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Back at 9C this morning. Moving the dial round doesn't make it start back up. Presumably thermostat is faulty so found one for not much money to try... Fingers crossed!

Hi all, Recently obtained an Electrolux ER7826 Fridge freezer, as I managed to break my last one defrosting it! Popped it into place two days ago and turned it on, leaving it on number 2 as it had no food in it. Came to it today and the fridge was at 11 degrees, freezer at -22, and compressor...

Hi, sorry for the delay updating. The engineer has actually now been out twice, as they repaired it, then it broke again in very quick succession. Allegedly, since I haven't been here when they've repaired it, there is a grooved sleeve? between front panel and water control valve that is quite...

A bump as an update to this saga. F-06 again, new door switch (from Hotpoint) has charred terminals and slightly the plug of the new harness (from a UK company, Hotpoint part). I cleaned it up again (plug cleaned up really well, door switch less so), and fault now gone again. What I have...

Hi all! Has anyone heard of, or had, a fault with this model of shower where the temperature dial just seems to break away from the underlying gubbins? At approx 9 months old the dial gave in, made a plastic snapping noise and then would not control the water flow/temp. Aqualisa did come out...

An update: Hotpoint (unsurprisingly) were less than helpful. Didn't want to know as it "wasn't on their list". The parts supplier didn't want to know either. We've had to replace both the harness and the door interlock as the connector was scorched to the point that the plastic (now carbon) was...

Evening peeps, The folks washing machine has once again gone on the blink. It was one of them that I believe now is subject to the recall, however, I replaced the switch in it prior to the machine being subject to it (as the door wouldn't lock shut). So, the pretty standard thing of the door...

Thanks for your kind words. The parts cannon comment was directed at the previous poster. I'm not competent so cannot do any servicing or other maintenance myself as the whole boiler is room sealed. Servicing was interrupted by covid as people in the household are classed as vulnerable and...

After being quoted north of £300 for a fix from local places (all suspecting the plate heat exchanger), we decided to try British Gas's offer of signing up to a year of home serve and having it fixed for free (so £300 for the year). A plate heat exchanger, a plastic manifold and PRV all...

Pressure dropped to 0.8-0.9 over night. With the heating (and mains water back on for the past 6 hours), it's back at 1.5 now. Aiui from reading the manuals, the mains water supply enters the smaller (less expensive) plate heat exchanger at the back of the boiler, where it is heated by the CH...

It's a Worcester 30CDi Combi, so I believe it is totally room sealed... i've been around when the cover has been off before, in the presence of a gas safe engineer, and I know the expansion vessel is the big red pillow shaped thing on the lhs. Fingers crossed, i've also found BG do a fixed...

Hi oldbutnotdead, I see what you mean with your steps, the mains water supply has been isolated on the bottom of the boiler and hot taps opened to relieve the pressure there. If the pressure does not rise after the CH has been on and cycled, is that definitely a big repair, likely heat...

It's got the integral filling loop and the plastic key, of which is on the shelf so definitely don't think it's filling loop related (if you open the filling knob without the key in it just ****es out the bottom... ask me how I know). Approx 2-3 litres, I was using a 500ml cup and had about 4-5...

Hi all, We've got a Worcester-Bosch 30CDi combi, it's approx 12 years old. Recently had a plumber out as our boiler was leaking from the RHS, turned out to be a split o-ring in the turbine sensor assembly. A few days ago we've noticed a very very small leak from the LHS, which can only be a...

Cheers for the responses guys, i'm a bit wet behind the ears with woodworking. I didn't realise hardboard would warp but that does make a lot of sense. I'm not sure insulation would help at all given the single-pane glass in the door and window and the absolutely mahoosive gap under the up and...

Hey DIYNot! We've got a garage that we're looking to partition just to keep stuff tidy. Thinking of dividing so that our chest freezer, tumble dryer, etc is kept to it's own space, leaving the rest for storage of other items. There is a separate door that can provide access to the new "utility"...

I will get him to contact the local building control tomorrow. The legislation seems rather vague considering it's law! Does it mean the person wanting the work done, or the actual person doing the work? Have confirmed that the document he got summarising the condition of the the installation...

I have looked on the individual sites too (NICEIC, NAPIT, STROMA) to name a few, with no results. They also don't list any registration numbers or anything on their website or paperwork. I have found quite a few documents (and websites) that state it is the home owners responsibility to do...

Hi all, My brother had his consumer unit replaced (from an old wire-fuse style box) end of November last year by a local Ltd electrical company. The company advertises locally and has lots of positive reviews from previous clients. To date he's not received any electrical installation...