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Hi, I get an earth leak (red light on screwdriver touched to appliance chrome casing) from a grinder plugged into a cooker socket. Its fine on another socket so I figure the socket is duff. It trips the RCD every so often too. I replaced the element in the oven a while ago as the cooker handle...

Hi, it's telling on the Miele website their fixed price offer is for units under 9 years except washer dryers then it's 4 years. Plus they mention "beyond economic repair". Looking on eBay my 9 year old WT2670 is worth 250-450 if it's fully working. But the fan assembly has just died with no...

Hi, Took up a pine floor over screed for an insurance claim after a leak in the central heating in the floor. They found the leak and will reinstate. But when the floor was up, discovered this, what I now know is a, double sealed inspection cover, with a recessed lid. Because the extension is...

Had a leak in ground floor pipework identified and isolated under insurance. Leak guy stopped off feed and return with push fit stop caps before the rad. Now I realise I must have never drained this pipework as the drain valve is above the floor, so I figure there's probably 20 litres of water...

Ok. So, I've changed everything that might have been leaking, 3 way, pump and pump valves, pressure release valve. There are no visible leaks. System losing 1-1.5 bar a day, including today with everything off. Expansion vessel would cause over-pressure blow-off but not pressure loss when...

Hi i want to replace the valve on the pressure vessel as i think its leaking, rather than the whole vessel and kit that i could probably get for the same price as just the valve off ebay but which may be rubbish and harder to fit.. . The store has the Caleffi 3 bar valve though in 1/2 or 3/4...

Hi, Have started to have to keep topping up the level on a sealed vented system (I think that's what it is - conventional boiler plus cylinder, cylinder vents into cold water tank, boiler and cold in loft, HW cylinder ground floor). The system runs ok on heating but switching on HW at...

Hi, got a quote to redo the roof. The roofer suggests we could re-use most of the slates but they're covered in green, so I was wondering can they be cleaned up safely with a pressure washer? All the slates would be coming off so this would be pretty easy. Not sure they're welsh slates but...

Hi guys, my friend has never used the phone in his flat and has recently tried to get it connected as his neighbours broadband in the flat downstairs which he was sharing (the broadband not the flat) was frequently out. The new provider said they would activate the inactive line but he had a...

Hi all, I have this issue which I suspect is a duff pump. Had a couple of cold mornings this week and the CH has come on for half an hour or so. Now when the HW comes on the pump sounds like its struggling. To resolve I bleed the pump and then redo the system pressure. (Sealed system with...

Heh, the current mixer is leaking and I'm thinking to replace with a high quality - ha ha - unit from fleabay like: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BEST-KMP303-PULLOUT-SPRAY-Kitchen-Sink-Mixer-Tap-/270499356471?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Kitchen_SinksTaps_GL&hash=item3efb049f37 (This is instead of fixing the...

For the bathroom. Currently have a towel rail on a flex outlet (FCU), was wondering if I could easily add a shaver socket for an electric toothbrush, Cheers! :D

Noticed there was no hot water so checked the boiler and its really struggling like a pump is failing? I replaced the PCB 18 months ago and no problems or noise since. Any ideas? Obviously pretty urgent given the weather :shock: The failing noise is coming from the boiler itself, its a...

This is a bit of a saga ... If you've seen one of these miele's you'll know they're fncking heavy. This is normally a good thing as it adds to stability and can be totally silent on a 1600rpm spin. Mine was originally sound on a poured screed floor in the kitchen but a new kitchen due to...

Hi chaps Flush has been slow for years I realised when it got so slow I had to drop the ball valve to fill it with more water to get it to flush with any force at all. Ignore the crud :oops: .... The plunger attached to the handle seems to be failing, does that mean the whole unit needs...

Hi, got a Worcs 28 CDi, fitted a few years ago so not in warranty. No stat! What Digistat can I fit and what needs to be added to the boiler if anything to make it work? Cheers! :D

We had a room partitioned and want to put coving up on one side of the new wall. What is the best way to cut it in to the existing two sides? - they're butted up square to the new wall, does it have to come down? Cheers!

Plumber moved the cold tank only a couple of feet but since then the hot and cold water has been locking off. Hot water cylinder is on ground floor and cold tank in the loft. We often got bubbles in the pipe in the past but never no water, which has now happened twice in one week. Solution is to...

Hi chaps I know there are problems with these but this one works except it increasingly needs a reset. I understand there is no pilot to go out so is there anything else? Is now 10 years old btw on a closed system. Cheers! :D

Hi chaps Have an antique style thermostatic mixer shower 3 years old bought from screwfix. It developed a drip from the valve body and those drips have got faster to the point I pulled it apart. Aparently you can replace washers in it? Or repack with ptfe maybe? I've got as far as this...