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    Undermount sink installation: does it NEED a template?

    We've recently bought an undermount kitchen sink to be fitted to a new solid wood worktop. I bought the sink online here - http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BMS020SS%20.html The sink was supplied without a template, and having phoned around no template is available for it. However, the...
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    Replaced heat-exchanger, mixer shower hot... then not?

    My hot and cold pipes meet in the valve (i.e. there isn't a tap for each of them), so I'm unable to just turn on the hot side to see if there's crossflow. This is my shower: http://www.showerdoc.co.uk/shower-spares/gummers/Bramham%20Thermostatic%20Valve.html I've had the unit apart...
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    Replaced heat-exchanger, mixer shower hot... then not?

    All other taps run hot and are not a problem. The heat-ex was only replaced a few months ago - the previous one lasted 3 years. Last time I had the shower unit off the wall it showed no signs of being affected by scale or sludge. One thing I meant to add is that the HW pipe into the...
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    Replaced heat-exchanger, mixer shower hot... then not?

    I had been having problems getting a hot shower for a while, but when the hot water around the rest of the home started failing as well I replaced the heat-exchange plate in my combi-boiler. When I did this the shower was instantly hot again (even hotter than before because I'd been adjusting...
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    Are heat exchange plates sealed systems & can't be clean

    That sounds well worth a go, only problem being I know eff-all about the 'system' and wouldn't know where to pour any chemicals in. Are there any guides for this sort of stuff? Thanks very much.
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    Are heat exchange plates sealed systems & can't be clean

    I have an Isar HE30 combi boiler that has deteriorated in its hot water performance over the last year. Had someone come to look at it this week - I said I suspected it was scaled up but he suggested the thermistor needed replacing. He ordered one and came back 2 days later but it turned out...
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