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Hi all What are your views and experience of using polystyrene coving as compared with other types? Is it best to stick with plaster ones? I am more inclined to go for the former as it is lighter and possibly easier for a DIY novice like me to handle the work. Your wisdom is much...

I have WPA. The password key is correct as there is connection, but somehow the router is not assigning an IP address to the laptop... The DHCP is enabled mind you, so cannot figure out why it is stuck on status "acquiring network address" Apparently, this is a common problem people face...

Hi I have a wireless netgear router and a laptop which connects to it via a netgear stick. Also connected to it is my desktop pc via an ethernet cable. I am having problems with a 2nd laptop not connecting to the wireless network / router. It connects ie picks up the wireless signals...

Hi I have the same boiler, and this charging link is what I use to re-pressurise the system. I wonder if this is what you have too? http://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/index.php?fuseaction=accessory.detail&con_id=5052&detail_id=6388 It is at the bottom of the combi system - It connects the...

Kev.. your advice worked, very grateful for your help!

Thanks for the tip - Will give it a try...

Hi Guys I am baffled by a leak in one of my radiator valves. The radiator in the loft was on all winter - both valves opened, but it had air in there, so was not operating efficiently (I would say320-0%). I bled it last week-end and recharged the combi boiler - something new to me, but am...

I want to change a light switch plate from the usual white plastic one to a metallic one. I have read that the circuit earth cable should be connected direct to the metallic light plate instead of the switch box which is in the wall cavity. Is this right? Then, another earth coloured wire...

:oops: I meant a gas-fired fireplace :oops:

KP - Sorry, no disrespect / insult meant... A - Thanks for the help! Appreciate your wise comments very much...

Guys Advice please re the above! My first instinct is to take out one of those plumbing / central heating insurance packages from eg British Gas Homecare. But I'd rather hire a local specialist (corgi engineers?) for the job to obtain a more personal service. The person also needs to...

Thanks for your help - Indeed, the brown stuff has shrunk .. :lol:

Thanks for the suggestion and guidance. [in general white silicone taperd /flared from the floor to the toilet bowl base looks the best] By this, you mean white silicone sealant right? (If so, I'll try and do this neatly to blend the flooring to the base of the bowl - The gap is about...

Hi - There is laminate flooring in bathroom / toilet room, and the previous owner of this house I now live in has done a bad job with the laminate flooring at the edge of the toilet bowl. The flooring has not been cut properly around the bowl - ie it is not smooth all round plus there is a...

Dan As the last writer said, the knob i was referring to in my last comment is hexagonal and my one is white. It needs to be turned clockwise to fill the boiler internal system with mains water from the mains pipe (After locking the T Key into place to link the 2 pipes - This is if you have...

I don't know... as I don't know what you have got although you seem to have the key My one looks like the picture in the link I gave you. The knob is black and is next to the T of the key - pls see picture in the link Good luck - I need to try it myself...

Hi I am not an expert and am still getting used to my combi boiler which is the same as yours (I am in the same situation as you as I moved into a new place some 6 months ago). This is what I have under my boiler to re-pressurise the boiler...

Hi Is it true that energy savings bulbs don't go with dimmer switches? I am wondering whether it is worth cconverting the dimmer switch into a normal one - idea being to save energy convert to ES bulbs if the answer to above is Yes. So, can you pls advise if less electricity is consumed...

I have spotted the bleeding valves... At last! They are well hidden in the top left hand corner facing the wall, in a groove - Not very conspicuous I have to say... No wonder I thought they did not exist. Thanks for all the encouragement and help...

Thanks Elite... I am slowly getting the picture Will need guidance on having the combi boiler re-pressurised later on - Will start a new thread to seek expert advice (I am doing some research/reading to undertand how these things work). But first, I need to sort the air out - Still...