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Central heating flue

Advice needed please. We are renewing our gas boiler (after 25 years) and need to know if we can use the old steel lined flue. Thanks Julie.

trendypaul

Why do my jeans always wear out at the crotch? My jeans (and to some extent most of my trousers) always wear out at the seam in the crotch, normally right alongside the seam itself. What's annoying is...

lorraine29

leaking radiator

Just checked on kids and their bedroom carpet is wet, when I have checked it a small section of paint on the bottom of their radiator is bubbling and flaking off and water is dripping quite fast from...

martinjr

Pilot light out - vokera

Builder did not leave user manual for vokera mynute 16e. I switched electricity off earlier this week to work on new switched but pilot light went out and now I've no heat. Anyone know where to locate...

chappie

Henry Any Good?

Does anyone know if the Henry vacuum cleaner is good for laminate flooring? My home is laminated throughout, and I am looking for a new vacuum cleaner. Anyone know of a cleaner that is particularly...

cherryelm

berlin visit

my husband and i are visiting berlin april 30th for 3 nights ineed advice on where to visit what to see and reccommendations on eating and drinking. thank you

mousey9t

dysons

want to get new vacum cleaner prob get a dyson.any ideas from anyone whos got one,which model best to get?

Greedyfly

Digital cameras

Hi, I know absolutley nothing about cameras/digital cameras. I want to buy one for my sister for her birthday - she is nearly 16 and is going on holiday soon and wants one to take with...

hcyeow

Pressure drop - combi-boiler system

We moved into a house with a combi-boiler system. When one shower, nobody else can turn on the tap (unless you want a HOT shock of your life). Is there any simple fix to this problem rather than a...

shellt

Washing machine problem

My washing machine drains, but fills the kitchen sink and then drains straight back into the washing machine. I wonder if it could be the washing machine itself that's the problem, or maybe a blocked...

answer_raj

Central Heating blowing hot and cold

Why are the radiators to my gas central heating hot one minute and then completely cold within 10 minutes. Given 1/2 to 1 hour they are hot again and then cold. This happens to all the radiators in...

ploppy

central heating

why should one radiator stay cold,when all the rest get hot.

willpig

quizmail animation

what is the title of the 2000 film, made in the uk, which is the longest stop-motion animated feature film ever made? I thought it was Fantasia 2000, but I now think that was made in usa.

rupertbrehen

Sure for men - giant phallus

This sounds like an hallucination, but does anyone remember the year 2000 Sure advert where a guy is at a factory for a job interview and it is full of sexy, sweaty women. They are in an industrial...

kellysara

Low water pressure in electric shower

My electric shower has stopped working due to low pressure. It has worked fine up until now. The water coming out of the taps is fine. What might be causing the problem?

Kingy

Electric Showers

Why does the water in my Triton T80si Extra electric shower keep stopping? We don't live in an area that is bad for limescale and the problem only happens infrequently. Any ideas?