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Hi everyone I need to replace the diverter cartridge on my vokera unica 28he but I'm a bit confused by the part number. In the manual the part number is 10025305 but it seems like it might have now changed to 20017597? I ordered one of these which was listed as fitting my boiler however it's...

Hi I've got led strip lights under my kitchen cabinets which are all connected together. The ones I currently have are the colour changing ones so are connected with the 4 pin connectors. I've never liked them tho as I don't like the white colour they give off as it's too blue and they are...

Hi everyone, Put the central heating on for the first time and noticed the pressure kept rising from around 0.5bar to about 2.5 at which point I switched it off. Its gone back down as its cooled so I thought I'd check the expansion vessel valve to see if it needs recharging. However when...

Hello, I did search for this but was worried information I found might be out of date. Basically I have a large shed about 13m from back of house then it's another 4m inside the house to the cupboard with the consumer unit. I would like to get some electrics to the shed at some point in the...

Hi. Ive got a new windows 10 tablet (galaxy tabpro s) which is all working great apart from when I print anything. Its connected fine to my brother printer and prints but everything comes out very pale both colour and black. I know its not the printer itself because if I use my old tablet to...

Hi everyone I was hoping to build a little simple bike shelter in a corner of my garden between the fence and conservatory. I was thinking of using something like this for the roof: http://www.screwfix.com/p/coroline-corrugated-upvc-bitumen-sheet-black-2000-x-950mm/27586 I've never used any...

Hi I've just bonded a wall which will be tiled ffor a shower enclosure. I've read you shouldn't tile onto bonding but should skim it first. But I was wondering is this still necessary if I am going to paint the wall first with aquaseal tanking paint before tiling?

Just started redoing my bathroom and lifted some floorboards and noticed a serious bit of notching in the joist for the sink waste. Basically its a 7" joist and the notch is 4" deep. Is also only 30cm from the outside wall which am I right makes it even worse. I was wondering if I could screw a...

I've got solar panels on my roof which are proving to be a problem with pigeons. I was wanting to get up there and fit some of that hedgehog stuff around them as I've read that's a good deterrent. Problem is they come practically to the edge of the roof each side so I need to go over the panels...

Hi. I'm looking to try and fit a shower enclosure in a space behind the door. I want to get a quadrant one but the smallest I am to be able to find is 800 but unfortunately that is literally about 25mm too big. I've seen 760mm square ones but not a quadrant one, are they available. Or could I...

Hi everyone What I was hoping to do is replace the glass in the windows down the side of my conservatory with white panels. They are approx 900 x 1300 and I was wondering if anyone knows if I can order them online anywhere?

Hi I have a whirlpool 20rb-d3sf side by side fridge freezer. Last week I went to change the water filter and when I pulled the old one out water was pouring out of the housing all over the floor. I put the new filter in but it still leaks a bit. I've tried cleaning housing out but still the...

Hi Im planning to build a shed at the bottom of my garden approx 10ft x 10ft. The area Im putting it is already concreted however unfortunately it slopes away at one corner. I dont want to make a wooden base to level it and was just looking for any advice about how I best go about concreting...

Hi everyone I just wanted some help with my vokera unica 28he. I've noticed the last couple of days its been dripping water on the worktop. I've taken some pictures and hoping you could identify the part that's leaking and if it needs replacing or is it just a seal or something gone where the...

Hi I have an indesit IS31v tumble dryer which needs the thermostat replacing. I know there is 2 of these to be replaced but what is confusing me is the coloured spot one of them has on it. The spot is a brown colour on the one I have but when I looked online for spares some replacements for...

hello everyone i was hoping for some advice. i am looking to get a portable air con unit for a small upstairs bedroom which comes with an exhaust hose. I realize its probably not ideal but is it ok for me to cut a hole into the loft for this to vent the air into the loft? If the unit i get...

Hi everyone I have just bought a westinghouse ceiling fan?/light and a wall control switch which controls the fan and light on and off. Im just a bit confused by it tho. The switch has 3 terminals "To light" "Fan" and "To Hot". The ceiling fan Has Live, neutral and earth terminal...

Hi all I've read a few threads on this but none seem cover all my questions. Basically I have a 5m x 3m flat roof conservatory and usual story baking in the summer freezing in the winter. So I looked into insulating the roof and found companies that do this by putting up insulation and...

Hi everyone wasnt totally sure where to post this tbh. Been looking at previous threads on here for this but most seemed a bit old so thought there might be better options now. I have a 3m by 5m conservatory which I was looking to heat better because basically it's freezing and damp in the...

Just a bit of guidance from you kind chaps if poss. I have just bought a new double oven which is 4.8kw to replace my current single one which just plugs straight into a normal socket. So am I right in thinking this now needs to be on its own circuit back to the consumer unit and with an...