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Hi everyone, I am having a problem with dishwasher. It keeps tripping out, without starting or making noises/bangs etc. Here is a video showing my problem. Anyone know what is causing it?

Does anyone have experience with basement window Wells?. I have had a good look on the Internet but most sites are in the USA and their climate is totally different. I have a North facing window well and the walls of it are painted in white masonry paint. Very often green algae will grow on it...

I have a converted basement that suffers from high humidity. The room has a humidistat extractor in it at the moment. This alone doesn't bring down the humidity enough so I run a dehumidifier. My query is this. Am I correct in thinking that I should use one or the other? I'm...

You are probably correct but I've already done it now so just need to paint. It is the pipe that comes out the back of the toilet, the rubber had perished. I would have had to unscrew the pan and done something with the old over head height cistern with brass pipe. Also in mega old house and...

I've heard you can paint Denso paint with oil based gloss as said above. Anyone had success doing this? The brown colour doesn't really look the best on a soil pipe.

Think you are correct. I know nothing about mortar but it is black in colour and ashy. So do you think I am safe not getting the wall ties done?

I have not looked at the deeds as they always stayed at my solicitor but 3 houses used to be 1 big house and they are all listed. The house on the end has a coat of arms and was built in 1779 or something like that. However you could be correct the 3 houses have had a lot of messing around with...

Here are some pictures. I think it is just standard brick construction.[/img]

Thanks - I think there is a cavity according to "petre fox" who did the survey but am unsure of the wall thickness. The wall is very thick to the eye but the internal walls have been built on some kind of framework I think. They are hollow when you knock on it.

I have an old house that doesn't look like it has any wall ties. Someone did a survey and couldn't see any. I had big horizontal cracks in the render that indicated wall tie problems. Knocked render off and there was pebble dash underneath (showing no horizontal cracks) Knocked peddle...

Hi I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on this? I had a leaking shower pump when the hot water outlet hose started leaking. I tried tightening it up and i started leaking worse. The next morning I had a shower and the water water hose snapped. I thought it would be simply fixed...