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    Correct RSJ - 1930s house

    thank you for your explanation, from your experience do the sizes stated sound in the correct region i should be looking at. obviously the difference being one is stronger than the other but more expensive, although not massively.
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    Correct RSJ - 1930s house

    thanks for the reply doggit, im not sure i fully understand your reply, sorry maybe i am reading wrong, yes work will be under BC .
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    Correct RSJ - 1930s house

    254 x 102 203 x 102 UB a are the two sizes i have been advised ... this is strange, i have been advise the 203 but i asked a neighbour who has knocked walls left right and centre in a pretty much identical house and he has the plans and receipt etc from a veru similar knock through and had...
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    Correct RSJ - 1930s house

    im currently in the process of rennovating a house - possibly including knocking through a wall between what is currently a small kitchen and the dining room. its a 1930s 3 bed semi so im sure many of you know the layout and have seen this work done plenty of times! the Length of the steel...
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    Lost key to a bedroom door

    I didn't need a locksmith in the end was able to do it myself albeit maybe took a bit longer. After all it is a DIY forum 👍🏿
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    Lost key to a bedroom door

    Thanks for the help Jackrae. I managed to drill the lock straight through and then force it round with a screwdriver. Locksmith... 😉
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    Lost key to a bedroom door

    Yes I've tried a couple of little screwdrivers etc, the key itself does have different shapes/grooves on each side so I believe it is a bit more of a proper lock
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    Lost key to a bedroom door

    We've lost a key to a bedroom door in the house and have turned the place upside down. I need to access this room and would like advice as to what/his is best to get in. It's a fairly basic lock I would imagine that has been added to the door afterwards. It's not connected in anyway to...
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    My understanding is that the boiler should modulate to provide the correct temperature water even in colder weather, whilst I agree there may be some temperature difference In winter I'm sure in 2013 nobody would expect like warm water every time it's cold, So whilst there's logic to your...
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    Cheers ben ! Thanks for the advice, what sort of faults could cause this and what tests would need doing safely
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    So the likelihood is a blockage in the plate heat exchanger, because as you said it would have ,is behaved in previous winters aswell I'd have thought and this is its 5th winter ! Are these easy to remove and clean out or check to confirm the suspected problem
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    It's odd that if the tap is turned up full it loses loads of its heat, but turn it down slightly and it's steaming hot !
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    That was a thought I had, could it really make that much of a difference ? (I'm not questioning you just wondered if it can really make that big a difference)
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    Greenstar 28i junior HW performance issue

    As above the boiler is a 28i greenstar 5 years old and has always worked fine Over the past month or so the Dhw has been struggling at full flow rate, for example if I run the hot water on full flow the water cools to a luke warm temperature but if the water is turned down slightly suddenly...
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    Buderus 500 boiler range.. split hydrobloc !? (common?)

    evening guys, got a Buderus combi boiler that appears to have a leak from the hydrobloc. never seen/changed one of these before but looks a bit of a pig ! could anyone advise if theyve done these what sort of timescale its likely to take and also any advice/tips of best way to tackle it...
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    Vailant ecomax 828E fault hissing on hw demand

    I have the above boiler with a fault i've not seen before and wondered if someone could offer some of their experience of these , the boiler is around 10 years old vailant ecomax, the homeowners handyman had drained the system to remove two upstairs rads for decorating purposes, since...
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