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During the recent cold spell, the interference in TV has been terrible. Digital was virtually unwatchable and on analog there4 were irregular periods with bars of dots across the screen. I noticed that these periods occured about 8 times per hour during the day and more often during the rush...

I found a thread on this subject dating from last January and wondered whether there have been any developments of ways to avoid this. I did not have a problem last winter, but the boiler went off (showing flame failure) on the day when we were leaving to spend Christmas with our daughter. Not...

Several years ago, I got a local stonemason to repair my steps and cast new concrete paths. They have been OK until this winter. Now the surface is crumbling in places exposing softer stuff underneath. There is no ground heave cracking except on one step. I could now do with some advice...

I bought a Humax 9300 HDR to replace an aging VCR but have had a lot of problems. The picture keeps breaking up and freezing and twice the unit has frozen and will not respond to either the remote or the buttons at the front. When the picture freezes, I have switched to the analog signal from...

I am installing a soakaway for the condensate from the condensing boiler. The original installer did not install a soakaway and this got picked up by the gas board technician when he serviced the boiler last year. He issued a notice requiring a soakaway to be fitted. I have got the McAlpine...

My Ideal ICOS HE24 boiler is showing nothing on the front panel (and not working.) There is no diagnostic information (O. c, L-F etc) in fact it looks as if there is no power getting there at all. I have tried the obvious and the main supply fuse is OK, I am getting 240 Volts at the input to...

I have two wall lights and the bulb in one of them keeps blowing. They last only about two days. The fitting in question is close to an alcove, which has halogens operated off a transformer which is on the same circuit. Any ideas anyone?