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Combi boiler: Vaillant Turbomax 842E This morning I woke to no hot water and no heating. The pressure guage on the boiler was too low and I refilled this up to 1 bar (I've done this once before about six months ago). For about 5 minutes I was then able to get hot water after which it gave...

I would be grateful for any advice regarding painting over wood. I am about to paint the windowsill (interior) in my kitchen. There used to be tiles on this windowsill: I have removed the bonding that held the tiles (by soaking and scraping / chiselling this off) and am down to the raw wood...

My friend is undertaking extensive (badly-needed) refurbishment to his bathrooms. He has two bathrooms, both are relatively small. He has decided to install one new bathroom and change the smaller room (very small) into a wet room. This is not a DIY project, as neither of us has anything...

My friend is in the process of having his central heating system overhauled, including having a conventional, heat-only boiler replaced. The make of the new boiler is 'ideal.' The new boiler has already been installed and a new external pipe has also appeared, running from the gas meter...

This is an earthing query: I would like to fit a flush ceiling light in my kitchen. The existing wiring is three core (red, black and bare cpc). However the light fitting (bought from Ikea; suitable for kitchen and bathroom use) has no accommodation for an earth wire. Because this is a flush...

Is it usual for MCB sometimes to trip when light bulb blows?

I would like to move a light switch to more convenient position (at the moment it is behind the door). However, I am not familiar with the way it has been wired. This is a one-gang, one-way switch. But it is fed by two cables. Currently the two black wires are joined together by a loose...

I would like to swap a two-gang rocker light switch for a two-gang dimmer switch. The switch that I am replacing operates wall lights and a pendant light and is the only switch for these lights (one-way). The wall lights come on separately from the pendant light - so there is one switch for...