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    Door closing springs on internal doors

    building regs say that the springs have to be fitted for fire regs when the property is first built but usually only if you have an attached garage that has direct access to the house.once you move in its your choice to disable them or not. i assume they are the type fitted at the back edge of...
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    Teak front door with 3 point system hard to lock.

    when you remove the screws along the door to remove the mech dont remove the machine screws,only the wood screws and you'll be fine (the machine screws have a finer thread and will be very short).it will all slide off the door easy enough and may just need a good clean out with WD40 or similar...
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    loft beam

    my loft has a horizontal joist/beam running across it (about half way up).its attached to one of the sloping beams either side of the roof space that the tiles are attached to.the bolts holding it in place are slightly loose and the beam appears to be under no load because it can be rattled. my...
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    Fitting Pad Handle UVPC Front Door

    you dont need to know how and why,just that with the correct upvc door mech it does work.the handle/paddle still operates all the boltwork up and down the door and the key on the outside really only locks it all and operates the latch only on specific models.
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    Fitting Pad Handle UVPC Front Door

    which bits confusing? let us know and i'll try and explain differently if i can
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    UPVC Front Door won't deadlock

    handyhands is right and it'll break sooner rather than later,it'll be costly if it breaks in the locked position and you need a locksmith out to sort it,fix it asap.
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    Fitting Pad Handle UVPC Front Door

    forgot to mention,with the nightlatch function that you desire you can shut the door and it will hold shut on the latch,you will still have to throw the handle up on the inside and turn the key to fully deadlock the system when you want the door fully secure. the difference when opening the...
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    Fitting Pad Handle UVPC Front Door

    some mechs have a "double handle Follower" built into them and to make these type to opperate as a yale from the outside you just need the appropriate handles,one will operate one of the handle followers (the bit the square spigot goes through in the lock) and the other hande operates the...
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    Euro cylinder alignment problem

    Yes the cylinder can be part unassemble to put it back to its correct position but as a locksmith,i wouldnt try it yourself,you dont want to end up getting locked out.
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    Euro cylinder alignment problem

    yes the cam is in the incorrect position,have you had extra keys cut? if the nose of the key is slightly too short it can cause the cam to slip.other than that the new cylinder is faulty and needs returning for replacement
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    Vista to XP "downgrade" - can I do this legally?

    OEM licenses tie the OS to the current installed spec so cant be transfered to another machine,hence you can buy an OEM copy of Vista/XP for about £55+ vat but you can only install it on one machine and not then on another if your pc blew up etc. If you have a retail copy of Vista/XP you can...
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    UPVC Front Door won't deadlock

    its possable that the handles are not going up far enough if one of the striker plates on the frame are out. if the lock works fine with the door open then its obviously ok,remove all the striker plates on the frame except the middle one where the lock latches and see if it works then ? if so...
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    Slow laptop

    have you tried running msconfig? click on Start, then Run then type in Msconfig and press enter click on the Startup tab on the top of the window and see how many startup programs are ticked,you might be suprised at how much loads that isnt required at startup and this could be a factor?
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    windows repair

    does it not give you the option to press the C key to run the recovery console before you type in No1 for the installation to repair?.it sounds like your registry is corrupted btw either a virus or a bad driver for some hardware if your mate has installed something prior to the problem
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    Runtime error - line 83

    if you click on the Internet explorer icon you can access the internet without using AOL's interface.it wont solve your problem,bin Norton,its far to aggresive for its own good and who wants a paranoid pc anyway?
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    Error

    your cd specs say that it requires win95/98 therefore i would deduce that it is incompatable with your windows xp os.have you tried to run it in compatability mode? it probably just wont run on xp,ive games for xp that wont run on vista,these things happen.
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    tongues not going into the grooves

    have you tried presenting the floorboards at about a 30 degree angle to the already laid ones and seeing if they click into the grooves that way ?
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