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My son and girl friend moved into their house about 3 years ago. The existing shower is an Aqualisa Quartz model and the processor box is grey. My understanding is that the grey box was superceded with a black box several years ago, so it will be well outside any warranty. Recently the pump no...

I have a mixer bath tap which has a shower hose attachment There is a divertor that diverts the water to the shower Recently the hose started leaking, so I replaced it However, since that time, the shower divertor has not worked fully: some of the water is still coming out of the bath...

About 2 years ago, we changed the toilet for a built in type with the flush mechanism concealed in the housing unit, as shown in the picture The flush efficiency was never very good and in an attempt to improve this, I recently changed the pipe connecting the cistern to the pan: the old pipe...

I am trying to identify a hand tool used for nail extraction Several years ago, a builder who was doing some work for an extension on my property demonstrated the tool and I now want to try and buy one. The tool was used for removing nails embedded in wood As far as I can remember, the...

Heater / Boiler Options for Replacement We are in the process of buying a house to pass onto our children when they are older At present the house is rented out As a result we have an annual maintenance and inspection certificate This is carried out by a national company that does...

I have a Potterton Netaheat 10/16 Mk II (gas) boiler which has recently failed to fire up The boiler gets part way through its start up sequence, but the main burners never fire up The boiler has been operating normally and there have been no recent changes The room and / or cylinder...

I purchased the following Screwfix items a) Pegler Mimo Shower Valve (Screwfix part number 21019) b) Chrome Sun Ray Shower kit (Screwfix part number 52780) I have installed the components adapting an existing shower pump and the results are disappointing Below I describe the...

I am thinking of replacing my existing central heating pump with a Wilo Smart pump The existing pump was fitted to the system in 1984 and rotates in an anti-clockwise direction. It is in a pipe that feeds into a junction where motorised valves for hot water, ground floor heating and first...

I'm planning to add some Sentinel X400 sludge remover to my central heating system and at the same time fit a towel radiator - I think I can get away with a partial drain After I've run the sludge remover for a couple of weeks, I was then planning to fully drain down, remove and flush each...

We have a Cannon Camberley gas cooker (model number 10308G) which was purchased in June 2001 Over the last year the burner ignition has become increasingly intermittent: sometimes they light - sometimes they don't. As a fall back, they can always be lit manually with a match I have...

I have a leaking mixer tap which I think I can dismantle once I get the tap tops removed. However, I can't get the tap tops off and need some advice The mixer tap is probably about 20 years old with a central swivel mixer pipe, with hot tap on the left, cold tap on the right. Each of the...

Hello, I have a Bosch fridge-freezer that is about 7 years old (KGV2604-GB/02) The door seals have started to split, and I have tried a couple of places to get replacement seals, but am told they are integral to the doors. It's going to cost about £200 to get both doors replaced, so this...