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Hello all After a little advice if possible. I moved into a house with a large garden, around the edges is allot of grass / weeds perfect for a brush cutter (never used one before) I want battery as its cleaner and less service and quiet. I have been looking at the Ryobi one+ 18v one but...

Hi there Its the 26KW looking at the label, Thank you for replying. I will see about getting someone to change both AAV to Manual ones to see if that fixes it. Maybe worth bleeding the pump also to make sure there is no air in it. cheers

Hello there It’s the Vortex Pro combi logic 30

Hello there I have a Grant vortex oil boiler which is very old, when the CH is on its very loud all over the whole house, it sounds from every room like someone is hoovering everywhere. I have the AAV on the pipe at the top opened and drained out some air, the other one on top of what looks...

Thanks, i will keep cutting away as fast as the green bin can take it. Once done I will perhaps apply some decent strong weed killer that kills everything like Glyphosate based product. Then wait another two weeks to dig over and flatten with my feet before putting some seeds down, going to take...

Hello gardeners I am new to gardening so need some advice on a few things. My front garden i am planing to get rid of all of the mis match of bushes, weeds that have been planted over the years randomly and either turf or seed with some box hedges to make it minimal and easy to manage. I have...

You just mean the red cover right, on the photo where the blue circle is i can see a drain plug but didn’t know if that was the hot water or the heating one.

Hello all I added x800 to my heating system this morning as rads were cold at the bottom and ran it for a few hours. Amazing stuff the rads all get nice and warm, next step is to drain the system and add x100. I cleaned the magma clean which was caked in junk. I Tried to open the drain value on...

Hello there Sorry been fault finding. My system is Bang and Olufsen, the TV has a 2 pin plug (live and neutral) there are seven active speakers all with a 2 pin plug. the system has no earth connection the mains. All speakers are aluminum body All speakers are connected to the TV via a...

Hello there Anyone got this stuff? I read a good few reviews and everyone says its great but want to double check, my bedroom has three external walls and they are cold to touch, colder than the ceiling. I am thinking about using this over the walls to make them warmer and less condensation and...

Well that was fun Took the back box out and cleaned, found a huge whole, small hole into flue. Filled it in and let it dry naturally all day. Nice and solid and hole gone, I will fill the top sand and paper this week, Now I have no hole, a new double socket and fingers crossed no more smell of...

Hello there Hahah wallpaper I found a roll on eBay for £12 thankfully to replace. The socket supply came from directly downwards to under the floor so its not in the flue thank goodness but smoke even a small amount come from the cable hole in the bottom of the back box. The electrician has...

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Hello all I moved into a new house which has a single socket on the chimney breast. I noticed when have a coal fire downstairs a tiny bit of smoke comes out of the socket. When I moved in the socket was a little black, i thought it was burnt so I changed it and found a little soot in the back...

I have two rings one for kitchen and one for rest of the house, both parts of the system are on the same ring, but I cannot see if they are connected to another earth let’s say

Is there a way to test this using a multimeter please? My speakers are wall mounted and are mainly made of metal but only live is neutral from the mains. Is there a way to test it to be sure as removing the grounding cable might work but I would have to kill two very expensive cables or maybe...

Hello all I need a little help if anyone can advise. I moved into a new house and my active speakers are buzzing with a low ground loop hum The house is 1970’s and has a dual rCD protection. No supplier earth so its using an earth rod. I have tested live and neutral volts, volts between earth...

I get that for the bathroom and toilet, frustrating, so far so good doesnt seem to be growing anymore, I will check the amount of insulation for comfort and overall peace of mind.

there is not one, I have the window open now for the bathroom as the bathroom and toilet are in different rooms. Bathroom for sure should have a fan or window open but the small toilet didnt have a heater so I put a bathroom heater in there and painted over it so hopfully it will not come back...

Thanks for the reply, I will check the insulation as adding some might help, the loft has vents in it from looking outside, I believe the gutters were blocked before which has been sorted. No clothes dried inside, well in the tumble dryer downstairs but that room is fine and vented. Strange...