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    Which water softener is best?

    Hi all, we live in a hard water area, and think that a water softener would be a good idea. When we moved we found that the previous people had a combimate fitted, but it is expected to cover half the house and fails. We seem to constantly be filling it up, we notice a difference for about a...
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    Thinking about replacing oil boiler?

    Thanks for your replys, we sort of thought that would be the best course of action. When we built the conservatory I replaced all the rads downstairs and flushed out the pipes and refilled adding furnox, and topped up the loft insulation to 12". The boiler is in attached garage, 9" solid walls...
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    Thinking about replacing oil boiler?

    Hello all, we have been thinking about changing our existing oil boiler (Boulter camray 2 model 41-48) to a more energy efficient one. The thing is the boiler works fine and from what i have been told reaches an efficiency of about 86%. We know the boiler is about 15 years old, but seems well...
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    which carpet/ underlay?

    Thanks for all the quick answers, sorry that it has caused a bit of friction! The shops that we have been too have given 2 totally different ideas, and the carpet fitter who was recommended started at 100% wool (berber)and has now said that 100% poly.(twist) would be the best option, and...
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    Chip repair on laminate floor

    If you have a spare board you can cut the board out with a trim saw or circular saw, cut about an 1" from the outside of the damaged board on all sides and lift the panel out. Then take your time and work round slowly lifting and cutting until all the board is out. Clean all the edges with a...
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    which carpet/ underlay?

    We have decided to get a new carpet for the front room ( I wanted solid oak flooring but have given up!) It needs to be hard wearing as it has 2 doors one to kitchen and one to the hallway, then a double door to the conservatory. The carpet needs to be hard wearing, easy clean as there is an...
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    changing imperial rads to metric

    Anyone know of a company that can supply imperial rads, or a way of converting metric sizes? The reason, we bought the house a couple of years ago left the rads upstairs but changed everything else including bathroom suite, carpets etc and the pipes come through the floor. Downstairs we moved...
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