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    American style fridge freezer - freezer not getting cold

    Hi, I've got a Samsung American Style Fridge Freezer (model number RSH5SHMH), and the freezer side seems to have stopped getting cold - the fridge side seems fine. I have checked that the internal fan is working. I have also taken the internal panel out to see if there is anything wrong with...
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    How to access toilet cistern

    Hello, The flush on my toilet has started to play up - it is a push button flush, and increasingly needs several presses in order to stop it from filling and having water overflow into the bowl. I was going to replace the flush mechanism but I've got no idea how I am supposed to access it. The...
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    2 way and 3 way motorised valves

    Hi My heating is not working but my hot water is, so I've just been on the phone to my plumber who has said it is most likely the motorised valve. He installed the system himself a couple of years ago, so he ought to remember, but he just told me that I ought to have two 2 way valves or 1 three...
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    Paint is coming off fence panels

    Hello, Last summer, I painted our very old garden fence panels with Cuprinol Ducksback, which I had been recommended to use. The fence panels are very old and had no sign of ever having been painted previously. They looked great after painting and I was well satisfied with my efforts. BUT...
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    Pencil line come through seam when hanging wallpaper

    Hi I'm hanging wallpaper and have run into an issue - I used a pencil to draw a plumb line on the wall, and when I laid a sheet of paper over the line and used the wallpaper brush to brush it down, a small amount of paste came up through the seam, carrying some pencil lead with it. Now instead...
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    Sealing painted walls before papering?

    Hello, I am re-wallpapering my house, and have already taken the old wallpaper off. Prior to being papered, it is clear that the walls were previously painted with emulsion. In a few places, where I took the old paper off the paint came away with it, leaving bare plaster. In most places...
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    Wallpapering

    Hello I want to put new wallpaper up, and have bought a steam wallpaper remover to get the old stuff off first. What I am finding is that the old wallpaper is delaminating as I take it off. If anything, it's looking like I don't even need to use the steamer to get the decorative layer off...
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    ST9400C extra hour question

    Hello Does anyone here have a ST9400C Honeywell temperature programmer? I was wondering if you could let me know how the extra hour feature works for the heating? Does it still rely on the room temperature being lower than the thermostat setting? Or does it override the thermostat? Thanks...
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    How to move a dry line box

    Hello, I recently had my garage converted, with one of the new rooms being a utility room which has a fan. I wish I had spent more time discussing with the electrician where he was going to put the switch for the fan, because he ended up putting it in quite an inconvenient place - it is quite...
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    Toilet with side exit?

    Hello We are having our integrated garage converted into rooms, with one of the rooms being a toilet. The toilet room has one external wall, however the wall that we want the toilet itself backing onto is an internal wall. The plumber has just told us that we will need to have a toilet that...
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    Wiring of light switch

    Hi My hallway has a 4 switch light switch, as shown in the photographs. The switch on the left controls a downstairs light that can also be turned on/off from upstairs. The next switch along controls an upstairs light which can also be turned on/off from upstairs. The next switch along...
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    Ducting in loft space for bathroom shower

    Hello, I've got an Xpelair C4R in my bathroom ceiling, which vents to the outside world via a vented roof tile and some 100mm diameter flexible ducting. The problem is, the ducting is so flexible that it presses on the flaps on the top side of the fan and prevent them from opening - I am...
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    Attach duct to Xpelair C4R

    Hello, I've got an Xpelair C4R in my bathroom ceiling, which vents to the outside world via a vented roof tile and some 100mm diameter flexible ducting. The problem is, the ducting is so flexible that it presses on the flaps on the top side of the fan and prevent them from opening - I am...
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    Window Hinges

    Hello I need to replace the hinges on a side opening uPVC window - the current hinge says "Cotswold 08 14 SS" on it - can someone please let me know if I need to find an exact same hinge, or would another manufacturer do? I don't want to have to drill new holes and so would like to get one the...
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    Flue material

    Hello Is it possible to tell from these pictures what material my flue is made from? https://imgur.com/gallery/LAjt6 The house was built in 1971 if that helps. Many thanks, Ackoman
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    Cavity wall insulation

    Hello, I've been in my house for 6 months and now it is getting cold outside I am beginning to wonder how well the cavity wall and loft insulation that the previous owners had put in is doing its job. Some of the rooms, particularly upstairs, do not seem to retain their heat for very long. My...
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    Fire break in garage ceiling

    Hello, We bought our house in June of this year. It’s a 4 bedroom detached house, built in 1971. Now the weather is getting colder, it has become apparent that there are some significant draughts in the house and I am trying to track them down. It is very noticeable that the upstairs of the...
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    Time taken for unvented cylinder to get back to temperature

    Hello, In my previous house, the hot water was supplied by a combi boiler and so, fairly obviously, when having a shower the gas was burning for exactly the same length of time that I showered for. In my new house, we have a system boiler which heats up an unvented hot water cylinder. If I...
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    Which thermostat should I adjust for the hot water?

    Hello, I've got a system boiler supplying central heating and hot water, via an unvented cylinder. This may seem like a daft question, but if I want to change the temperature of the water then presumably I should do it using the thermostat on the cylinder, and not the water temperature...
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    ST699 question

    Hello My central heating and DHW system uses a Honeywell ST699 timer - it seems to me that not being able to independently time the central heating and the hot water is a disadvantage, however the ST699 seems so popular that I can only assume that most people have no issue with not being able...
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