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ANSWER: I think I found the reason why the ball valve was off - when I repaired the various pipe fractures and opened the valve, the valve leaked. Close the valve and the leak stops!!??! So I presume my lazy plumber found it easier to turn it off than replace it... I can see no reason to have a valv...

NormanW

This is the tale of a southern European plumber, and me trying to fix the faults he has left me with! I had a local plumber install central heating. It is an open system, heated by a 16kW wood stove boiler. In the unheated, uninsulated bare roof tile loft, typical of here, he installed a small 10 li...

NormanW

It's high summer here in the Mediterranean with outside shade temperatures hovering around +35C, and the inside temperature around+30C with 40% humidity. I am trying to wallpaper and am running into problems. The rooms are an old stone farmhouse, solid 800mm thick walls plastered with lime plaster i...

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I also posted the question on a US forum and have received the answer! There is a small vent hole in the top of the paint pot which has to be kept clear. When I looked at the top of my sprayer, the hole was completely blocked solid with rock hard paint. I removed the plug with some small drill bits ...

NormanW

This is a long shot really. Does anyone know anything about adjusting syphon airline sprayers? I have an ancient air compressor and several different airline attachments. It was made in 1978 in Spain and I bought it second hand in 2003. I am trying to get the Syphon Spray Gun to work properly sprayi...

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