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    Loss of hot water pressure

    I've replaced the fuse :) and it's not that. As regards feeling competent to checking it electrically yes I think I so. The most complex electrical thing I've done in the past has been to wire in a cooker, if that answers your question. What would I need to do? I've opened up the...
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    Loss of hot water pressure

    No idea, I'll check the pump and then get a plumber in if it's anything more complex than a blown fuse :) Thank you!
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    Loss of hot water pressure

    It's a salamander RHP 45 pump a whole house one? I've actually checked the pump itself and it is not making any noise or whirring when water is running, and the black electrical box that the power goes into on the top of the pump is loose so I'm wondering if it's a problem with the power...
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    Loss of hot water pressure

    Hello, I'm looking for some advice about loss of hot water pressure throughout our house. We live in a bungalow and have our hot water tank in the airing cupboard and the cold water tank in the attic. For the past month or so every time we switch on the hot water tap in either the...
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    Thomson 28wm101 tv, problems with standby/powering up

    Hi everyone Apologies if this is not the correct forum, but I have a question about a tv which we bought six weeks ago. It's a Thomson 28" widescreen tv. Since we got it, we have had constant problems with the channels tuning themselves out. Now we only use the av sockets, as we have...
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    remove whirlpool awm 822 filter for unblocking?

    I've managed that now, but having taken out the centre piece, no water is coming out, I suspect the blockage is in the pipe coming down into the filter, which is attached to the filter with a heavy clip.
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    remove whirlpool awm 822 filter for unblocking?

    Could anyone tell me how to open the filter on my awm 822 so that I can unblock it? I've removed the front panel, and the filter appears to be clipped on, along with three screws holding it in place but I cannot get it loose My machine is not rinsing
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    Whirlpool awm 822 washing machine, how to take the filter ou

    Could anyone tell me how to open the filter on my awm 822 so that I can unblock it? I've removed the front panel, and the filter appears to be clipped on, along with three screws holding it in place but I cannot get it loose My machine is not rinsing
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    Installing a deck with path around house

    Thanks guys, that really helps in terms of how we tackle it we were completely confused. I'll get measuring the dpc and see how much space we have to work with
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    cats blooming cats

    Citrus peel did not work for me, but pepper dust worked for a couple of friends My parents in law used a type of additional fencing around their garden to keep cats out, it was angled quite steeply, so that the highest point was the top and the cats couldn't get in, they used 18 inch trellis...
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    Installing a deck with path around house

    Hi We have a largeish garden (about 1/4 acre) and are hoping to put in a 32 x 16 foot deck rather than a patio but I am slightly confused about putting it in. We have a concrete path around our house which is about three feet wide, do I put the deck adjacent to the house on top of the...
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    shopping

    Next time tell her to do it online and print out the shopping list that way you can compare the products to the prices and get the right one lol Actually why don't you just do it online? no more torture of crowded supermarket with screaming kids, long lost friends clogging up the aisles with...
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    Door lock warped?

    It's a wooden door, I can take a pic if it helps?
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    Hotpoint aquarius TDC32 condenser dryer: no heat

    Hi My condenser dryer is no longer heating up to dry the clothes, everything else runs fine but the clothes come out wet and damp as when they went in Is it possibly a failed thermostat in the machine? Is there a way I can check? I do have dogs and wash their bedding and dry it in the...
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    Door lock warped?

    Hi Woody Sorry about that, the lock is a regular lever lock with handle The handle on the outside is straight for the first inch top and bottom then it kind of curves outwards in the remaining four inches or so and that part has come away from the door with a gap of about 4mm at the widest...
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    Trouble with Whirpool Washing Machine

    Have you checked that your filter is not blocked? That might explain the lack of spinning, it's forever happening to me (I've dogs and a careless hubby) I once had a fifty pence piece block up the filter halfway up, took about an hour to get it out. HTH
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    Tiling bathroom walls should they be waterproofed first?

    Thanks very much again, I'm in Ireland we don't have topps, but there are a fair few tile shops around. I'm actually getting a tiler in to do the tiles (I made a bit of a pigs ear of the one and only tiling job I tried) but I wanted to check about waterproofing as none of the two who gave us...
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    cats blooming cats

    I'd agree the only way to get rid of cats is to get a dog. I have cats myself who are indoors but was plagued for years by a neighbour who had cats who dissappeared once i got a dog, I tried everything else
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    Door lock warped?

    Hi all Our front door lock has warped in that one the outside it has a 180 degree angle between the bottom and the top which means we can lock it from the outside but not the inside I was thinking of hammering it back in place or else replacing it Any suggestions? thanks T
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    hall floor not level

    Hi Our hall floor is not level, it currently has laminate installed which required seven layers of osb underneath in the front section of the hall, which is about 10mm lower than the rest of the hall, (we live in a bungalow which has a short ten foot hall and then a long 25 foot hall) We...
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