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I have an old fridge freezer in an outhouse. I noticed black bits of what looked like insulation on the floor near the back of the unit a week ago. I think a mouse has been at work and nibbled away this piece of insulation..which about 12" length at the rear of the bottom freezer section behind...

Small water treatment system for drinking water..uses one T5 6 w UVC bulb. 240v mains driven Ballast is 17 years old like the system and has gone kaput. I am struggling to find a replacement. Is the fact that it uses a UVC (Mercury) bulb crucial to good running, I see ballasts for "fluorescent"...

Old (1992) Whirlpool ARG 917 built-in. F/F has worked perfectly all those years. However, today noticed fridge was warm i.e. not cooled. I altered thermostat setting to 5/max.cooling (only the one temperature adjuster inside fridge compartment)..left it a while..made no odds. Fridge light is on...

amateur here (obviously) ..the control unit is fed from a fused/switched spur next to it , is it necessary to switch the flat's mains right off before swapping out the probe lead..or is switching off at the spur and removing its fuse from the carrier adequate before commencing? (fwiw I would...

Garda 3521 tap..hot tap leaks (slowly) via spindle. No dripping tap but water escaping via body of valve when hot water is "on"/flowing..moreso if cold tap also opened when hot tap is open i.e. pressure related. Have had said ceramic valve out of tap housing but no replacement to hand so...

I have attached photo of electrical setup..it has been like this with no problems for many many years. The (black) feed coming in to the pump house to the LH switch which can be seen is direct from the meter..a separate meter to the main house. The meter was renewed 2 years ago. The...

This is an old house and not sure when drains were laid...not in the last 30 odd years we have been here anyway. Drain was not flowing but I rodded it through the top hole & on 7th 1 metre rod it cleared to the septic tank and the pipe flows fine now. The salt-glazed clay fitting on the outlet...

Primatic cylinder..has worked almost flawlessly for almost 30 years (for a rather flawed idea imo). Old stone cottage/long-house ..single storey with long pipe runs in loft to bathroom at other end of cottage from the cylinder. Plastic cold water storage tank raised on platform (before my...

Legrand CU with one RCD (80Amp – 30mA) covering 3 groups of sockets , plus garage and shower room so 5 mcbs in total . Tripping of RCD is sort of random ..in that most commonly occurring once between 4 a.m and 6 a.m. ..sometimes twice (i.e. again typically an hour or so after a manual reset..but...

not my house..trying to help someone out..new house (to them)..refurbed kitchen..space for washing machine & cold feed /valve is present (& hot water but not needed). But no-one has ever used the space for a washing-machine or dishwasher (estate agent) & there is no waste outlet of any sort...

under-plinth/kickplate heater..Winterwarm by Glenn/Dimplex. Have a double socket on ring main available for this..I was going to connect the heater to the socket with a 13A plug (heater is just over 8A?). Nothing else will be permanently plugged into the other socket in the double socket...

just asking for a bit of advice..porcelain tile on osb&backerboard..grouted with mapei ultracolour plus in mid grey..timber edging..what to fill gap (4mm) with? grout?..colour would be identical or silicone (Everbuild "Grey" -25% flexibility factor"?) or caulk/external frame sealant...

have looked all over the net..even searched here..to no great advantage. Have (inherited from previous owner) a click-clack basin waste in hand-basin in a shower room which has become "sticky" (i.e. esp when closed!). I have got the chrome cap off (unscrew) and can see the mechanism itself...

4x4 wooden treated posts..60 cm deep holes dug..have sand, cement, gravel(10mm) & mixer ready to roll. However, I am getting somewhat conflicting advice as to what the best mix is in terms of ratios. I plan to put some gravel chips in the bottom of the hole to sit the base of the posts...

NW facing roof-line..2 pitches because of extension to original outer wall in room below (ground floor)... job done c.1990. 20"x10" slates and roofing membrane underneath both sets of slates. Lead sheeting used where the pitch of the roof alters (see photo)..underlying the 2 rows of slates...

top loader..given to us some years ago..build date c.2000 I think. Has been fine for years apart from the odd belt..but then recently has started being difficult to start. Electrical fault of some type I think as once it is going it washes /spins ok (though I think the wife said it missed the...

have found plenty of these described as 1 1/4" (or 32mm.) ..anyone know of a supplier of one of these for 1 1/2" outlet? Sink Basin Mate 1 1/4 http://s7g1.scene7.com/s7viewers/dhtml/images/spacer.gif

Accenta 8 system - PIR is (wired) Pyronix Enforcer Super. I just need to remove the one PIR from the wall & tape it up temporarily to paint behind it (I do not want to disconnect any wiring). I know I need to nullify the tamper alarm feature when I undo the one screw on the PIR body to remove...

C27 has definitely gone..a new one has been ordered but we may have to wait a few days given Xmas post etc. Its pretty cool in the house! Saw an old thread about this programmer which included how to temporarily by-pass the internal switch in the programmer (just for a few days til the new...

planning to use 600X600 tiles on 70+ cm-deep counter-top 22mm osb (already in place)..now have to fix the cement backer-board before tiling. Q1 do I need to prime the osb before applying the adhesive (SPF/thin set mix) and screwing down the backer-board onto it ? if so what is best...