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Hi there I need some help please, We have just moved into a new house and there is old shed which we want to take down. No issues there, but when I have looked into it today it has two white capped off pipes coming out of the ground. There is obviously a mains double socket which will be...

Hi Simple one I am sure for someone, but what is this called? I need one! (ASAP) Thanks!

Hi Hoping one of you can help / explain something for us. We have a hot water fed shower (basically a pump) triniton, around 7 month old. Working fine except for one point. You only need to knock the temperature control knob at the position its at and the water either becomes freezing or...

Hi Simple one for someone, I need to replace the bearings on our push chair wheels. The fixing nut fitted has been hammered onto the bolt, I have seen these before when putting together (of all things) a Cossie Coupe for the kids, but I do not know the official trade name for them to do a...

hi all I am hoping you can help me, I was happily painting the front of our house today and everything was going well until I reached the Porch bracket (if that is even what its called?) (picture attached) A quick prod with the screw driver to check the wood was good and the screwdriver...

Good evening, We need some advice please. We are currently changing our basin and tap, and have purchased a Grohe Tap which is ready to be fitted. Currently we have a mixer tap installed with flexible pipe connection and a chrome waste and trap. (Some pictures are below of our current install...

Hi I have an old fusebox with old style wire fuses. A friend has suggested I can replace these with more modern ones simply by plugging them in the place. Can you help? Advise which ones I need? Thanks

Hello all. System is a Baxi WM 30/3 boiler (old but has had a new thermostat last year) and does work fine, a new Grundfos intelligent Alpha pump, Magentic filter, Honeywell 3 way valve. 2 tanks in the loft, one tank in the airing cupboard, boiler in the garage Problem is: When the hot water...

Hi all, Hoping you can help and offer some advice, basically I need to fit a new pump, the old one is 11 years old and making some terrible noise! I also need to fit a new immersion heater as the old one no longer works. Current pump is a Grundfos UPS 18-60 and Immersion is Sector 27 inches. My...

Hi all, Well as ever an update to improve economy which was sold as simple and straight forward has not gone quite to plan! We have purchased a Honeywell DT92E in place of a standard Honeywell digital thermostat. The existing thermostat has two wires connected, a yellow one and a red...

Hi, I have always found this site absolutely fantastic for honest professional help, and I need it again please! (Pictures below to help out advice) Basically my fathers friends friend is a plumber and he has just been round to give us his opinion and a quote. This is our problem...

Hey all, I recently moved house and took an Crabtree touch switch with me from my old house. I have come to install it today in my new house and stumbled upon a possible problem. I want to fit the the switch in our front room which has two switches in the room one on a far wall and one...

Hi all, We recently moved into a new house and I have noticed a few problems since moving in, specifically these: 1) When the hot water and Central Heating are on there is a strange noise coming from the tank, it sounds like a kettle boiling. The immersion heater is off, but the noise was...

Hi all, I am looking to change a Honeywell dial thermostat with a digital one, problem is the wiring options are different in both. Thought it would be a simple job! Can you have a look at the pictures and let me know what you think? Thanks

Hi all, We need your help, we have had a new tap fitted by my father. It was a good quality and expensive tap but since having it fitted the water tastes like chemicals (really strong and im told of Chlorine) We have run both the hot and cold taps for well over 10 minutes each but the taste...

Hi We have just moved into a house with a PAB alarm system with a concept 6 control panel. It works but has seen better days and we would like to replace it with one which is backlit and also that bleeps on entry as well as exit. Has anyone got a wiring diagram for the control panel or...

Hi Has anyone got a wiring diagram for a Honeywell ST6400C control panel please? Thank you :D

Hey all We have just moved into a new house with a uvpc front door, which is really nice. Only problem is we are used to wooden doors with latches, and we would really like to go back to having a latch type operation. I am told I need one of these...

Hey all We have just moved into a new house with a uvpc front door, which is really nice. Only problem is we are used to wooden doors with latches, and we would really like to go back to having a latch type operation. I am told I need one of these...

Hey all, We need your help, it was at around 11pm yesterday night that we heard a massive bang, we came up stairs and found the outside pain of glass has smashed terribly (see picture) It was not the coldest night we have had here and the central heating was not on full so why would this...