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Hi all, I am not preparing to do any work myself - this is beyond me - but I'd appreciate any thoughts about it so I can have a useful discussion with an Electrician when one eventually comes to visit. My consumer board has a number of separate circuits and 2 x 80A 30mA RCDs... one of the RCDs...

This is only kinda plumbing, and very basic - I do apologise for that. I have a wall-mounted 10cm timer extractor fan in an upstairs bathroom. In the trio of storms we had a couple of years ago the driving rain must have come inside as water marks have appeared all over the wall, and remained -...

Hi all - if I don't provide everything needed to understand this, please just let me know and I'll find out. This is my second toilet, so there's no urgency, but I'd like to get to the bottom of it (boom-boom!)... the other day I noticed a gentle hissing sound coming from it and I took the top...

This is most definitely not a DIY question... however, it is one people here can likely answer for me to give me a bit of extra knowledge, and power. I have a let property that is an old Sheffield terrace. I have a slightly reclusive Tenant in there. For years I've had annual challenges trying...

I have a Makita trim router (I use 1/4" router bits) and some beech (19mm thick)... I am wanting to cut some rabbets in there so the 19mm thick long piece can slot nicely in there for the 90 degree joint. The configurable rabbet bit I bought (changeable bearings - think they're called "step...

Hullo all, This is attached to the side of my cylinder and I believe it's a "cylinder thermostat"... but it is a quite anonymous thing - no labels or anything, and the logo is one that I cannot decipher (I have tried a reverse Google search on it but I'm sure those in the know will be able to...

Hi all, This is my first ever time putting up a fence - looking for a bit of advice before I go too far. I have a solid, but slightly leaning wall (still very solid and been there over 100 years) with a flat top and I plan to put my fence on top of that wall using these...

Hi all, I have this trim router - battery powered, tiny - and I thought it would be helpful to me to mount it upside down on a table so I can move the wood around the bit, rather than the item around the piece of wood. Plenty of tables out there... nothing from Makita that I can see. Plenty of...

I had a Tenant leave a rented property on Thursday... usually we'd do a face-to-face Check-Out but that's impossible right now, so I went there yesterday (Sunday). All is good apart from the central heating - for some reason I cannot get it to work. I am hoping someone might be able to steer me...

Hi all, I'm unsure if this is in the right section - could be building(?), decorating(?) or plastering / rendering(?). If a Moderator wishes to move it, please do so. I am using this Tetrion filler on my external walls and ornamental ridges around the house...

I have some good (young and naïve) kids at a property I let out with this Vaillant boiler and they told me late last week that "it wasn't working". I attended on Saturday afternoon and saw it had F.28 displayed on the LCD and the BAR needle was down at zero. I have the boiler manual so quickly...

I have been sent this picture of a Vaillant boiler where the pressure needle is down at the bottom. I advised my friend that it (obviously, doh!) needs re-filling and I superciliously (super-silly?) told my friend there should be something obvious on the underside... but - sadly - this picture...

A friend has done this to her door chain, by accident, she must be as strong as an ox! I have removed it, because I wanted to try and find a maker's mark on there so that I could replace it, I cannot find anything, it's bare of any markings whatsoever - no BS standard or anything (which I...

Hullo, Asking for a friend. She has a flat she moved into a few months ago - middle of the block, so neighbours above, below and to the sides. Every now and again, but certainly not every day or all the time, her sink starts to really pong. It smells like sewer waste. I've experienced it - I...

Hi all - I'm hoping someone here could provide me with a bit of insight, advice and guidance as to what might have gone wrong with my home hot water system (central heating remains fine). The system was last serviced in Feb 2017 but - at the moment - the system is not producing hot water by...

Hi all, I've got a bed with a solid wooden (pine) base instead of slats - so it's solid sheets of wood the mattress will sit on - and I decided to wax it so at least it didn't look completely bare (even tho' it will be covered). I've applied the wax and the colour has changed nicely and I hope...

Hi all, I moved into my current house in 2014 and for around 2 years my central heating and hot water heating worked perfectly fine. Some time in the middle of last year I had an 'incident' where I heard lots of hot water gushing out of an safety overflow pipe and out into the waste. I called...

Has anyone else ever seen this? I had a brand new Pyronix Enforcer HomeControl+ with WiFi module installed by a professional company as part of a house refurbishment - the house also had a full rewire and is certified as you'd expect, new Consumer Board, new fused spur for the alarm. My issue...

I've done some Googling but come up short. Is there an on-line place (even tried eBay) where you can easily grab spare parts for a relatively recent Wylex consumer board? The transparent plastic flip-down cover has come off - the little protrusion at the left side and come off. Booklet says...

I have a building with external concrete bits that require a repaint. I use Sandtex Ultra Smooth Masonry Paint to match. I am not sure whether it's been done with a primer before. I've certainly not used a primer when I've touched-up areas. I doubt the previous owners did to be honest. This is...