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hi I have an unvented central heating system run by an ideal boiler. It has the hot water tank with the expansion vessels etc,and was installed circa 2007. Myself and a plumber have never seen anything like it so don t really know where to turn when we have a couple of rads that are not...

I have been reading some previous posts on condensation in loft spaces but none of them cover my particular problem. The loft space has been converted,ie floor boarded out and ceiling and wall boarded and plastered. I have seen some insulation behind the plasterboard but not a lot,and there is...

hi I have arental property which has some double upvc doors out into the garden. I have recently been sprucing it up to go on the market, and have noticed that even though the lock cylinders do appear to unlock the doors with the key,the doors are jammed shut and i can t get them open. I m...

some years ago i was watching one of the many design programs on tv where they were building something out of oak. As a finish, they applied something to it which was not stain,but maybe some kind of acid(?),and it turned the oak purple/black, and it looked really good,(and cheap!) I fancy using...

hi I recently made a dining table out of recycled mahogany and oak,and was persuaded to finish the top with tung oil. I noticed it had easily gotten scratched,so decided to lightly sand out the marks and re-oil it. However,like the first time,once it had dried,it looked lovely in one...

hi looked at a house to buy the other day and noticed there was no gas meter,and subsequently no gas supply in the property. I was just wondering what the process would be to get the supply from the street and into the property,and a rough idea of what the cost may be.I m assuming someone like...

hi i have a 2005 passat which has just faile its mot as one of the rear doors will not unlock when the remote key button is pressed.When your operate the door lever from inside,the lock pin rises,but it still won t open,so to me it seems like the mechanism is jammed.How do i get this open?

I have some bricks in need of repair.They form a decorative corbel around a horizontal perimeter of a house,about half way up the building.Some have great lumps knocked out of them,and because the rear of the house will be painted,I want to do some repairs,so it all looks even. What can I use...

As part of a new business construction venture, a part of our work involves turning off all services and removing the main electric fuses .I have never removed mains fuses, could someone tell me how to do it ,or do you just pull them out? thanks very much :oops:

I'm trying to drain my system at home(following guidlines from sites like this one),but even when all the valves are open,there is no water coming from the hose at the lowest point.what am I doing wrong? how come no water is coming out?

hi everyone, how do you tell what kind of system you have? I believe if it is open vented there is an extra exspansion tank in the loft, but what is there if it is a sealed or combi system? Is there any way of telling without venturing up into the roofspace? I am venturing into...