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Hello, From time to time some water appears to come out from an overflow pipe just above where the water enters the u-bend trap under the kitchen sink. This property has been recently acquired and is awaiting renovation. We think that the people who lived there before had a washing machine to...

I bought a new Bosch VeroCafe TES50129RW coffee machine on eBay a year ago, but it had been purchased retail some years before that, so it was out of warranty. After cleaning and replacing the brewing unit, I must have somehow failed to return it to its correct configuration (or indeed to any...

Recently taken back an ex-rental property which has two Hager consumer units. The second one is just for the storage heaters. It has a red main switch on the right, and six black switches on the left. I have no experience with storage heaters, but as far as I can figure out none of the...

Light switch is very flaky, and keeps coming away from the kitchen wall. Not good if you're about to try and sell a property. The 1-gang 35mm deep steel back box has its lugs broken off. Can't see how I could replace it as the gap in the tiles is too small. The left hand screw has a 40mm...

31mm long, 13mm across, 6mm tall/deep. The hole in the middle has a screw hole, but the thread is stripped. I have tried B&Q and ToolStation, but cannot find a new part, even as part of some larger set. Any ideas?

Hinge failed last week - door now hanging off bottom hinge). New kitchen being installed next year, so for now we need a stop-gap solution. The door itself (melamine-faced MDF) is 490mm wide and 550mm tall (533mm without the trim), so seemingly not a standard size that can be easily replaced...