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my fathers house has an old ideal Mexico boiler. It's extremely reliable. The annual boiler service was done by a local firm who charge £108 for the service and check and always change the thermo couple every year. This always seems a little expense, but they always come when asked ect. Anyway...

hi the bearings on our hotpoint wt741 have gone. I have stripped the machine and got the outer tunb out. However I was expecting to see some screws holding the two parts of the wash tub togther to get the drum out but it apears to be glued with a couple of locating lugs. Is it possible to...

Thanks The old one is is 50va and had two 20w lamps. I have tried one lamp and two lamps wired in to each transformer and I have tried connecting the lamps directly to the transformer singly and two and not a glimmer. I bought two transformers as there is already a second transformer that...

Hi Bought two saxby 60va 12v transformers off the web from a reputable shop, to replace one that died that does two lights. Wired it in and nothing. the circuit is not on a dimmer, I have checked the continuity of all the wiring to the lights and the bulbs there is 240v to the input. and the...

Hi My inlaws have a telephone extension which was disconnected for some building work I went to put it back in for them and have a fault. When I connect it to the system all the phones go quiet but i get a faint dialing tone. Incoming calls are OK all the phones ring and you can talk...

Hi My fathers property in cumbria was partially flooded in his basemnet and united utilities have turned the electrics off to the whole row of houses and are going round removing all the company fuses. They have said that they will not reconnect anyone until the electrics have been certified...

phoned up, the chap came and took the lid off and the bolts on the top weight were loose and the weight was banging as the machine was out of balance. he checked the bearing and said the end float plus up and down was ok etc. Machine seems fine since Common problem aparently simple to fix...

HI We have a four month old Hotpoint ultima and its started making the most horrendous din when spinning. If I put it on to spin empty it does not do it but with one dry t-shirt in it bangs like hell. It seems fine to rotate by hand and does not make a noise in normal cycle. When I move...

in response to some of the questions. The boiler is in the back of the garage which is part of a larger extension to the side and back (attached to the house which is a bog standard early 50s 3 bed semi) the advantage of replacing the boiler in the garage is its an easy swap and venting and...

Hello I have an old and creaking Mexico floor standing slimline boiler on a primatic dual system. The boiler is in the garage and has a half inch gas supply some 7m from the meter. Hot water is on 28mm copper (gravity) the heating circuit is on 25mm copper pumped. The rads are a mixture of...

Hi Have a potterton puma 100, the ch is fine and Hot water ok but the boiler occasionally makes grumbling noises when on HW only and the pilot goes out (intermittent). Is this likely to be the DHW diaphragm flow switch sticking causing over heat and lock out or a problem with the diverter...

is the pressure OK (warning light on boiler) and what is reading on the pressure gauge underneath. Also does the boiler bang and grumble before the light goes out/fails to stay lit

Hello I have a primatic HW cylinder and our heating is on two circuits from an old mexico boiler (one to the HW tank heat exchange loop gravity fed, the other to the CH rads pumped). It is getting long in the tooth and has had a few probs. I am thinking of getting a new heat only condensing...

Hot water tank prob wont take mains pressure. and extra pressure may cause leaks in old heating circuit. main ciruit will also need presure release valve and expansion tank so all quite pointless If the tanks are shot new plastic ones are cheap, and if you want rid of the hot water tank you...

Hi Bit of a complex one been having trouble with potterton puma. Two weeks ago pressure dropped and pilot light kept going out and boiler was banging before going out. Found air bleed valve was constantly dripping (so changed) and as pressure light had not come on, checked pressure switch...