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Can anyone help me with this please? Our boiler fired up this afternoon on auto as normal to heat the dhw but i noticed half an hour later that the c/h rads were hot even though the room stat was not switched on. Could this be a sticking valve of some sort? The system is only two years old.

I have to force the door handle upward to get the lock to engage or disengage, as if the lock is out of line with the frame cutout where the lock engages. The lock works fine in the open position. Does anyone know how to adjust the lock plate on the frame?

Hoping someone can help with this. The cable on my mum-in-laws electric reclining chair has gotten squashed and damaged under the chair over time as the chair has been shunted around her room in her sheltered flat. The copper strands are almost visible so i have taken the cable away so she cant...

I posted this last night under general diy without any response so heres hoping.... I want to fit uPVC fascia boards into my interior window reveals to hide unsightly blemishes but as the boards are 225mm wide i cant mitre the corners with an ordinary mitre block. I was wondering if there are...

I want to fit uPVC fascia boards into my interior window reveals to hide unsightly blemishes but as the boards are 225mm wide i cant mitre the corners with an ordinary mitre block. I was wondering if there are any tricks of the trade so to speak on this or do i have to buy a very large mitre...

Our oil fired boiler/sealed system has run ok throughout the summer for DHW only but since switching on the ch a couple of days ago the pressure has dropped from the normal 1.2 bar to just under 1.0 bar so I presumed the system needs bleeding. I`m ok on the routine for bleeding but is there...

As part of my garage conversion to a dining room I want to raise the floor by 160mm to be level with the concrete step that leads into the garage from my kitchen. Would it be sufficient to use 4" x 2" timbers in joist hangers attached to the walls each side or what other methods are there...

I`ve had to cut and reroute the 6 core cable to one of the PIR`s on my house alarm where it went through a dividing wall. This was necessary due to other work i was doing. I can buy 6 core alarm cable but i`m asking is it ok to join the new cable to the original and if so is there any way of...

Advice please from you plastering pro`s. I cant find the info I want after several searches even though my questions seem fairly basic. I`m building a simple stud partition wall with a doorway across my internal garage and lining the other three walls with plasterboard before having them and...

ive got a 35 year old low ornamental brick garden wall that has broken off on one top corner when I removed a rusty gate post from it. To repair it normally I would cut out the damaged bricks and replace etc but the the bricks are "convex faced" with a course surface and I cannot source them...

Can an electrician "in the know" please advise if it is ok to use the subject bulbs in outside PIR Security lights? I`ve bought two new lights and part of the installation info says energy saving bulbs should NOT be used in PIR lights and to use GLS E27 bulbs. No probs with this but I...

Now the weather is hopefully on the up I want to lay paving slabs over my concrete yard area. Working out how many slabs to buy is easy but I`m not sure about how much cement/sand I need. Anyone got a mix ratio and ready reckoner guide for this? I`m laying 200 slabs 450mm x 450mm including...

I intend to put lights on the outside of my bungalow but on toting up the lights/wattage on the existing light circuit in theory I could be pulling 2400watts (11 amps?) if all the lights were on at the same time, (although I can`t envisage any scenario where this is likely to happen, only me and...

I could not get a full signal strength channel on my digi telly which occasionally meant the picture breaking up so I thought I would replace the loft Aerial with a new one. (The same aerial also serves a smaller kitchen telly through a splitter with no probson that telly) Having tried two...

I`m looking for ideas on how to get round this problem. I have a very old Cornish Wall ( i live in Cornwall) along one side of my garden `built` of chunks of granite and large stones "set" in soil. Its about 60cm high and 10mtr long seperating our garden from our neighbours. I want to put...

I have a Worcester Danesmoor 12/14 Oil Boiler that for some reason this evening shows the Lock Out light on and will not fire up for central heating or dhw. Been working ok earlier today and previous. What could cause the lock out light to come on ? Are any of the causes solvable without...

I`ve got a concrete path running around the outside of my bungalow that is very narrow in places and I want to widen it onto the garden by about 150mm. Can anyone in the know advise the best mix/type of concrete to use for a smooth finish? The path is some 35 years old and well weathered so...

Whats the best method and materials to prep and paint an outside block wall? The wall is only 1mtr high but is about 30 years old with grime to show its age. Blocks and Mortar are otherwise in good condition.

What is the best type/size and method of fixing 3" timber posts to a 4" thick block wall x 4ft high. Using 6 ft posts I will have about 4 ft against the wall with 2 ft above so I can fix horizontal "wind thru" type boards across the posts and along the top of the wall giving us a trellis type...

What base/footings depth of concrete and hardcore will I need for garden steps built of paving slabs for treads and bricks for the risers? The overall ground area is just over 1 sq mtr, dims will be aprox 1.2mtr wide x 0.9mtr front to back rising to a total height of 450mm, built against a...