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Hi all, The cold water was only dribbling out of the bathroom basin tap. I isolated the water and took the handles and spout off. I checked the cold cartridge, it visually looked fine but I swapped it with the hot one just in case, put everything back together but still the same issue...

Hi, my shower has developed a drip. Reading the forums seems to suggest a faulty cartridge (agreed ?). If so, can anybody identity the make of this mixer bar? Many thanks.

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Hi, I was recently digging in my front garden and discovered these pipes an inch under the top of my lawn. Near the front of the house they disappear under a front patio so I can't see where they go or what the service, but my gas meter is in close proximity so could they be gas pipes...

Dear all, I have a Veritas Excel alarm with 1 front door contact (Zone 1) and 5 PIRs (Zones 2 -6). I set the alarm (with the front door closed) before walking past the corridor PIR (Zone 2), opening the front door, walking out of the house and then closing and locking the door. All’s...

Hi all, advice needed.... I’m in the process of buying a property and found out that ‘the seller had electrical work carried out (namely, a lighting circuit rewire and a new consumer unit installed) in 2008’ but that ‘there’s no paperwork regarding this’. I understand that I can get my...

Dear all, I’d like to bolt a 2 meter length of 4”x2”timber against the external wall of my house. However, I’m unsure as to which type of bolts to use i.e. shield anchor projecting bolts, through bolt or shield anchor loose bolt?!?! Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Dear all, I’d like to bolt a 2 meter length of 4”x2”timber against the external wall of my house. However, I’m unsure as to which type of bolts to use i.e. shield anchor projecting bolts, through bolt or shield anchor loose bolt?!?! Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi, just wondering if anybody could recommend a website/online shop from which I could order a pre-made UPVC lean-to (~ 3 x 4 m) which I could then self-install. I'm not sure of the 'type' of conservatory/lean-to just yet, but was just wondering if anybody could suggest any good websites. Thanks.

I’m thinking of converting a thin strip of my garden which runs between the side of my house and the external boundary wall (which I own) into a covered brick ‘side extension’. The strip is currently a narrow, brick pathway 4 metres long and 0.9 metres wide and runs from the front of my...

Hi all, If possible, I’d like to check the wiring of my bell box (and possibly also alter its position against my external wall) without it sounding. It’s a Pyronik Belle bell box – I don’t think it has an engineer’s hold off mode. I have a Veritas Excel alram panel for which I know the...

Hi all, A few months ago I installed a Texecom Veritas Excel control panel/keypad and Pyronik Belle bell box. All was well until recently when my bell box started sporadically sounding for no apparent reason in bursts of 5 or so seconds. For example yesterday evening at ~7.30 it sounded for a...

Hi all, I've just installed a Veritas Excel alarm and Pyronik Belle Box (I used exisiting wiring and PIRs). Everything went ok. However, when I try the bell test there's no sound. But when I try the strobe test that works. I thought it was maybe the old wires, so I connected brand...

I'm trying to replace my old bell box with a new Pyronik Belle. Powered down the alarm. Opened up the control panel. Disconnected the control panel battery. Went up the ladder took off the old bell box cover (still not sure of the old box's name/manufacturer). Made a note of the...

Dear all, I’ll be attempting to change my existing bell box (sorry, I don’t know the model and/or manufacturer) with a newly purchased ‘Pyronik belle’ bell box. Maybe things will be a lot clearer to me once I dismantle the current box and have a look at how it’s wired in, however, I won’t...

Dear all, Please see attached diagram of the lower floor plan of my house. //www.diynot.com/network/nv_london/albums/ When we moved in the alarm (Abacus 8R) was already in place and set up. All wires/cables are hidden behind walls. The keypad is near the front door which has...

Dear all, I bought a house with an DA systems Abacus 8R alarm already installed (no manual/instructions to be found anywhere). After playing around with the keypad I managed to programme and set the alarm (the internal siren beeps for 30 or so secs and the alarm then sets....all good)...

Dear all, I replaced the thermocouple in my SMEG SUK 854 X oven just over 3 years ago with a genuine/original replacement (which cost ~ £35 at the time)....it's now broken again! I can get another genuine part for £40...

I have a Worcester combi 350 boiler and I'd like to de-scale my secondary/water to water heat exchanger as I'm having problems with intermittently hot and cold water from the shower (and after a lengthy process of elimination, I believe this to be the culprit). After reading the instruction...

Dear all, I’ve just moved in to a new place and noticed that the neon switch controlling the water heater was cracked and broken, I therefore decided to replace it. I went to a DIY store and bought an identical replacement. After turning off all the power to the house (the neon light at the...