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Hi all, yes boiler problem at Christmas, of course. My Grant combi 26e external boiler stopped firing last weekend, kept heard it repeatably trying to fire up. Read on here about the photocell in the Riello buner so checked and it was very sooty (black) and cleaning it restored operation...

Hi, I'd like to add a 13amp socket to the existing ring mains, this is the upstairs ring and there's an old junction box where i want to insert the socket, so assumed an simple job. TE cable '1' is about 2 metres from the RCD CU and '2' is the ongoing ring I want to insert the socket here...

Hi, my mains water pipe is 12mm copper that comes out of the concrete kitchen floor, last year when replacing dishwasher I noticed white fluffy salts, around the pipe and carefully cleaned them away and noted the ancient 12mm copper pipe covered in corrosion and it appears to be thinner than the...

Hi folks, I have a 13amp socket spur taken from the ring, if i insert a fused spur before the original spur socket can I then add a second spur 13amp socket by via cable from the first spur socket? I appreciate total of both spur sockets would be limited to 13amp loading.

Hi, I have a non ring cable (2.5 TE fed from a 16a mcb) that terminates to a spur outlet that feeds a loft mounted PIV ventilation fan (5a fuse in spur outlet to the fan). This cable used to go to an immersion heater (now gone) and reused to run the loft fan (and nothing else). Where the end of...

Hi all - my external Grant combi vortex 26 oil boiler has started to randomly cause the hot water demand LED to briefly flash on and off which results in the boiler trying to heat up for a fraction of a second, in a short burst of 5 to 10 attempts. It usually calms down after a while (once...

Hi, I live in a terrace house, typical Victorian row of 4 houses, each house connects to a shared private sewer at the back, this then runs underneath my garage extension and out to the main sewer in the road. The manhole on my driveway at the front has an odd 6 inch pipe that vents out at a...

Hi, My external Grant Combi vortex 26 oil boiler, possibly the world's most unreliable boiler, had another wobble couple days ago, no hot tap water, as the HW pump was silent, so gave it a tap on the speed selector dial and it whirred into life briefly. Took it apart, fiddled with metal wiper...

Evening all, my external oil Grant vortex combi 26 boiler (from 2010) is giving no central heating, hot water ok, flow switch LED goes on/off with hot water, water pressure ok, about 1.5bar, Central Heat Pump and demand LED shows when thermostat turns on so looks like it's getting thermostat...

Hi, no doubt a rookie question but can anyone recommend a decent quality slotted flip top waste for bathroom basin? I've had a few click/clack pop up ones that gung up after a few years and thought I'd try a flip one instead, some had a rubber seal on them that looks likely to fail and some...

Hi, I have an metal shelf rail bracket where a Conti board shelf clips/pushes in and you get a strong and discrete wall mount, I can't remember who made it and I want to get another to match. Anyone know who/what/where? It looks similar to this glass shelf version: Thanks for any ideas...

Hi, maybe a daft question but what the heck! I have a kitchen / dining room, half the room is kitchen and the other half is a dining area, originally two small rooms opened up into one. I've had the kitchen sockets and cooker wired up by a qualified electrician and BC has been informed with...

Hi, I have some 12v dc / 10w halogen under cupboard lights that have 42 strand cable wired into them (Ikea lamp kit) and want to extend a couple, I am guessing using 42 strand speaker cable will suffice along with either solder/heatshrink joint or crimp butt joint? Only need to extend a...

I've had my chimney breast raised as much as possible for a built under cooker and induction hob, there's a metal flue in situ and am trying to find an extracter fan to fit into the small 40cm x 40cm opening we've now got. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm considering modfiying one if...

Hi, I've got a balcony with some capping stones and metal handrail bedded into this. The mortar between the capping stones (or whatever they're called) is falling away in places and I want to rake out and repair. What would be the best mortar and mix for this sort of job? Thanks.

Hi, I'm looking at getting either a Makita BHP458RFE drill or BHP456RFE - the first model is a higher torque at 88nm vs the max torque of 50nm of the second one... I assume more torque means easier drilling into harder bricks, concrete, metal etc or is it more likely to just wear out drill...

Hi, I'm looking at opening up an old chimney breast in the kitchen, it previously housed an oil fired boiler with metal liner. The liner is still there but new boiler now outside. I'm guessing that to open up another 1m means installing a lintel or similar? I'm wanting to increase the height by...

Hi, found a puddle of water next to my outdoor Grant oil combi 26 boiler, took the lid off and found the plastic flow valve on the mains cold water inlet had a tiny crack in it and is spraying water all inside. Any idea what sort of cost one of these might be to get fitted? or who/where I...

Hi, wasn't sure if this should go here or in Plastering section: My 1906 end of terrace had a side extension added in mid 1980's adding a garage and small seperate room and a bedroom above. The small ground floor room is accessible by an archway from kitchen. Now we've been in the house about...

Hi, been living in a 100 year old house for 2 years and slowly repairing/renovating it. Now there is a brick addition at the back (was bath/toilet years ago) and is now a utility room and the main back door. It's pretty clear that the construction of this is somewhat shoddy and there doesn't...