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Hi guys, posting for my sister, her boiler is leaking water & she’s new to the area & doesn’t know any engineer locally. She’s tried gas safety register but most are unavailable. she has an Ideal Classic LX FF240 that apparently only leaks water when the boiler is off, I suspect that I may be...

Hey all, few days ago my boiler stopped working, checked it today and found it had blown fuse on the wall, changed it, boiler turns on but shuts down 30 seconds later. I felt the pump to see if it was turning and nothing, opened the screw to check if it’s jammed and it’s not. Thought maybe the...

Hi all, hope i can get some advice on repainting our front door, i was 99% sure our door was made of wood but the other half insisted it was metal, to prove her point she took the sander to the door to show me! As far as i can tell this door has a wooden core in the center and is cover by metal...

Hey guys, hope you can help me out with some advice, i've lost the original fiber washer that was on my gas hob & i need to buy a replacement for when the kitchen fitters turn up tomorrow. I am reinstalling my old gas hob (whirlpool ), fitters have said that the washer should be green in colour...

Hey all, id appreciate some advice on a new extension cable after a fire incident this morning at 5am! Thank goodness my gym buddy was 10min late this morning or i would have come back to a burnt down house! I have no idea how or why my extension caught fire this morning as the stuff that's...

Hi all, i need some advice please on how to go about solving my issues with burst radiators. I have had all 6 rads in this house now fail towards the bottom of them in a period of around 6mths, each 1 going down a few weeks or months later. Only 1 rad has not failed and i put this down simply to...

hey all, could someone please tell me the correct name of this hinge shon in the picture, its the one attached to the draws.

Hey guys, i've just had my house painted whilst i was away and i've come back to something that was more than likely painted by some 6 year olds!! Needless to say, painters have been sacked! The finish is rough to touch, if i run my hand over it, it is not smooth. The walls were platered a...

Hey guys, need some help with a situation. I've had my chimney breasts removed in all 4 rooms, in the roof/ceiling they have put up some supports to support the remaining chimney that goes ontop of the roof outside. Now since there are no chimney breasts for the air to be trapped in, i notice...

i posted here not so long ago and now my post seems to have vanished. Could the moderator kindly inform as to where or why my topic has disappeared. Thanks

Hi all i've been looking to get a mitre saw. First let me tell you what it will be used for and then good advice can be given. Basically i'll just be using it to cut timber with no angles as i will b making frames for a shed. I don't know how to cut angles just yet so am pretty fine in just a...

Hi, just a few questions as 3 months later i'm still doing my project!! Ok so when i started making the frames for my shed i used the "BUTT JOINT" technique. I had read that it was the easiest type of framing to do. I also read that a mitred joint is only a little stronger than than a butt joint...

Hi all!! I hope that i'll be able to get some advice and help here on a project that i want to start. I want to build a dog kennel and run that is made os shiplap cladding. To give you an idea of what i want to achieve look here: http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/7956/kennel6a2hn.jpg The...