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    Water Hammer Shock Arrestor

    I replaced the old Sioux Chief arrestor with a Pegler arrestor - problem solved!
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    Water Hammer Shock Arrestor

    Hello, Do these ever need replacing? We have one on the feed to an electric shower (fitted many years ago), and the water hammer seems to be getting worse again when the shower is turned off. I wonder if they sometimes need to be replaced. Thanks in advance.
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    Musty smell in bedroom

    HI, Thank you for you reply. The airbrick is in the chimney breast in the room.
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    Musty smell in bedroom

    Hi, I would appreciate some advice please. We live in a 1926 built house. Upstairs bedroom has an external wall, with a chimney breast, with an air vent into the room. External chimney is approx. 2m high, with a cowel on top to stop rain going down the inside. For a few months we have noticed...
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    When to replace radiators?

    This may be a "how long is a piece of string" type question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. Our panel radiators are over 35 years old and there has always been rust inhibitor in the system. However, over the years the system has been emptied /refilled a number of times (extend system; replace...
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    PIR affected by Fluorescent Light

    My mother has a 400w PIR floodlight on the outside rear of her bungalow. The cable is fed through a door frame (which is below the light) and it's plugged into a ring main socket in the room. In the adjacent room there is an overhead single tube fluorescent light fitting, run off the lighting...
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    Televisions - sound/picture mis-match

    Thanks for your very interesting replies. Assuming that it is due to the internal electronics, I guess I will be very unlikely to be able to solve the problem. Even I replace the older TV to end up with two of the same make, I assume that it wouldn't guarantee they would be in synch. and would...
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    Televisions - sound/picture mis-match

    Unfortunately it's the same when the new TV is on HD or non-HD stations. Thanks anyway.
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    Televisions - sound/picture mis-match

    Hi, I hope that someone can help with the following. We have a kitchen diner with an archway to the main living room. We have an HD Ready Toshiba TV in the diner, and until recently, a Sony HD Ready TV in the living room. The sounds/pictures have always matched on BBC1 & BBC2, not London ITV...
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    5 quotes later......

    I agree with BertyUK - join your local Streetlife groups and ask for recommendations.
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    Installation of new gas cooker

    Thanks for your comments. Have decided to play safe and have it professionally installed. Gives us peace of mind.
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    Installation of new gas cooker

    Hi jj4091 I should have made it clearer - the supplier will already have connected the flexible hose to the cooker.
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    Installation of new gas cooker

    Hi We are about to order a new gas cooker. I intended to disconnect the old one via the bayonet fitting, and reconnect the new cooker at the same fitting (the cooker would be supplied with a new flexible hose). I have been told that this re-connection of the new cooker can nowadays only...
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    Plumbing problem

    Hi Not my disaster, but I think it's quite funny. I went on holiday recently, and the first day I was away my mother (who lives nearby) found water dripping from her hallway ceiling. Knowing I was away, she phones my brother-in-law who lives 5 miles away. He was putting up new fences...
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    Ceiling repair after removing tiles

    Hi Richard, blightyman and dcdec, Thanks for your suggestion. Should have thought of it myself really but was trying to save a few bob although I was also dreading doing the work myself. Have now found a plasterer by personal recommendation of a neighbour. It turned out the...
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    Ceiling repair after removing tiles

    Hi I'm removing 25 yr old polystyrene tiles from a bedroom ceiling and being left with a very uneven surface of old adhesive with gaps. I'm thinking of using a skim coat compound (I believe that Polycell make one for the inexperienced amateurs) to improve the surface, and then apply a...
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    Recurrent hairline cracks in cement rendering.

    Hi Help would be appreciated with the following please: Our semi. house was cement rendered in late 70s. Over the years it has been painted with (initially) brilliant white Weathershield and (currently) Textured Sandtex. Problem is a number of recurrent hairline cracks in the rendering...
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    Which Planer Thicknesser

    Many thanks for your replies. You have given me some useful points to consider. Having looked into this a bit more I'm beginning to wonder if I should wait a bit longer in order to try and save up for a decent more substantial p/t that may last longer than a cheaper type. Keeping an eye...
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    Which Planer Thicknesser

    Hi I am thinking of treating myself to a planer/thicknesser for hobby work (I want to branch into wooden toy making, but will probably undertake larger projects as well). My budget is up to £400. I do not know a great deal about these machines, so would appreciate advice on points to...
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    Ford Focus problem

    Hi Gregers Yes they do. Ray
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