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Hi we live in 3 story house and have noticed a damp spot on the ceiling in one of the middle floor bedrooms it actually dripped water lastnight in heavy rain,can anyone identify this plastic cover on the roof and what it’s contacted to? And could this be the source of the leak running down the...

In my meter box there is also a separate consumer unit for the garage electrics,there is only i light and I double plug in the garage and nothing left plugged in,the supply has never been very strong and trying to charge 2 electric bikes will trip it out,recently the garage has been tripping out...

Hi all my shower wouldn’t get hot so I decided to investigate,I found lots of rust in both filters and some large pieces of metal in the cold side of the mixer filter also the tiny spring on the cold water inlet wasn’t visible,this will be the 3rd time in 12 years I’ve replaced it And was...

hi I have 2 ariel sockets and 2 TVs one in the kitchen and one in the living room but if the tv in living room isn't on standby the one in the kitchen hasnt got a signal? The ariel socket in the living room goes into a signal booster then into a bt vision box,anyone got any idea why it needs...

Hi our dishwasher doesn't heat the water,the pipes are de scaled and the filter clean,any ideas

behind the pan is a 15mm pipe with a drain plug on the end,the feed to the cistern also runs off this pipe,if i turn the rising main off will this isolate that pipe?and what is the drain plug used for

my push button double flush toilets are getting harder to flush,there not cable,is this normal with age?5 years,and do i need to replace them?

our house is 5 years old with the plasterboard held on to the walls with dobs of plaster,maybe a gap of 30/40mm between the board and the wall,would it help if i filled this with polystyrene balls?thanks

is it possible and safe to go from a 10 to 15 washing machine tap in pushfit?

why would a builder just use 10mm microbore on one sink in the downstairs loo?the central heating is in microbore but the rest of the plumbing is normal 15mm

is there any device that will show me what plugs are turned on from one location,twice i have found the hair straighteners left on and the iron

i would like to put our washing machine in the downstairs loo useing the water pipes and waste from the sink,the pipes are in micobore would that be a problem?also is it ok to use the waste pipe to drain it,many thanks

hi our gloworm flexicom boiler is making a strange noise,from inside the house it sounds like soft banging from outside if you stand next to the flu its like listening to a kettle boiling water,or the sound water makes runing a bath? its working ok at the moment any ideas?

hi ive got a strange gurgeling noise coming out of my vent pipe,it sounds like water boiling and poping when your stood next to it outside,from the inside its just poping you can hear,i put a spirit level on the inside of the pipe today and it seems to be leaning back,could rainwater be going in...

hi i want to shorten a kitchen worktop in situ so a fridge will fit against a doorframe whats the best saw to use?my circular saw will only cut up to 75mm from the wall

hi the water level in our dowstairs loo empties when you flush it and gurgles under the s trap until it fills again,some days its ok and fills up straight away,ive checked for any blockages as its a short run to the manhole,any ideas why it would do this?

hi how long and roughly how much does it cost to train as an engineer for gas boilers,i fancy a change of jobs,currently an hgv driver,i only want to do breakdowns and fitting new boilers.

I took out breakdown insurance with EDF who also supply my gas and electric. On it it states 365day/24hour breakdown helpline,very clever words! My boiler broke down on monday so i phoned them,i was told an engineer would contact me,he did on tuesday to tell me he would visit wednesday...

in a normal house with normal water and under normal usage conditions how long would you expect a glow worm flexicom 18hx to last? mine is under 3 years old and has just broken down,the engineer from edf told me not to expect it to last 5years,is this true?

i want a log burner in the front room but we havent got a fireplace is it possible to have some sort of vent pipe through the wall?also the house is 3 stories high,any ideas how i can get round this?