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My old AEG vented dryer head developed a new fault. At the start of a cycle, it heats up, but soon the heater goes off and it runs indefinitely blowing cold air. I have checked: Door switch Drum heat sensor Heating element thermostats Vent and hose Seems like the behaviour I'd get if it was...

This is a crosspost from ukwhitegoods, where nobody replied - hoping for a bit of luck here! My old dryer has been used daily since 2005 and owes me nothing. But a new dryer is £500 so I'd like to fix it. But I've run out of ideas. The symptom: When the start button is pressed, there is a...

I have a really old neff fan oven. Fine through a few elements over the years, but otherwise really solid. It's started tripping the rcd, but only after 30 mins at max temperature. I suspect the element, but before I buy a replacement, is there anything else I should check?

So my 3y old Miele vac choked after someone tried to use it to suck hair out of a shower. I know, right! What happened was, one of the bearings on the motor drive shaft exploded, I think maybe water got in through the seals. I was about to buy a new machine because replacement motors for these...

I have my washing machine in a large cupboard in the bathroom, more than 2m from any zones. The wire goes through the wall to a socket on the landing. This means that if I need to pull out the machine for some reason, I have to faff around feeding the plug through the wall. Is there any way I...

Three year old Samsung microwave has stopped heating. Controls are working, turntable rotates, fans blow, but no heat. I have seen many warnings not to attempt mending a microwave due to the high voltage that can be stored in the HV capacitor. However, my understanding is that this capacitor...

The flow rate through my shower is a bit low, resulting in the boiler cutting out from time to time. The shower doesn't have a restrictor, but I wondered about trying to find a high flow shower head. Do they exist, will it work? (Boiler had diverter replaced, taps produce hot water fine, it's...

Is there a regs compliant way to power a wifi mesh unit from the lighting circuit? The devices have a plug in adapter so it would involve a socket rather than wiring it in like a bathroom extractor, does that make it break the rules?

Vaillant VUW282e, much loved old faithful. Changed diverter valve. Found the diaphragm had a hole and was very perished so should be golden. All looks good but when filling boiler, water dripping from lower pump union. It's an o-ring seal, and I didn't have a new one (diverter didn't come with...

Can anyone help me work out how to fix my water pressure? Property is three stories, Combi boiler on lowest floor in the kitchen. The shower at the top of the house has always been a bit flakey due to lower pressure, and this has got a bit worse recently, some days failing to trigger the boiler...

I've got a couple of basins with stainless steel wastes. They regularly need hair and gunk cleared out, but it's always hard to get a good seal on the various joints. Is there some kind of sealant I should be using, or should I buy a load of washers? Thanks!

Hi, I want to use an around door draught seal, but my door is bigger than the retail packages. Typically they give you 5m, but my total perimeter is more like 6m, the door being 2.3m high and 1.1m wide. Is there a source for longer pieces of this stuff...

Very old (100+y) front door is warped - top corner on lock side is about 12mm away from frame, letting in draught and noise. I don't want to replace the door, so I'm thinking of building up the frame enough to use weatherstrip. What would be a long lasting way to do this? I thought about...

Planning to replace an rotting wooded back door with an all glass aluminium one. Tempted to do it myself - have successfully done the same with a wood->uPVC in the past. Firstly - does anyone know of reputable suppliers? Secondly, I want to work out a couple of details that I'm not quite sure...

Hi, I have an ageing Vaillant Turbomax 282e. Recently it's started requiring the water pressure to be topped up much more recently. Reading around it seems like there are two main possiblities, a leak in the pipework, or something I don't yet understand to do with air pressure in an expansion...

Is this normal behaviour for a combi when supplying hot water? The burners light, it runs for about 15s, then the burners stop. 10s later it reignites, and the cycle continues. This is while supplying a shower two floors up. I'm guessing it's because there is insufficient pressure to give a big...

I want to add doors to some open cupboards in my kitchen (see picture) but I can't figure out how to do the hinges because the frame is quite wide. The usual concealed hinges would have the doors set away from the edge of the cupboard, which would look untidy. I could address that by adding some...

Old Victorian house, two living rooms divided by two large doors (2.5 x 1m). Doors are solid wood, four panels with cross bars (10cm). They are a bugger to open so I'm thinking of making them into bifolds by cutting vertically down the centre bar and adding hinges. Would this work? I'm worried...

Hi, Trying to diagnose a Bosch WM that spins with a lot of vibration and noise. I've got the dampers of, and both have a little free play - about 5mm. Is this normal? Thanks.

Hi, A very old Drayton TRV3 has failed closed, I need to replace it. I don't fancy the pipe freeze method, so as I understand it I need to drain the system. I have read the wiki but still have some uncertainty 1. Do I need to drain the whole system? It's a combI with filling loop. 2. Do I...