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Washing machine no longer heats up water

It's a Zanussi ZWF 16581. I'm guessing that the heating element has gone, and replacing it will do the trick (is there...
16 comments posted 9yrs
posted by real-not-anti-spam-address
16 comments posted 9yrs posted by real-not-anti-spam-address

Ot: More tunes for UK.d-i-yers...

Pamela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgZnNz4quHA For Harry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC4r3QFnmQ8 Whiskey Dave...
8 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tnp
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by tnp

Removing nuts

I'm having trouble removing them, despite using spanners, hammer & blowtorc h. It's a 3 way momo heating valve. The nut...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tabbypurr
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by tabbypurr

Megaflow drain

Megaflow tank in property cold water feed to tank turns both hot and cold supply to property , turned mains off to tank...
1 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Mick
1 comments posted 9yrs posted by Mick

Power Supply to Garage

I will be replacing my rather leaky garage with a larger new one soon. This will leave 4' gap between the garage and ho...
39 comments posted 9yrs
posted by tricky.dicky
39 comments posted 9yrs posted by tricky.dicky

Toilet cistern handle problem

The handle on our toilet is faulty. I cannot see an easy fix, thought this might be a good time to change is for the bu...
15 comments posted 9yrs
posted by messageboards
15 comments posted 9yrs posted by messageboards

Ridged carpet fix?

I was let down by carpet fitters three times, with the carpet ready to fit stored in the garage ready for the hall/stai...
4 comments posted 9yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
4 comments posted 9yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Well that sucks

in a good way. The other day I ordered some vacuum hose[1] - I thought it might prove handy in the workshop since I oft...
3 comments posted 9yrs
posted by see.my.signature
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by see.my.signature

Ink for Epson - Shake or not

Reading the instructions for changing the ink on a Epson printer I saw the instruction to Shake the black ink - but don...
5 comments posted 9yrs
posted by Somewhere
5 comments posted 9yrs posted by Somewhere

When sawboards go bad

So I cut a length off a full sheet of 3/4" MDF. Being too large to feed through my table saw I used my long sawboard[1]...
7 comments posted 9yrs
posted by see.my.signature
7 comments posted 9yrs posted by see.my.signature

Fitting a new cold water tank

Hi All it looks like our old cold water tank is leaking in the loft. I have got a drip tray under it and will be invest...
13 comments posted 9yrs
posted by jkn_gg
13 comments posted 9yrs posted by jkn_gg

Door chain for PVC front door

Last night at about 9PM in the dark there was a knock at the front door. People never seem to see the door bell. It was...
41 comments posted 9yrs
posted by MrPounder
41 comments posted 9yrs posted by MrPounder

Photography question - LED lighting

I've got a lot of old photographs to digitise. The options are to scan or re-photograph, and a website on the topic sug...
30 comments posted 9yrs
posted by robkgraham
30 comments posted 9yrs posted by robkgraham