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Hi I am repairing my Garage doorframe. I have made up a new tread piece up for the bottom of the frame which was rotten. I have some Ronseal wood treatment but I'm not sure if I can paint over it or will it stop the paint from adhering. Thanks G.

Hi Swidders and all I looked a little closer and I'm not sure now that the water was coming from the gland nut it could have been evaporation trapped under the plastic knob. On closer inspection (after lifting up the floorboards and checking every joint I could get to) I spotted the paint on a...

Hi Have posted here previously regarding my new combi losing pressure. http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=164926 I topped up the pressure last Sunday and it is low again this morning. Checked all around the system. I lifted the cover off the tap on the hall radiator and found...

Nickp Don't get yourself all bitter and twisted! This is what I am trying to find out about. The consequences of fitting a new boiler onto a dirty system! Seems like a reasonable query to me.

Hi Bengasman Posted earlier today about this - woke up this morning and pressure was at Zero. Boiler still fired up though. I bled radiators again and loads of air came out. Re-pressurised the system but from what the 'gas fitter' said about only having to lose 1 litre I was expecting just a...

David937 I think I may have a problem with my installation. I have had to pressurise my system today. Woke up and it was at Zero! I have posted here last couple of weeks or so. I have had to bleed the radiators 3 times now since installation of Combi Vokera HE on 15th December. The...

Hi Noisy I have a similar problem see my post "should I have to bleed my radiators". Talking with the lads at work a couple have said that after they got a new boiler they had to bleed the radiators a few times before they settled down. As you can see from my post I got in touch with my...

Hi Got through to plumber this morning says it is normal to have to bleed radiators. Said it is a small system 7 rads and I can't have a leak because I would only have to lose about a litre and the system pressure would be down to zero. This right? Ta.

Hi Everyone Not had to top up the pressure yet at 1 bar now but pressure has fallen slightly each time I have bled the system it was about 1.6. Boiler is a PROCombi 85 HE think it is from PTS but I have discovered it is a rebadged Vokera HE. At the time the 'gas fitter' did say I could have...

Hi Won't answer phone or reply to messages. Had to replace the thermostat after 2 days - they wired it up to the old water damaged one and the boiler wouldn't turn off with the timer. Logged a call on warranty but he disconnected the thermostat at the boiler end and left the wire hanging on...

Hi Moved house just before Xmas. The old boiler failed 2 days before the move. Vendor had a new boiler fitted for us. Saturday - rush job. They turned it on and never came back basically. After about 2 days the bathroom radiator was cold about half way up so I bled the radiator. I have had...

Hi Cjard No drips on the cardboard so no visible leak. As for the MOT what I mean is I did check the level before it went in and I'm sure they must have (do they?) and that was only a few weeks ago. Dipstick looks fine oil filler cap no white gunge. A mate has given me a bottle 125ml Holst...

Feeling like a bit of a numpty now Skippster. Checked the coolant level and it has taken a full litre bottle and as much water to top it up. Car has only recently passed MOT. never had to top it up before. Where can it have gone?!!! I have a large sheet of cardboard under the engine now to...

Thanks a lot everyone. Gives me something to work on. G.

Hi The last couple of weeks I am getting very little heat from my heater. I know it has been cold but when I am motoring along the heater works O.K. but in a queue of traffic or at a standstill it blows almost cold and a couple of times the radiator fan has kicked in even on these freezing...

Hi Just before Xmas I had a PROCombi 85HE fitted. After a couple of days I noticed the timer was not working and the boiler was on all the time. The gas fitter has ignored all my calls so I logged a call under warranty. The warranty fitter checked the boiler said it was the room thermostat...

Thanks Bahco - last fag I had was last Christmas never thought I'd last this long. Stopped for 17 yrs once and started again - spent most nights dreaming of a fag - still do !!!! :roll:

Hi Can anyone help? I am moving into a house (hopefully soon) and the central heating has been drained because of a leak and the house being vacant. I think it is an open system I know there is a Hot water tank and a 2 water tanks in the attic - the smaller is the expansion tank I presume...

Thanks a lot. All 3 have been replaced and still working. Think it is probably the quality of the bulbs even though we pay through the nose for them - built in failure rate. Latest set from Charlie Browns nearly had a heart attack when he asked for £2.50 for a bulb!! But it is next door to my...

Hi Wonder if anyone can help me with this? I am forever burning out my rear brake lights. This time all 3 went. I have looked at the fuse panel and it has a 15 amp fuse. If the 2 side brake lights are 21W and the high level is 15W that makes a total of 57 W - 57 /12 is about 5 Amp by my...