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Boiler is 3 years old and suddenly the domestic hot water has increased greatly in temperature. Any thoughts on the cause and solution? Thanks a lot

One hinge broken on an unbranded roof box. Can’t find a replacement hinge. Any thoughts out there? Thanks

I have a leaking bathroom tap and I'm trying to find a replacement. The one that leaks has a yellow plastic adaptor over the splines. Do this come with the valve or was it part of the tap top so I should prise it off and re-use it? Also whats a good place to get a replacement as there seems to...

As the title says I am replacing several 12 inch long fluorescents under my kitchen cupboards. I am putting in full length LED from a roll. Removed everything without taking much notice hence my question. I am left with a two core and earth coming from the wall light switch and also a single...

I need to remove a pir from the wall and take the front of the main alarm box ( not keypad) in order to decorate in the kitchen . The alarm,is Eurosec CP8L and I know the engineers code. Just unsure what to do, do I just input the code, do what I need to do then input again when done?

I am going to fit a monobloc mixer to one hole in the basin to replace the two existing taps. Online supplier told me the new tap would fit a standard hole, however my holes look to be 30mm and I estimate I need it to be 40mm. I can't return the tap so I need any advice on how to safely enlarge...

I am wanting to put a mixer on the bathroom basin to replace the two taps currently there. Looked in all the usual places and cannot find a 200mm hole centres basin mixer. I do not want a kitchen tap and don't want a mono on one side. Has anyone seen of these? as it seems to me I will have to...

I have a Wylex fuse box with wired fuses. Sometimes when a bulb blows the 5A fuse blows as well. No problem for me to rewire it but I would like to swap the wired fuse for an mcb if possible to make it easier for my family if I'm not around. Any advice gratefully received. Thanks a lot.

I have pad bolts either side of a big wooden garden gate. The problem is that in different weather conditions the gates swell or move slightly then the bolt won't go in the keeper. I am thinking I might have to buy a bolt with a bigger keeper and use the keeper on the original bolt just so...

I have a submersible water pump used to pump water back into a fish tank after a large water change. I am looking for a switch I can wire into the cable or a single socket switched extension. Sounds easy but I can't find one.Any suggestions out there?

On my double stainless steel sink in the kitchen I saw loads of water onderneath in the cupboard etc. It seems the waste has come detached from the sink. It looks like it was a rubber fitment glued round the hole in the sink. Question is what to use to reattch it etc Many thanks for any help...

I have an Omnicron 8000 and am constantly told it is no good and it does seem a bit dodgy at present. Bearing in mind I have no alarm experience, is there a more reliable replacement that will take the same wires i.e be obvious which wires go where, or is it time to forget it and wait till I...

After help from the forum I located my engineers code and then was able to replace a PIR. However, I can get no further as the 24 hr light on the panel is lit, it goes out when I press reset but then the internal sounder goes off. The light was on before I changed the PIR so its nothing to do...

I need to replace a PIR but the terminals inside are not the same so I need some advice please. Second photo is the old one with 6 terminals across the top labelled +, -, C, N T, T and they are wired red, black,green, blue, empty, empty, then 2 terminals down the side not labelled but wired...

I have an omicron 8000 and several pies. I now need to change some lenses for pet lenses but when I take the front off the pir the alarm goes off. How can I stop this as I need to fit 3 lenses? I also need to fit a new pir as one looks discoloured. Any advice appreciated, thanks in advance.

I have 2 Wylex fuse boxes which have the old fashioned wired fuses, had a shower put in recently and the electrician put a Wylex B40 in a spare position in one of the boxes. Can I now replace all the other wired fuses with the appropriately rated rcb's ? Any thoughts gratefully received...

I have a metal roofed garage which suffers lots of condensation in the winter so I intended to cover what I can between the rafters with Insulation Anybody out there got any thoughts or suggestions? But need to do it on the cheap

Water temp cycles warm and cool and I think it may be the thermal cut out.Is there any reason not to disconnect it from the board to confirm this? Also how easy ( or not ) is it to fit a new one?

Need a garden wall re-doing but don't want ripping off.Nobody round here seems to know anybody. Thanks

At the side of my block paved drive I have a footpath ( public ) about 1 metre higher than the drive.Conifers are planted along this border and the wall on my side that 'holds all the roots in' is a sort of vertical crazy paving done by the previous owner.This is now starting to fail so I need...