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    How can I draught proof this door, please?

    @ Big-All....The door just closes against the frame. @ nwh....Do you want to give me a link to the specific product, please? Thanks guys.
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    How can I draught proof this door, please?

    Hi I have an outward opening wooden stable door. The bottom opening side of the bottom half has warped outwards and left us with a howling gale coming in. I've tried the stick on stuff but, unless it's very precise which is difficult to achieve, all it's doing is pushing the door out...
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    Well, it's just over a month now since I had this problem. I'm happy to report that everything has remained as it should and the heating system is running brilliantly. Thank you so much again to everyone who helped :D
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    Thanks for this, John. I have a reminder now to check the pressure once a month, just to monitor how it goes. I may be back if it's dropping too quickly!! :shock:
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    Right......I've done it!!! I have a dinky adjustable wrench in my girlie tool bag and it's done the trick. Just enough leveredge to move the lever. Got the system up to 1.5, bled the radiator, topped back up to 1.5......amazing!!! Thank you so much for your help. The internet is a brilliant...
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    Thank you so much. One of the levers is already horizontal. You can see it just to the right of the guage. The other one is very difficult to move, it's really stiff. I'm guessing it should turn left, towards the copper pipe. Is that right? If so, I can give it a bit more wellie!! I don't...
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    YES!! I have one reading zero. It's under the red thing....which I now believe might be a pressure vessel from reading on t'internet (not sure what it does or how it works, though!!). My boiler is a Rayburn Nouvelle on mains gas. What do I need to do? I'm confident enough to have a go as...
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    My heat sink radiator won't bleed - with pictures

    Hi I have a towel rail radiator (one that looks like a ladder) in an upstairs bathroom which acts as a heat sink and, consequently, is permanently on. A week or so ago I noticed that the top 2 bars were only warmish, whereas the rest of the bars were very hot, so I bled the air out and the...
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