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I have a Vokera Combi Boiler in my flat which is not heating the radiators or water properly, luke warm radiators an no hot water at all. I've had the Scottish Hydro engineer out to fix it and so far he's replaced the circuit board a gas valve and one of two thermostats, he's coming back...

Need a some advise on bleeding a radiator. In my flat I drained and removed a radiator to get it repainted. I've refitted it and can't get any air out of it. It's a combi boiler system feeding 6 radiators. After I reconnected the valves and opened them I could hear the water flowing for a few...

As the title says got an old flat and traditional plug type fixings for screws haven't been too succesful, I'm finding the plaster is quite powdery so it tends to break up just as the screw starts to grip and the plug pulls out. It's also pot luck if you catch a stud so looking for an...

Anyone used Polycell's Smoothover and what's your opinion of it? I have two lath and plaster walls in an old flat which have a very rough and unveven finish to them, so was thinking of trying smoothover on it. Just wanted to know any good or bad opinions of the stuff or is there something...

I have a gainsborough electric shower with three power settings, low, medium and high. It works fine on low and medium, even to the point of being more than hot enough on medium, but if I try it on high power it trips the circuit breaker. I'm a DIY'er so not a qualified electrician. AFAIK the...

Hi just joined and looking for advise I have a strange problem with the lighting in my flat, basically on two occasions now the lights have faded out quite quickly, not a sudden switch off, but not tripped the circuit breaker either. One light in my living room has stayed working but all...