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My Potterton Puma 80 now has numerous faults which resulted in a cold evening huddled under blankets last night. Can anyone start with a reccomendation as to a replacement boiler - house is a victorian 3 bed terrace with 1 x bathroom (mixer shower over bath). Ive heard the daddy's are...

Hi can anyone help - I have successfully sanded boards upstairs in my Victorian Terrace with superb results .....however the stairs seem a somewhat more difficult proposition - What is the best tool for this job? - My local hire company suggested an orbital sander - i wonder if this is...

YThey seem like a red/brown type washer made of a compressed material which has flaked away the rads aint that old i assume maybee 10years old fitted with the boiler - both rads and boiler inherited - does this sound right - -seems like a good cleen up and replacement of washers would work but...

YThey seem like a red/brown type washer made of a compressed material which has flaked away the rads aint that old i assume maybee 10years old fitted with the boiler - both rads and boiler inherited - does this sound right - -seems like a good cleen up and replacement of washers would work but...

Thanks for replies - Wax capsule if applicable and "blow of vale" would rectify leak from overflow and retain pressure ? Would that also help with water temp too ? or is that something more costly ?

Please help above boiler is behaving badly. Hot water comes out warm at best I shower under max temp with no cold and that is with a low flow rate to get that warm. Some rads leak which ment system needed recharging, unfortunately tap was left open which resulted in water pouring from overflow -...