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    Smell coming from understairs cupboard.

    I wonder if anyone can throw some light on something that is bothering me. I have a small under stairs cupboard which houses the fuse box and other switches and boxes. There is a hole in the back of the cupboard through which come some wires from an extension I think that was done in the...
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    Noise in pipes when central heating fires up.

    Hi, have a 2 year old Baxi HE boiler which has been a nightmare from day one with air noises in the boiler that no one (even Baxi) seems to be able to sort out. Last winter I had alot of noise from pipes in the house aswell but had lots of work done to create space around the pipes and that...
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    new virgin socket and telephone

    Hi all. I have just switched from BT to Virgin for my phone as I already have a Virgin package of broadband and TV. When the engineer came to install the socket , he put it in the corner behind the tv (not by the BT socket as I have read would have been best) as that is where the cable comes...
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    advice about modem and router please

    Hi, I am getting conflicting advice about this, please help. I have just had a new modem fitted instead of the internet coming through the set top box. I also have a wireless router in the same vicinity. should they be left on all the time ( and also the cable set top box?) or should I turn...
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    multi extension or new socket

    I have just been fitted with a modem for my internet and also had a new phone line put in the same corner as my tv, set top box , router, dvd, video etc. etc. So need 2 new plug points-I have a double socket in that corner and run 2 multi extension cables from them - one holds 3 plugs and one...
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    Expansion tank in loft

    Hi, just a little information please. British Gas came today to do some work and left the loft space open, so i went up to close it and noticed that he had messed about with the little expansion tank , and I noticed that there isn't much water in there ( below the ball valve) and also that...
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    expansion creaking noises in boiler?

    Hi please can someone tell me if it is normal for a new Baxi Solo HE condensing boiler to make sounds in operation that sound like pipes contracting - sort of expansion noises - they aren't regular, sometimes more than others and are not really very loud , Have had many problems so far with...
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    power flush requirement?

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can advise or if I need to contact the manufacturer about this? I recently had a new boiler installed and had numerous problems relating to boiler noise etc. some of which have been ironed out abit but some still remain. It transpires that the installer did not power...
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    sealed system

    Hi, if I have air in the system that seems unexplained-would changing to a sealed system solve this problem and how easy is it to change from open vent to sealed. The boiler is new and has air in it that is coming from somewhere , after having pipework adjustments , it still is there . Would...
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    Normal boiler noise

    I have just had a Baxi Solo HE 15 fitted-it seems quite noisy and I am not sure if this is normal or not. It is in my kitchen so I do notice the noise-is it right for it to sound quite noisy especially when it first starts up? Not just the firing up but the general running noise. Thanks
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