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When the hot water comes on my radiators get hot. Prime suspect is the ACL Drayton Lifestyle 679H340-30L0 mid position valve. I can see that the little black position indicator in the right will move between the H and M positions but will not make it over as far as the W side. When the hot...

Hi, I am looking to update my kicthen by changing the worktops, sink, taps, oven and hob and tiles. I will do some things myself, but I want to get the worktops fitted professionally. Am I best approaching a carpenter who may also be able to do the electrical and gas certification or am I...

Hi Folks, I am making a bed for my daughter and want to use 4mm ply for the ends which are going to be slightly bowed. The amount will be approx 90 degrees with a radius of about 46 cm. Is this do-able? Or can anyone offer any better suggestions for what material to use cheers, Ollie

I have a utensil rack/hooks that I want to fit above the hob under the extractor which fixes via 2 screws. The walls are dry lined with minimal gap between board and blocks (maybe 1/2 inch) then tiled. What is the best method of fixing this rack to the wall? Can i use standard wall plugs as...

We have been bought a chilean potato tree (Solanum crispum Glasnevin) as a present for our garden. It is labelled as harmful if eaten. Does anyone know how harmful as I can't easily find anything on the Web. My concern is we have a 13 month old daughter so if it is highly toxic I may avoid...

The soil in my back garden contains a lot (read mostly) clay. In the summer it gets really dry and cracked, ion the winter it doesn't drain well. I think this is in part due to the fact that it's not very level and is very slightly concave so our garden probably acts as the drain for our...

I have just built a new PC. Everything was cool, installed windows ok so CD-ROM was working fine. Then installed chipset drivers that came with the motherboard and now my CD-ROM is not recognised by Windows. The CD-ROM is about 6 yrs old and came from my previous PC. I presume the jumper...

One of the double glazing windows (the left one) in my bedroom isn't closing correctly. When closed there is a gap at the top left corner of the window large enough that the rubber seals don't seal and a draught is blowing. Is there a way to adjust the concertina type opening mechanism to pull...

A mate of mine lives in a leasehold flat. The management company appears to have disappeared into the blue yonder with everyone denying all knowledge of it's existance. The freehold has recently been bought by a new owner who seems good as gold, the old one was a complete waste of space by...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this but it's kind of plumbing related so someone may know the answer so here we go... My Fiance's sister has had a leak from her flat which has then caused damage to flats below her in the building. Her landlord hasn't got an accidental damage...

Not sure is this is strictly the correct forum but its about heating so... I am looking to put a conservatory on my house and would ideally like underfloor heating. I have a few things to consider. Do I go for heating off the main system (water) or a separate electrical underfloor...

My boiler has just stopped firing (yesterday). It's a Gloworm Ultimate. The heating and/or hot water comes on at the timer the 3 way valve and pump all leap into operation. Looking through the 'porthole' the pilot seems to have been lit but the main burner doesn't light / or try to light...