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I have an oil boiler and one of my radiators is making an annoying noise, almost like a vibrating noise. Thinking it was trapped air I tried bleeding it but no air came out, just water straight away. I have the thermostatic valve set to maximum (setting no.5) and if I reduce the valve just half a no...

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I have an oil fired Worcester combi boiler which is pretty old now - around 20 years old in fact. I know it needs replaced but was hoping to get one more winter out of it. Over the past few days it has been losing pressure very quickly, dropping to almost '0' overnight when it is off and this is far...

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The plasterboard ceiling in one of my bedrooms has suffered some water damage. I was going to try and effect a repair by scraping off all the loose paper and filling with joint compound but as I am not the best of DIYers perhaps this is not a valid option. Would it be better cutting out the damage a...

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Many thanks for your reply. That puts my mind at rest so I will get one of these blanking plugs as a precaution.

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I am having a new washing machine delivered next week to replace my old one which has both a hot and cold supply and I am assuming the new machine will require a cold supply only thereby making the hot feed redundant. Both supply pipes are fitted with on/off valves but I wanted to know if it is suff...

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Washing machine replacement - do I need to block off hot water supply pipe