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A little update. Left a cup under the leak area last night, just checked it now and it's quarter full. That's when it's not being used! I also have noticed a few times recently that there is a pool of water inside the machine. I didn't think to check just now and I've turned the machine...

Hey, great forum, just been reading a couple of unrelated posts, very helpful people here! Now that you're all buttered up ;) I have a problem with my old trusty G660 dishwasher. It leaks a small amount of water from a rectangular port in the rear of the unit in the fill chamber...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Hammerite have discontinued their shades range, but suggested that a colour can be mixed with eggshell or gloss. If that is the case, then surely I can use smooth?

Hi all, I know Hammerite do a radiator paint, but I can only find it in white, off white, and slightly offer white. I've picked up some Hammerite Smooth spray cans, will this be safe to use? It's going in the kiddies bedroom, I don't want to intoxicate them :) Also will it hold up to...

I'm trying to get my cast iron rads stripped of the paint, but the local stripper can't do it as he can't lift the damn thing out when it's done, and doesn't have a crane. He suggested Nitromors but that will take forever. Another friend said chuck it on a bonfire. Anyone else thrown it...

The maintenance company say it's my responsibility. What is a TRV and a lockshield? The heating is communal so turning off the other radiators won't make any difference surely... Also I can't turn the water off so can't remove the radiator and it's been there since the 20's so won't just undo :)

Hello, newbie here. I am looking for some advice regarding my radiators. I live in a block of flats built in the 1920's, and have the same cast iron radiators. The heating is communal, and its paid for in the annual maintenance. I've lived here for almost a year now, and the heating has...