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Hi all. My mums boiler has a Siemens rwb2e. it is still working when asking for hot water. But there is no response when turning the central heating on. I can not hear any noises (clicks) within the control box when asking for central heating (but can when doing the hot water). Is there a way...

i, I'm looking for a replacement heating element for a Bush dwfs126s dishwasher. But not one seems to recognise model number online. I've taken then flow through heating element out today. It's a 1800W. There are loads available online and on ebay but non state my model number. All the parts...

Hi, I've bought a glass splashback as we've got a gas hob and I've bought an acrylic splashback to fit either side of the glass one. My query is... It says to leave an expansion gap around the glass splashback. This is fine for top and bottom but it will look daft if I leave one at the...

Hi all, I've changed a couple of thermostats before and never had problems but this time.... My mum's fridge stopped chilling at all and was at pretty much room temperature so I ordered a universal fridge thermostat from espares. Decent service usually. When it arrived I fitted the part...

Hi all, our oven keeps triggering the circuit breaker and effectively the power to the house. It seems to happen when the oven is hot. Tonight it went off and turned the whole house off after it had been on for about 15 mins. The firs time it happened. I just switched it back to on the...

my 1996 renault clio is leaking oil, i usually put 10/40 oil in put have seen a cheap oil in asds 20/50w. It says for older cars with high mileage and 4 stroke engines. Would it be ok for my bleeding car! Cheers for any help in advance

I moved into my house about a year ago and the dishwasher that was here has never worked. I have just got round to having a look at it! When I finally got it out to have a look at it, it had some ridiculous wiring at the back, so I undid the bodge job and rewired it back up correctly. But it...

Recently painted over some uncoverered plaster about year old. I painted size over the plaster, some advice from a friend and assumed it was ok to paint over now. But after a couple of coats of emulsion its cracking and some is comming off. Its on top of rough plaster that has been done to look...

Can you use pink grip to seal a fireplace? Is it safe?

I have had quotes form different plasterers to level out a chimney wall, small job and skim the whole of an artexed bedroom! Some plasterers have told me to get artex of and then they will come and skim, but some have said leave it on. Which should i do? Also had quotes ranging from £250 to 500...

can somebody explain to me what a multiflue is please thanks.

Can you help? I am attemping to build my own mdf surround. I have bought a laminate for the hearth and back panel. I am now looking to buy a gas inset fire, but i have now idea about flues. I will obviously get someone to remove and fit gas supply. But i have no idea about what flue i...

Can you help? I am attemping to build my own mdf surround. I have bought a laminate for the hearth and back panel. I am now looking to buy a gas inset fire, but i have now idea about flues. I will obviously get someone to remove and fit gas supply. But i have no idea about what flue i have...

Recently i plugged my lap top into a socket that usually has a ceiling light that has a fan. It cut the house out and i can not get the power back to that room, it cuts the whole house. I have tried changing the socket. Can you replace these mcb? Thanks

My bathroom sink hot tap has stopped working completely. Its not been the best since we moved into the house about 6 months ago but now it doesnt work at all! The bath hot tap and shower work fine. Would it be a valve sticking or something. Any help much appreciated. Ta

just picked up new bat from supplier, it is a 12v like the previous but on the side of bat i noticed that the old one said 590A and the new says 420CCA. Is this bat suitable for a 96 fiesta diesel encore 1.8? Thanks

A few weeks ago i had a problem with my boiler, chap diagnosed it as ignition pcb got it replaced no change, so he took it back. Then he said it must be main pcb, it was expensive so i decided to use CET reconditioned parts, big mistake! This is to warn others of doing the same as me! I sent...

Last monday my 1996 fiesta encore 1.8 diesel would not start, had to jump start it. Ran all week but is only just starting in the morning, takes a few seconds to turn over after waiting for light to go out. Its fine once it has been driven, just struggles when cold first thing in the morning...

My plumber has spent hours on my alpha 240x boiler recently, he can not find why i have an intermittent fault on my ch and dhw. I had the main pcb reconditioned but the plumber and alpha think that its not possible to do it and want me to fork out £170 plus fitting for a new one. Cheers for...

Please can anyone help, i don't know what to do next! It all started 2 months ago when the ch and dhw started working intermittently on my alpha 240x boiler, sometimes come on everytime of asking, sometimes not work for a few days. Plumber came and said it was most probably ignition pcb...