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I have a Whirpool ART 700/UK American style fridge freezer, which is a frost free appliance. It has been running fine for years, I had to replace the fan motor a few years ago and a couple of months ago I had to replace the compressor relay. It has run fine until this week, the point being it...

Apologies if I missed a thread, but nothing came up on a search. I have a few of those conservation Velux windows fitted, the ones with the brass thread running through a mounted base plate to open and close them. The metal base plate is sitting on what appears to be a base of 8mm MDF...

My neff u1461 fan oven heats up, but keeps tripping the fuse. When I reset the fuse and oven clock, it starts heating again straight away until it trips again at a higher temperature a few minutes later, never immediately. If I set the oven to 200 degrees it gets there after tripping out...

Hi, I have a section of painted interior wall that appeared to be slightly damp. The roof light has been repaired and the wall dried out and been patched with polycell plaster repair. I intend to cover the wall in lining paper before painting, to prep the wall, so far I have applied a...

I noticed a wet patch on my lounge ceiling indicating a leak from the bathroom upstairs. The bathroom is rarely used, perhaps once or twice a week and had not been used for 4 days when I noticed the leak (it's, ok there is another). By turning the water supply off overnight to stop...

Water is coming out of the over flow from my cold water tank. I searched through the forum and established I need a type 2 ball valve with float arm. As it receives it's supply direct from the mains I assume I need a high pressure one,, could someone please confirm whether I need high or...

Hi, I have a Whirlpool ATC700/UK 15003, american style fridge freezer. The fan has become noisy, there appears to be 6mm fore/aft movement in the shaft the fan spins from. Is this too much play?,,,can it be repaired or do I simply replace the fan motor as a unit? cheers

I wonder if anyone can help with the process of tracing a leak. Living in the Th*m*s water area, it appears there is a noise of fast flow at stopcock outside the house boundary. The water meter is mounted above and after the internal stopcock and does not read out of the ordinary or move...

I have an aqualisa aquaforce 2 twin outlet pump with 3 installed to run a shower. The pump and shower were installed in 2005, never given any problem, but are rarely used, perhaps 10 times a year. The pump is plumbed in to activate when the flow lever on the shower is activated...

Basically I am wondering if a re circulation valve would cure this problem A little background... My neighbours live in a 3 story house with water tank in the basement, they recently had a plumber fit a pump as there was little flow at the top of the house. Now the problem is, the...

I recently purchased a Makita 18v cordless drill with ni-cad as I need to replace an area of plasterboard. I have charged the drill and just tested a screw into a joist, works fine. Enough background, now my question; When I pull the trigger I can see quite a bit of arcing of spark...

I need to remove the drivers side interior door panel from a 2006 ford focus to try to repair a car parking dent :roll: I cannot see any screws even hidden ones that are capped off. I would be grateful if anyone could share some experience of removing the panel, I am slightly reluctant to...

Hi, I have previously used this forum and received excellent advice which has been proven in a practical application. My current dilemma involves assisiting a family member with laying a floor to prepare for ceramic tiles in a bathroom. The bathroom in a 1960's house has 15mm floorboards...

I am due to have my garage flat roof replaced soon, I have an excellent quote from the roofer who did a good job on another property a few years ago for me. I seem to be getting "mates rates" on the job as far as I can tell, could someone please tell me the various qualities of material...

I have a leak from a flat roof in my garage, having removed the inner ceiling I can see the hardboard is sodden and split and now sags between the eaves letting the rain in. My bucket collection is being fully utilised :roll: I intend to get the roof replaced in the new year when the...

I intend to cover a bathroom floor in ceramic tiles. I removed the existing 16mm hardboard and intend to replace with outdoor quality ply. The batroom floor will be approx 1.7metres square, could somebody please tell me the thickness of the ply i should use. I am unsure whether I need...

Hi, My front door frame appears to be a little loose on one side. It is a fairly large frame, 1.6m x 2.5m there are glass panel around the edge with a standard size front door 2.0m x 0.85m to one side. The striker panel and lock are at this side next to the brickwork. I intended to...

I am soon to be fixing a new toilet pan over a freshly laid ceramic tiles, sitting on a concrete floor. When it comes to fixing the pan, what is the best way to secure it? I have two 8mm approx guide hole in the base of the pan....Thanks

I had a builder work on my house, while fitting a new bath...he managed to gouge out a 8 inch scratch in the varnished stair case. Is there a procedure to remove this scratch? many thanks

I am currently refurbishing my downstairs cloakroom. I intend to fit a new toilet pan over either ceramic or slate tiles. I have removed the old parquet flooring and there is a black tar like residue left on the concrete floor. I have spent many hours scraping this away and using white spirit...