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My mother erported a very loud banging noise from the washer like the comparison of a large house brick could have been in there. I took the lid off and ckecked inside but all is tight and seems ok. She then attempted to do another wash later and said nothing was happening at all... no water...

Hotpoint firstedition 8000 Mother reported a problem of burning last week and that the washer wasnt spinning anymore. Looked into this and the Brushes had worn right down. Replaced them both with genuine carbon brushes. Fired it up and worked a treat during the wash cycle but as soon as it...

A few months back now I had problems with a bath mixershower. Anyway the problem was that the water was either too hot or too cold. You could try for ten minutes fiddling to get the temperature right but it wouldn't happen - the shower would either produce redhot or freezing cold. Anyway i...

Hi, I've had my double glazed windows in for about 4 years now. The guys who fitted them cam out last year and the previous year to adjust them. I don't know what they did to the windows but they tightened them on closing. This reduced noise and draft. Anyway now it's getting cold an...

Hi, Recently our work had the builders in and they did a bit of plumbing. Anyway one of the downstairs Rads doesn't get hot, it's totaly cold and i've checked the TRV pin and it seems AOK. It's fed by a combi system. Pressure 2 bar + operating - I've bled the rad and at first there was...

Hi chaps, Can I lay new patio slabs on top of exisiting ones. The old patio is only small and the slabs are level with no cracks or chips - This would save me a job getting the old ones up and dumping them at the skip. If so any tips on how to lay them..... like can i just motor them...

Hi ` Simple question for the knowledgeble - Can i lay wooden decking on to our existing concrete flagged patio ? It would save me time messing around digging the whole thing up and laying a concrete foundation. Thanks

Hi, i'm relaying this question for my friend who just called. She has just moved house and is having a few plumbing probs. One is no hot water upstairs - but hot downstairs. Her system is run from a combi boiler - Make (IDEAL) I can get more info if required. Thanks for any quick tips

Hi, Just taking precautions here, so thought i'd ask for advise Our combi is fitted in the bedroom airing cuboard and when little britain had it's little earth tremor not so long ago, It cracked and loosened some of the plaster board on the ceiling, directly above the combi boiler. A...

Problem !!! Please excuse the lack of knowledge. In our humble kitchen, we have a Microwave (Panasonic k125m) - (Hotpoint ultima dishwasher) - (Hotpoint BS43 Oven) (Kettle) (Toaster) Etc etc: When the Oven, Dishwasher and Microwave are running at the same time, this will trip our Leki -...

Hi chaps - Why do we have 110V power tools and not just stick with 240V - would save on messing with transformers etc. Or is this something of a saftey feature. Thanks

Hi, I'm almost ready to move a bedroom Rad to the oposite wall, due to deco etc:- This is on a sealed system. Was hoping to get a few more pointers prior to doing the job, mainly on draining down the system. I know how to refill through the filling loop as i've removed a Rad before, but...

Hi, I'm moving a Rad upstairs on a sealed system. Was wondering if compression joints or push fit would be suitable for central heating as these will be under the floorboards. Thanks

I need to move a radiator upstairs in the main bedroom. It only needs to go a few metres across onto the other side. Our system is fed by a Baxi Combi boiler. I know i need to shut off the rising main at the stop tap but do I also need to drain the system down due to altering the pipework ...

Hi, This seems to have happened since i changed the ball float and valve on the toilet. The system is sort of semi direct - All cold feeds are from the mains and hot is from a 25 gal water tank. The problem is that the hot water is only coming out in a trickle, barely anything at all...

Does anyone have any good suggestions regarding a flap on situation when say for instance, a pipe bursts in the house or even worse, the main water feed stop tap springs a very fast leak just under the tap itself. I was thinking about this the other day in bed and now i'm worried for some...

Hi, Can anyone advise me on the best way to drill through a window lintal. I'm fiitting a shower curtain and must have hit the lintal as this is quite close to the top of the bathroom window. My drill is a new Bosh 18V - wasn't cheap - I'm using the masonary drill bits that came with the...

Does it matter what size your header tank is in the loft ? I'm trying to improve the hot water pressure and volume that's all for a new mixer shower that's just been installed. It's only a small header tank and the water level doesn't even fill to the half way mark at present. Can i get away...

hi, At the weekend I fitted a new bath mixer shower for my mum - It wasn't a cheap one either. It took me about a hour just to get the tap nuts loose as i had about a 3 inch gap with pipes in the way etc. Anyway it's an open system, gravity fed so I new it wouldn't be the most powerfullest...

\\ Advise please // I think i've asked this question before a few months back, but don't think there was a conclusion. We have a Baxi 105he Combi - quite new and since the install I've noticed that the hot water upstairs in the basin, is a murky white colour if ran at a normal speed. When I...