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I have an electric garage door which uses a Marantec 302 868Mhz remote control, but the remote controls (I have two) have both stopped working, and both have the same problem - when I press either button on the remotes, the LED flashes for a fraction of a second, and goes off. Previously, when...

I have a leaking ceramic tap valve (a common problem here I expect). I noticed that the tap shaft felt loose, and the part where the circlip goes wasn't right next to the part where the shaft enters the body of the cartridge, so I dismantled the valve and found that there was a white washer of...

My Miele W3204 washing machine stopped heating the water, so I took it apart and found the spade connector on the bottom of the machine, burnt off, and the cable connecting it to the heater element also burnt off. Does anybody know why this might have happened? The heater element was about a...

I've just installed a new flush valve and noticed after I finished that the instructions say "IMPORTANT: DO NOT use plumbing sealing compounds". This is written above the address of the company, not within the instructions themselves. At this point I wasn't up to taking it all apart and trying...

Hi, I have been repairing the battens on my roof, because I had a tile split across in half, halfway up the roof, on the edge, and the wet verge had slid down almost an inch, along with all the tiles below the split tile. As I started removing tiles on the right hand edge, I found that all of...

I have searched all over the internet, looked at manufacturer's websites and manuals, and I can't find a simple answer to this question: How many kW does an electric shower use when in Economy mode? To be specific, a Mira Sport shower, but any ballpark figure will be fine, as I need to know what...

Hi everybody, I have just replaced an old Horstmann Channel Plus H27 programmer with a Horstmann Channel Plus H27XL Series 2 programmer, but the new programmer duplicates whatever settings I put on the hot water channel, onto the central heating channel, and vice versa. Whichever one I change...

Does anybody know if there is a cheaper alternative to sealed double glazed units with Hammerglass, using some other brand/form of polycarbonate (presumably) that is completely burglar proof? I asked for a quote from a U.K. company recently, and it was over £1,000 for one approx. six feet by...

Hi, I have fitted two inline extractor fans in my loft, which I am going to use during summer nights, one fan pulls cold air from outside into the bedroom, the other blows warm air from in the bedroom outside. This is the theory, I haven't come across anybody ever doing this before, but I think...

Hi, I've seen there is a product called 'RoofSmart Pads' which is a plastic board with foam attached underneath, which you put on a roof so you can walk on the tiles without any risk of breaking them, and it also gives you a much safer surface to walk on. I am in the U.K. and I can't get these...

I've been investigating dry hip tile systems for the past few days, because my hip tiles' mortar is crumbling and cracking all along the length of the hip, and when I was up there yesterday, I was able to pull six inch lengths of it out with my hands, leaving a powdery surface on the remaining...

I am hoping to build a porch outside my front door - there are already three three feet high walls onto which I want to put three windows, and then put a uPVC door in the space that is left (one of the walls is only a foot wide and there are steps leading down by it, which the door will go at...

Hi, I want to fit an extractor fan to my second bathroom. I paid about £180 for an electrician to fit one in my other bathroom a year or two ago, and I am hoping to fit one myself and save money. I see that there are 12v extractor fans available, Toolstation do one for around £35. It comes with...

Hi, I have an old conservatory (over thirty years old) and most of the double glazing units have got cracks in, and several of the units have water in, about six inches of it, as the units have failed. I was given a quote from a builder for £4,000 to replace all of the roof glazing units, there...

Hi, my neighbour has two smallish flat roofs on her front and back dormers that are covered with felt, and she says it's twenty years old and is afraid that it needs replacing. I am thinking of stripping the felt off and putting EPDM on - does this have to be glued down or can it just be laid on...

Hi, I have a very slow leak coming from the shaft of the tap on my stopcock (1 below), where the shaft enters the body of the stopcock - see photo below. This only happens when the tap is open, when it's closed, the leak stops. Can I (after turning off the mains water at the stopcock outside...

Hi, I had a problem with my Drayton 3 Port valve not working - it turned out that the two plastic tags which hold the springs in place had snapped off. I thought I would upload some photos of how I fixed this without having to buy a new valve, just using two bolts. (To remove the valve from...

Hi, I have had an extractor fan installed in the ceiling of my bathroom, with flexible insulated ducting going out through the soffit outside the bathroom. I thought I could feel a draft coming down from the fan when it was running, and then eventually realised that the backdraft shutters aren't...