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andrew-webber,
What are the relative levels of the water surface in the cold water tank and the CH tank? If the water is higher in the cold water tank it is very likely that the coil in the hot water cylinder has perforated allowing water to pass between the two systems.
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rose,
If you mean a continuous regular knocking sound the most likely cause is that the jumper on the valve on a radiator fed by the pipe is loose and is suddenly turning off the flow to the radiator. Check by opening the valves (both ends) on radiators fed by the noisy section of pipe.
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Mike_S
You should have a cooker switch on the wall - the cost will depend on whether a new circuit will have to be provided.
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dan1, Presumably you know this is going to hurt! The roof will have to be stripped back to bare rafters. Each of the rafters will need looking at individually and their remaining strength assessed - good ones treated and bad ones treated and strengthened with additional rafters. With the age of the ...

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storeyboy, With cavity walls it is very unlikely that the damp is due to bridging of the cavity unless the birds have dropped so much material down the cavity that it is causing a bridge. Suggest you get hold of a humidity gauge and thermometer. If you Google "lamtec.com" and view the dew ...

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jimcars,
For the one on concrete form a concrete base with the wast pipe buried in it - allow a large hole around the waste for final positioning. For the one on timber, if you cannot get the waste below floor level, form a timber frame, fit WPB ply top with tray on that.
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theglenhotel,
A daft question but do you have non adjustable (without tools) lockshield valves on all radiators? If not could one of your guests have been making adjustments which creates a short circuit through one of the radiators?
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Paddyash,
Yes your installer has not fitted a backdraught flap or he has fitted it wrongly.
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theglenhotel, There is a good chance that the pump is on its way out. With 30 radiators I suspect a specialist pump is fitted which will cost a fortune to replace. You may find that a standard pump something like the Grundfos Series 100 pump will be adequate for the job but it will be borderline. end

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helen5251, The current range of parkray inset enclosed fires do have boilers in them. Yours may not. You would need to get someone in who knows what they are looking for to determine whether your fire has a back-boiler. If it does there is no guarantee that the boiler is sound so that would need to ...

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StrangerUK,
Go to a local timber merchant, select the size of skirting board you would like and get them to router out whatever size of groove you would like. Make sure it is in the middle of the board so that you can securely fix to the wall.
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max5445, I doubt it would have anything to do with sealing the kitchen drain. If you wanted to check remove the toilet and fit a replacement pan adaptor which has a side tapping for fitting a durgo valve. You can also check at the same time whether there is anything blocking the pipe out of the toil...

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peter, A lot depends on the arrangement of the support walls below your loft, clearly you cannot have a clear unsupported span of 7m with the existing joists. What are you going to do with the loft and do you want to increase the amount of insulation. If your new joists were run on top and at right ...

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robert_bullimore, Your question is very difficult to answer so here are a few pointers. 1. No matter which of the new technologies you select they will all reduce your energy useage. 2. No-one can tell what will happen to fuel prices. 2. If you have money burning a hole in your pocket go for whichev...

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AJG, Painting your stairs could be more trouble than it is worth - there are likely to be nail holes all over the place and what about your neighbours hearing you going up and down the stairs. If you are in a leasehold property there may well be clauses which stipulate that you must have carpet. I s...

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