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    boiler "cycling" and tripping out after rad removal and new pump

    Morning all I've had a bit of a disastrous wkend and am hoping I can get some much needed advice before I call in an engineer. I have a 3 story town house with a couple of rads on ground floor that don't get very warm . Heating is a sealed system, British gas 300+ boiler, 14 rads, 11 small,1...
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    Leaking rad bleed screw, does anyone recognise make or type please

    Hi all Just been doing the pre winter checks and went round bleeding the rads. A couple of the bleed screws in my set up are dodgy, whereby they do up to a certain tightness then slip off loose again, one of which is now dripping when the heating is on. I haven't removed or checked the valves...
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    Electric shower replacement

    Hi all My daughters creda aqua wave 9.5kw shower is malfunctioning, I did some testing and it seems there's no power getting to one of the two heating elements in the water heater. I'm no sparky though so was just really making sure nothing had come loose. It doesn't seem worth looking into a...
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    concrete block wall

    Hi all, at the bottom of my garden i have a 7ft drop onto about another 20 ft square of land. The wall holding back the garden is just a single skin brick wall thats well past its heyday. Its bowing and has some cracks also. Its not got any worse in the 3 years i`ve had property but i intend to...
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    strange pipes in external wall ?

    Hi all I`m currently viewing some properties with my daughter with a view to buying her first house. We viewed this house but i cant work out why or what these pipes are or were for?. They look like old extractor vent outlets but there`s four in total which is odd for starters and they`ve...
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    advice on bathroom extactor please

    Hi all, just a quick question that may sound a little dumb . I want to fit an extractor but i dont want one that comes on automatically when the light is switched on, i.e i want a manualy switched fan ideally with a timer. Some fans come with a pull cord attached, is this for manually switching...
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