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    Leak?

    I think I know the answer to this but... Every 3 or 4 weeks my boiler doesn’t come on. The error message tells me that he water level is low. I top it up and it’s fine again. Combi boiler bye the way. I presume I have a leak somewhere. Is there an easy way to find a leak without ripping...
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    No call for heat

    The boiler is a Vaillant Ecotec plus 824. 3 years old and recently serviced. It’s in an S-plan system. Controlled by a controller for the HW and a nest 2nd gen for the heat. Kitchen tap and downstairs loo tap runs from the Combi and the rest of the house pumped from the tap. I’ve noticed over...
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    Swapping 1 light socket for another.

    Just decorated the hall so renewing light switches and sockets. The downstairs hall is a 2 switch controlling the downstairs lights and upstairs landing. The landing is a triple controlling downstairs, upstairs landing and loft. I've already swapped this with no bother. Like for like. The...
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    Papering around 'decorative' external corners

    I have this corner in the hall. Below the feature the wall is curved and above it is about a 60deg angle. I am pretty good at papering but not sure what cuts to do. I presume I cut vertically from the point of the feature to the ground, paper to wall and remove overlaps? Correct or is there a...
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    Convert MR16 to GU10, one at a time or all together?

    My house is almost exclusively lit by MR16s and its time to switch over to GU10 LEDs. Can I convert each lamp individually as the MR16s blow or does it have to be done as a job lot? Each lamp has its own transformer. With thanks
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    Nest thermostat

    I just want to double check things before I install this. I have a Vaillant ecotec combi boiler (couldn't tell you which model). Its wired to a junction box in the hall cupboard. Off the junction box is a drayton heating and hot water timer. A separate 4 core wire goes to a honeywell...
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    Vailant boiler thermostat/timer

    I have a Vailant boiler (has a pop off front to fit a thermostat/timer) that has a wired thermostat in the hall and a timer in the hall cupboard. The power supply is also in the hall cupboard. I want to fit a VAILLANT VRT350F WIRELESS PROGRAMMABLE ROOM THERMOSTAT. The unit itself seems to...
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    Combo boiler - 20 seconds hot then not

    Been having a combi problem for a while. Water round hot for 20 seconds when a tap is on then cold for about 30 then hot for 20....... Can hear the pilot fire up each time. CH is fine. Most of the house hot water is on a hot water tank and pump. It's only really the kitchen hot that comes...
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    Slow draining shower plug

    My shower is draining slowly. About every month I have to clear the hair trap (not much in there) and tip a bottle of Mr Muscle sink and plughole un-blocker down. This helps making the tray take 10 minutes to fill up rather than 2 or 3. I have also pumped the plug to try and shift whats...
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    Ideal Mini C28 expansion vessel

    It's the hottest day of the year and I am thinking about the central heating. Sad. What size external expansion vessel do I need for an Ideal Mini C28 boiler? With thanks.
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    Skirting boards

    Simple question: What size gap do you leave between the skirting boards and floor boards? Had a good search and cant find the answer anywhere.
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    Sellotape residue

    Time to re-paint my teenage daughters room. Currently it is emulsion on lining paper. Unfortunately she has decorated herself with pages of 'Kerrang' sellotaped onto the walls. The tape has come off ok but has left residue on the walls. What can I remove the residue with that wont leak...
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    Neff dishwasher s54m45x0gb help please

    Our dishwasher is playing up. It is not heating the water and the cycle goes on and on and on. From what I can find it may be the instant hot water unit or possibly the temperature sensor. I have taken the bottom off and have stuck a multimeter on either end of what looks like the element...
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    Low power shower

    We have 2 bathrooms both on a pumped system. In one there is a thermostatic mixer shower. When it is turned on it is a dribble and the pump doesn't come on until you turn the sink tap on. Then the shower pressure is OK but not brilliant. When you turn the sink tap off the shower stays OK...
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    Low power hot from shower

    I cant figure out whats going on here. We have an en suite with a mixer shower a mixer tap from the sink and toilet. When the shower is turned on the power is low and the temperature is cold until we turn the sink tap on hot, then the pump comes on and the shower powers up. When the...
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    Bedroom lights gone.

    My bedroom lights have gone out. They were fine last night but wouldn't switch on. There was no pop or anything like that. I checked the consumer unit and the fuses haven't gone and all the other lights on the same level are fine. Any ideas? Is there anything simple I can test before I...
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    No flame (well some of the time).

    I have an Ideal C28 combi boiler. Recently there has been an intermittent no flame problem. Everything else sounds like it is working but no flame. I have also noticed that the pressure goes from very low to very high. I have tried letting some water off with no help then topping up with...
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    Shrunken wood flooring

    About four years ago we bought our house and did it up. We laid wood flooring and let the wood acclimatise in the house for three weeks but hadn't taken into account the amount of plastering we had had done. Fortunately we only laid it in a couple of rooms. Unfortunately the floor has...
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    RCD for lights in one room keeps blowing.

    An RCD for the lights in one of my rooms has just blown. The room has 9 low voltage halogen bulbs. I reset the RCD and turned them on again. Pop and one of the lights flashes as the RCD blows. I take the bulb out which has a spot of black charring on the back, change it and reset the...
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    Bathroom extractor

    Our bathroom extractor fan died. Looks like a be snarled one of the blades (wouldn't turn till I fished it out) and it may have burnt out the motor. Anyway, I am changing the unit and I cant work out the (simple) wiring. The unit I am putting in is the model up with a timer. The old one had 2...
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