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Hi - have a 1kw (might be less) wall mounted heater that's using a 13A plug. Is this acceptable according to the regulations? Or should it be on an FCU. P.S. we are selling - so looking for things that might get picked up.

My daughter reported an E15 error - popped down to have a look and it seemed ok and started a quick cycle but tripped the RCD after 5 mins (they did report a trip a few days ago but reset it and nothing happens since). Took front panel etc off and can see some water in the base. Everything at...

Looking at replacing the roof on a church hall. Building is 12m * 8m, ridge lengthways and I count 25 rows of tiles each side (steeper pitch than average house). Need a full strip, felt, batten, tile (new), ridge and flashing to the front gable. Scaffold as a two storey house. Anyone any ideas...

Hi all I think our 3 port value is defunct - just want to check I'm not missing anything. I've been thinking that the heating is taking longer to warm the house up in the mornings, also SWMBO commented that the water was very hot. Made me suspicious that the valve was not going all the...

Doing up a house for my daughter - have unscrewed the covers off the roses in order to decorate - thinking I'll replace some of them later as they are yellowed or covered in paint (where the previous owners hadn't thought to unscrew them). Now we are nearly finished I've realised the roses...

Was quite suprised at the state of this (house is 25 years old). Thick layer of dust and muck over everything inside the box (in addition to the couple of bits of plaster that fell in when I pulled it forward). Was wondering how much of a hazard that much dust is.

Putting together a suite for my daughters bathroom - was picking an chosing various Wickes items when SWMBO asked if they would all be the same shade of white? Most of the Wickes stuff doesn't seem to be grouped into specific ranges - so I assume it's all fromt he same source and the same...

As part of a bathroom/toilet merge I will be butting a stud wall at 90 degrees to the existing plastered corner of block wall. My question is should I lap the plasterboard over the plastered end of the wall (as photo), or butt joint it against the plaster the old door frame was (i.e slide the...

Hi I'm looking to merge the toilet and bathroom and move a bedroom door in order to reduce the size of the landing and gain space in the bathroom. Means knocking down one 3' * 3' L shape and one 3' * 3' * 3 U shape (reducing the size of a large airing cupboard). Walls are not load bearing -...

Moved the immersion tank (eco 7 electric only) today - about 3 foot sidewards and turned the loft tank 90 degrees to make plumbing it back in easier. On completion let the loft tank fill slowly and checked for leaks - all good - so started tiding up while monitoring. After a while I notice...

Can you remove the head without draining the system? Heating's playing up this evening, quickly narrowed it down to no output on the orange wire (and all works fire if you hot-wire the boiler to the thermostat output). Look like a new head is needed, so I just tried losening the screws...

Hi all We have a full size adult baptistery under the floor at Church (9ft * 5ft * 4ft deep) - was was once very large but at somepoint has been reduced in size by the addition of two new walls inside the exisiting ones which are nicely concrete rendered (as is the floor) and in good...

Hi I've just taken delivery of a DAR Alto shaverlight. Very odd connection method - there is an external choc block with an IP44 cover (size about 1" * 1" * 2" in all). It appears you are supposed to create a cavity in the wall/tiling for this - odd, but fair enough, however the choc bloc is...

Busy researching possible boiler replacement in the summer (you may have noticed from other posts). Anyway current location is potentially problematical as it's in the integral garage and the flue points at the neighbours wall 2 meters away, with a fence in the middle and the space inbetween...

The MCBs on our lighting circuits nearly always trip when a blub goes. As the fuse box is in the (windowless) garage this can be a bit annoying if it's the downstairs circuit that has gone (esp if kids mave moved the torch, used batteries etc). Could this be solved by fitting Type C MCBs...

Just read this in the FAQ as I have a Thorn Apollo 50 which has never been particularly quiet it caught my attention. Could enyone enlighten me about how I should check/adjust the bypass (pipe thermometers?) and why so critical on the apollo? Currently the bypass is almost closed as we have...

Hi Our Thorn Apollo is heading for it's 30th birthday, so it must be due for for retirement soon. Probably time to bit the bullet this summer, so I've started looking around. For ease of replacement rear flue would be nice - but top flue is OK, feed/return should be at the top, no built...

Hi I've just fitted a CFC31 dual flush unit (think it's a MACDEE), unit came with no instructions but has two adjusters on it (plus the water level to be set). One adjuster is at the bottom and goes from 1-6 the other rruns up the side and is numbered 1-20(ish). Wondering which...

6 year old WFF1201, tripped the RCD today. With the back off there seems to be a fair amount of carbon around the motor and I can't get any life out of the motor, the programme clicks around and I can hear clicks a the times I would normally expect the motor to kick in but nothing happens...

Our Bosch WTA2000 doesn't want to start? When you turn it on nothing happens, if you manually spin the drum, close the door and then start it - it carries on OK. Just taken the motor cover off, expecting a slipping belt, but it's not that. It appears the motor is just stalling - if you give the...