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After 12 years of faultless service our old Honeywell CM927 wireless thermostat/controller finally gave out. The display failed and although the trick with bulldog clips and hairdryer worked for a while, even that stopped working eventually. Without really checking we went along with our...

Where can I buy one of these? - the rotating mechanism that sits between the base and the stem - without having to buy a whole new expensive garden parasol and base. The pic is on a b&q product, but there are other variants out there.... Any ideas...? Cheers Mark

We have three flat panel radiators in our kitchen, two mounted vertically and one mounted horizontally - supplied and fitted by our builder when the kitchen extension was done a few years back. The horizontal radiator has never really heated up properly and my occasional half hearted attempts...

I want to change the regular light switch in my dark under-stairs cupboard for door-operated switch so that the light comes on when I open the door. Simple really. There is a single bayonet light fitting in the cupboard which is currently fitted with an 18W CFL bulb. Even if I were to put a...

In my 5 year old kitchen (Benchmarx units) a good few of the hinge screws on the doors are starting to strip their threads in the chipboard cupboard carcasses, esp on the cupboards with the highest usage. My Step 1 repair has already been lashings of PVA and matchsticks/cocktail sticks jammed...

I have a set of those sliding wardrobe doors in our bedroom of the type that is sold widely in B&Q, Wickes and various other home and Dept Stores under a variety of names. They are all fundamentally the same. Mine have been in about 3-4 years and the top sliders have all started to fail...

This is actually for my bike, but the 'car repair' thread is the closest. I am trying to find an aluminium welder in Bristol who is happy to undertake a one-off repair job on my bike frame - It's a pretty tiny job - a bit of prep and about 2 inches of welding (but important to me!) I have...

Any wi-fi security experts out there? I have some of those LED strip lights and want to change the 24 button IR remote (because my TV remote interferes with it) for a wi-fi one. The product at the links below is sold everywhere by many different vendors... Amazon ASIN: B00GN2D556...

My electricity supplier has recently been bombarding me with letters and leaflets about getting a 'smart' meter fitted - which is for my benefit apparently.....! I like to think I'm reasonably intelligent, but there are a couple of obvious things I can't work out from reading all the guff...

Not really a DIY question, but I am mid dispute with a sofa company over my new sofa - it's a local indepedent firm not a big chain. We order the sofa having had lenghty conversation in the shop on the option for a 'coil sprung' system (£300 extra) as opposed to standard serpentine springs...

I'm planning to replace the 8 x 40w G9 halogen capsules with LEDs bulbs in the set of wall lights dimmed with this dimmer. I am happy to let my local electrical place advise me on bulb choices and a compatible dimmer but I don't know what system this is. Any ideas? Cheers Mark

Yesterday my WB Greenstar 37CDi combi boiler showed an EA error code and stopped working. I reset it and the run up code -//- displayed for a while then cleared and the boiler now seems fine. Just before I noticed the error code we had run the washing machine on a super hot 90 degree wash to...

I have been doing some work moving radiators at home, so have drained the CH system I want to add new inhibitor as I refill it. This is a sealed system on a WB Combi boiler. I am just staggered by the variation in price - see below. Is this stuff that much different to justify a nearly...

I remember seeing these things in the shops some years ago, but now I actually need one they've all vanished, although everyone seems to agree how handy they were! http://fam-oud.nl/~plugsocket/British1.html (Picture No 14) Are they still made / legal? Anyone know where I could buy one...