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    Radiator not heating up

    The small radiator in our en-suite doesn't seem to work since the heating has started up the past couple of weeks for the winter. It is pretty-much the farthest radiator away from the boiler and the one in the adjacent bedroom is slowest of all upstairs to heat up, but it does get there...
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    Toilet ballcock dripping for a long while after flushing

    Recently the toilet fill spout drips for a long while after flushing. It's not leaking - I can push the ball down and when it's filled another few mm the drip stops. So on it's own it's just not shutting off sharply - and it takes hours of dripping through the night to fill that last bit to...
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    Adhesive to fix chrome legs to glass table top

    We have of very minimalist nest of coffee tables. The tops are purely glass and are only attached in a "floating" style to the chrome-finish legs (actually just a square frame each side) by means of a small block both sides. So just two metal blocks each of an area around two square inches. So...
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    Grant outdoor boiler randomly turning on

    Have an outdoor Grant Vortex Condensing oil boiler which is randomly turning on from time to time, burning for a minute or two and then switching off again. I would be familiar with this behaviour sometimes in the winter if it's really cold as an automatic frost protection measure. But I don't...
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    Trouble getting smooth finish on ceiling repair

    I'll admit I'm not very good at decorating, but I have managed fill in the odd wall hole, sand down and paint with satisfactory results. However, I'm having trouble fixing up a water-damaged ceiling. We had a leaking drain above which damaged about one square metre of plasterboard - some of it...
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    Flaking on bathroom ceiling

    We have noticed in the past a small damp patch on our bathroom ceiling adjacent to the outside wall. It never got very big, so I wasn't sure if it was active or not, or caused by steam. After a while mildew formed on it, so I treated that quite vigorously with a suitable cleaner (it took more...
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    Double glazing: Ventilation vs Draft Proofing

    This has always bugged me: Why go to all the bother of using modern double glazing which will give you a nice draft seal, only to then have to include vents on the frame to ensure good air circulation in order to avoid moisture problems? Surely that's counter-productive? You're getting a seal...
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    Flash heater shower not controllable

    We have a 15-year-old shower which doesn't seem to graduate the temperature very well. It's a fairly basic flash-heater type, with just a single cold mains input. This time of year it seems very hard to control - it's either too hot or if you turn it down just a bit, it doesn't heat at all. In...
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    Do leather suites need conditioning?

    Just bought a new leather suite (around £1500 for a 3+2). The salesman convinced us it was good quality leather and should wear well. Our old suite was 14 years old and the leather still looked very good. But a cheap, small sofa we bought for another room had worn really badly, despite being...
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    Live and neutral reversible on light fitting?

    My wife bought a chrome ceiling rose and pendant to replace the standard white plastic one (to match a new chrome light cover) The flex it came with is very long and I need to shorten it before wiring it up. But it is not usual white flex with a brown and blue core. It's made of transparent...
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    Radiator covers any good?

    We've been getting advice from an interior design expert about some improvements to our 13-y-o home. One thing she has suggested is to put a radiator cover on the rad in our entrance hall, purely for aesthetic reasons. I'm kind of against this because that one rad has to heat the large, open...
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    Wiring a Salus RT300 Thermostat

    I'm replacing a Danfoss RET230P dial-type room thermostat with a Salus RT300 digital one in our upstairs 'zone'. I thought it would be easy because I did something similar a few years ago downstairs replacing an old dial Honeywell with a digital DT200 Honeywell. There were just two brown...
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    Soft plastic plug to replace a moulded one

    The moulded mains plug on our Miele vacuum cleaner got damaged, so I replaced it with a regular one. But it's not ideal, as it's a bit hard and is therefore more hazardous when flailing around during cord retraction. It could easily mark the wooden floor, or worse, and is likely to just...
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    Smelly dishwasher drainage tube

    The drainage tubes for both our dishwasher and also on our washing machine are a bit smelly - I presume they're a bit mucky inside, although they still drain OK. What's the best thing to do to rectify this? Not sure if I need a regular drain unblocker/cleaner as it's not really blocked. And...
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    Built-under double ovens too small

    We're currently looking to replace our free standing double oven cooker with a built under one which is currently between two cupboard units. (We'll refit the worktop to go all the way across and have a separate hob on top) I don't understand why I can't find a built-under double oven with a...
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    Plantex or similar sheeting?

    We have an area about 180 sqm at the end of our garden that we never seeded. We've planted a number of trees and shrubs, but until those are large enough in a few years to keep the area covered, weeds keep taking over like a jungle which need to be cut down and sprayed. So we were thinking of...
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