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All of a sudden, it's after starting to work properly again! (after 4 days) Whatever blockage was there must have freed itself in the past few minutes. :)

The flow from the hot tap in our bathroom has been getting progressively slower the past few days. Today it's almost stopped altogether. The hot flow in other taps is fine. I attempted to take the tap apart to look at the washer, but I am unable to undo the head gear; it just won't budge. The...

Yup, I found that out already :D I will try what you suggested. Many thanks.

I have a Henderson Hardware 600 series door closer, and need to increase the latching speed. There are two adjustment screws, one for the closing speed, and the other for the latching speed. Unfortunately, neither is marked, so I don't know which is which. I have it configured as Clockwise Push...

nice one, thanks!

Hi, My Air Con is not working that well at the moment. The Revs dip slightly, so it looks like it's either a blocked pollen fillter or a re-gas is needed. Does anyone know where the pollen filter is located? 2003 Megane - new style Thanks Bothyhead

Thanks for the replies. I think that I am currently running the boiler at about 65ºC, so it looks like I should turn it up a bit. Dave

Hi guys, I came across an article which stated that radiators perform at their peak (in terms of convection heating) when the boiler temp was between 70 and 80 degrees. Is this correct? Thanks, Dave

Excellent - thanks Lectrician!

I apologize in advance as I know this has been asked before (I have read the previous posts but I am still a bit confused) Does an outdoor socket need it's own 30mA RCD protection if the circuit it is spurred from already is protected by a 30mA RCD in the CU? If additional RCD...

hi clarian this is taken from the Irish equivalent of the OSG Because you would have to lean over a potentially hot cooker/hob to switch it off in an emergency - thus risking burning yourself.

Thanks bas - that will be handy to know for the future.