Do-It-Yourself Homeowner

replacing a combi boiler with a combi boiler - legal?

Hi I havebeen told that I should be replacing our knackered combi with a condensing combi due to new legistaltion. Is t...

7 comments posted 20yrs

posted by c.a.long

7 comments posted 20yrs posted by c.a.long

Central Heating Woes

Got in last night and the boiler was thrashing away as usual but the radiators and hot water seemed very hot. Suddenly...

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posted by CaptTolley

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new plaster cracking

Please help me! I recently had some skimming done by an amateur diy bloke, and as the skim has dried it is cracking. Th...

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posted by LisaJConway

15 comments posted 20yrs posted by LisaJConway

Heating

I'm changing the taps in my bathroom so I've got to turn the water off under the sink , obviously. Will this st...

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posted by *me

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by *me

Know anything about boilers ?

Hello, I am having to replace an old boiler in my house, a 3 bedroom terraced property. The existing one is a conventio...

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posted by una.oatham

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CCTV Advice Needed For Home Security

Hello All I need some advice with regards CCTV.I need a system that will be looking over a car park outside my house.It...

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posted by ioan_davies

33 comments posted 20yrs posted by ioan_davies

Screwfix Selling 'Left-Handed' Woodscrews ???

Has anyone that uses Screwfix noticed that they appear to have added 'left-handed' woodscrews to their product...

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posted by abc

4 comments posted 20yrs posted by abc

Shower door runner broken

Hi, >I have a folding door shower enclosure and the plastic bracket with the ba= ll >bearing runner has snapped which w...

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posted by benjemima

6 comments posted 20yrs posted by benjemima

Colour masking?

Our hall is painted in a dark ochre/terracotta colour. We want to repaint it in a very pale grey - can someone suggest...

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posted by noone

1 comments posted 20yrs posted by noone

Grey sludge in a washing machine

We have a Bosch WM, and live in a hard water area, the machine collects grey sludge internally somewhere and periodical...

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posted by peter

7 comments posted 20yrs posted by peter

Programmable thermostat / wiring?

I've recently been given a Drayton Digistat 3 programmable thermostat. In it there are 3 connectors:- 1- c 2- sat 3...

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posted by dcdccd'sdc

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by dcdccd'sdc

Fully pumped open vented heating system and position of cylinder return

have read (http://www.gasman.fsbusiness.co.uk/fully_pumped_systems.htm) that on a fully pumped open vented system the c...

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posted by harrylyon

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by harrylyon

Lec EL551AW fridge bulb

Hi the bulb blow so i got a replacement which does not light. now being a competent electronics design engineer i worke...

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posted by usenet

6 comments posted 20yrs posted by usenet

combi boiler leak

Hi I have a 3 year old Boxer C24 combi boiler. the problem with it is it is loosing pressure from the central heating....

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posted by helz

7 comments posted 20yrs posted by helz

Damp proofing

Hi Has anyone any experience of using a product from a company called Dryzone for damproofing brickwork. Its a cream th...

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posted by d.ball

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by d.ball