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Hi Guys, hope someone can help advise me. 6 months ago I replaced our Grondfos UPS2 central heating pump with a new Grondfos UPS3 after the old pump died after a decade of service. It was a simple unbolt and replace job - didn't change any plumbing. All I did beforehand was clean and flush the...

Hi Guys, Hoping someone out there can help a DIYer with some ideas as I'd like to rule out any simple things first before calling in an expert. So I have a Glow worm flexicom 24hx with an intermittent Error F25 error. I read that this indicates low pressure / poor circulation. It is on an old...

Like the title says it seems to be stuck in drain mode. No matter what you do with the dial you can hear the pump trying to suck the water out, if i pour water into the machine it is pumped out okay. just wont do anything else. The model number is Whirlpool generation 2000+ G2P DWS, I'll...

I want to fit a salamander rsp50 to my existing system but reading through the instructions I'm not sure it's going to be as straight forward as i'd have hoped :-( The instructions say my tank should have either a no stop essex flange, warrix flange, york flange (if less than 20l per min) or...

I have a newteam xt1000 power shower and recently it has developed a starting fault. When it's switched on the motor runs but no water's coming out (the pump is running dry) however if i take the shower head and hold it down low the water starts to run and then flows as normal for the rest of...

Hi There, Moved into a new house and the ovens door seal has broken. Problem is I cannot identify the model number of the cooker so can't really order the part I need :-( I tried a universal seal it was naff and lasted 5 minutes and i took a punt on one that looked right but wasn't and ended...

Here's the background. Moved to a new house built in the 80's with a rubbish central heating system by the looks of it. It has a conventional boiler (new-ish) with various rads connected with micro bore pipes :-( The entire system seems to be full of sludge 2 of the rads didn't get hot at all...

Hi there, I'm in the middle of going through the stressful process of moving home. My buyer has had his survey results and says that the archway (passage) between our house and the ajoining house for rear garden access has asbestos panels in the ceiling and they need to be made safe by...

Trouble is I went to switch the water off and the handle snapped of in my hand- doh! I can still switch the water off outside so not the end of the world but I wanna fix the indoor stop cock as i'm selling my house. Problem is, it's in the most awkward place in the world and is going to be...

As it says really, woke up this morning to a cold house. Go downstairs and boiler reset light is flashing and a large puddle of water under hte boiler. Anyways, I was running late for work and didn't have chance to have a propper look so for now i have isolated the mains supply to the boiler...

Ok here's the thing. I have an outside shed which is made of brick and has a flat concrete roof. Inside the shed it is separated into two parts by means of a brick wall. I want to remove this wall, problem is how do i know if it's taking any of the weight of the roof? Just to be clear, i am...

What is the best way (method and/or detergent) to remove stains from my cream carpet, My girlfriends cat keeps bringing mice into the house then ripping them to shreds on my carpet leaving lots of mouse blood stains. They are a nightmare to try and remove. Any advice appreciated

Can anyone recommend a contractor to supply and fit new guttering, facias, soffit, down pipes etc to my house in the Farnborough (Hants) area? I've had a couple of quotes already varying from £500 to £1000 but i really want it done, cheap by people i can trust not to bodge it!

I am trying to get the local electricity board out to upgrade my electricity supply to 100A and get an isolation switch installed so that i can have a second consumer unit fitted for my shower. Is there anything else i need to ask the electricty board to do? Do i need a junction box or something...

Okay, i need to get all my guttering / facias/ soffits and down pipes replaced. UPVC stuff seems to be the norm, it looks nice, plus my neighbour has it, so it'll be nice if it all matches. My question is, when replacing the downpipe which is currently a round cast iron jobbie with square...

Right, before anyone says anything i am not going to attempt this myself, i will get an expert in. However i would like to know how it's done so i can't be fobbed off / conned etc. I've semi installed an electric shower, everything apart from the connection to the consumer unit. The problem...

I got a dedicated shower consumer unit with 1 MCB and 1 RCD. Now i'm having a problem understanding how it works. The connections are as follows: The earth in is connected to the earth out (straight through), the MCB has Live in and live out (live out is also connected to live out for the RCD)...

There's this one room, currently no carpet fitted, with floor boards in good condition but they're so noisey when you walk across them. Obviously the boards are rubbing against each other causing the noise. Apart from removing all the nails and screwing them down, is there anything i can do to...

Someone i know has moved into a new house that has had various dodgy mods by the previous owner. She says that the Upstairs ring main and lighting circuit are one? i.e. there is one MCB for both the upstairs ring main and the lighting circuit. I thought these were normally seperate? Is this a...

I'm in the process of fitting an electric shower, i was going to buy all the bits i needed so i checked my consumer unit and i need an extra 45A MCB for the showers dedicated circuit. Now this is the problem, my consumer unit is i guess pretty old, it appear to have a couple of bus bars...