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Been employing a floorer to sand and oil the floors and for the last two days the large floor sander has been working fine. Yesterday however the RCD kept tripping. Electrician was called and he said the fault was with the floor sander which was potentially dangerous hence RCD trip. To...

The DT10RF receiver on my 25Si Greenstar boiler is playing silly buggers. I was finding the heating coming on in the middle of the night when it wasn't timed to come on. I tried to reduce this happening by switching the receiver to OFF before bed. However, the heating still comes on even though...

Will the installation of secondary glazing on an already double glazed window, significantly make a difference sound proof wise? I've looked all over the internet for soundproofing and if you've got single glazed windows and are adding secondary then there's lot of info and technical data...

The rear elevation of my house is brickwork with one coat of coloured render that's been painted. I'm getting damp patches appearing on the inside wall. Would something like Stormdry be of any use or is that only for exposed brick rather than completely covered brick?

Hi, I want to plug my new ADSL2 router (t-link) into an old telephone extension socket upstairs but the socket looked cracked and broken so I've bought Secondardy Surface Extension Socket 2/6A There are four wires coming from the old extension - orange, orange and white, blue and blue and...

Hi, I've got a Ecotec Plus 831 boiler and thanks to this site was able to download the operating instructions for the timeswitch 140 that came with the boiler. The problem I have is that I've programmed the timeswitch, everything is in order, but the heating is not coming on at the times...

I have just had an 831 boiler with a digital time switch fitted but for the life of me I can't find any information on how to set the bleedin' thing. I've looked everywhere online but to no avail, even in the manuals which in all the diagrams have the boiler have the timer greyed out and marked...

At present I have installed throughout the house pretty old fashioned radiators which are inefficient and need replacing. But I'm at a loss as to what to replace them with. I dont want designer radiators or anything, just standard types but am confused as to what a new standard radiator consists...

I have original (circa 1890's) 2 by 3 joists that run length ways along the ceiling and are begining to bow quite badly. Is the solution just to replace entirely with larger joists? The reason this has come up is the fact that the plasterer has taken down the mortar ceiling because it was bowing...

I've got a Worcester 240 combi which used to switch off when it reached a certain temp. Now it just runs permanently until the timer switches it off. Is this a thermostat issue? And is it easy to change?

With the mixer shower I'v recently started getting only very hot water or cold water. Nothing in between. This only seems to affect the shower - the taps work fine as do the radiators. The boiler is a Worcester 240 Combi. Any suggestions?

I have a combi boiler and recently the boiler only kicks in when i turn the thermostat on the shower to 45 ie burning hot. It just runs cold otherwise. I've increased the pressure bar but still no luck. With regard to normal hot water there's no problem, it just seems to affect the shower. Any...

Am having quite common problems with the Worcester 240 - CH is fine but there is no hot water unless the CH is also switched on and then it's tepid. From what i can gather there is a good chance it's the diverter valve/diaphragm. How easy are these to fit yourself (i don't wish to blow the...