normal plumber and he said the newer models can be more powerful in pumping out water; he always prefers to plumb the outlet directly into an under-sink...

We had a Hotpoint washer/dryer in our rental flat which expired so yesterday we attended as a new Zanussi washer (not dryer as the tenant didn't need it) was delivered. However, on plumbing-in, we found on a test cycle that it overwhelmed the drain pipe and water shot out of the top and over...

Our old boiler expired in Jan this year and our Gas Safe plumber replaced it with a new Ideal combi and removed the hot water tank. Since then we have had a persistent small leak from the pipe under the hot tap in the downstairs cloakroom, which had caused a damp patch to appear on the...

It's a Baumatic BDI631 Very good point about having a dishwasher full of nasty stuff. Any ideas welcome - tenancy arrangements being what they are, I am responsible if something needs replacing or repair through normal wear and tear, whereas my tenants are responsible for maintenance and I am...

Tenants have phoned and say the dishwasher is not draining. They have cleaned the filter and also run a cycle with a cleaning product for dishwashers, which also seemed to help slightly, however it is still not draining. They have felt through the drain hole past the filter slightly and can't...

Thanks to all for the input so far. Just a quick update - I have another engineer coming over tomorrow to confirm the problem is the heat exchanger. It does seem like there are parts for it - apparently it is very simple, there isn't much to go wrong, and unfortunately we've been cursed with the...

The engineer said he could see no evidence of leaks and the flames of the burner are blue not yellow, so not dripping onto it. Also a new installation would require special pumps and new pipe work - £3200 plus Vat :(

I need mo help please! I called out a heating engineer and he diagnosed a leak inside the heat exchanger. He couldn't disassemble it, but felt like it was the sound of a leak dripping water onto something internal, and hot, a bit like dripping water into a hot frying pan - it immediately...

Thanks - it's definitely a chuf chuf like a small steam engine. Psst Psst implies a leak (how my mind works?) which isn't what I'm hearing....

Hi - our old house, now let out to tenants, has a Potterton Kingfisher 2 floor-mounted boiler. Old, but in good working condition according to the engineer who came to do the gas safety certificate about six months ago. Our tenants just called us out to listen to it making a 'chuf chuf chuf'...

Scratch that - I was being a bit dumb and found them all. However, I don't quite understand your suggestion; we have a 40mm trap with appropriate connections for the washing machine, and would ideally like to just connect the sink waste which is 32mm to to the top of the 40mm trap. We can't put...

Thanks for that, but unfortunately I can't find the part on the Mcalpine website - do you have a part number?

Hi - we have a downstairs cloakroom which is also the utility room with a washing machine and kitchen sink with drainer in it. We decide to replace the worktop, sink and tap with more bathroom/cloakroom ones and bought a bathroom sink we liked. Alas this has a 32mm waste and all the waste...