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Hi everybody, looking for suggestions to fix my Ideal Classic RS40. OK it's 29 years old, but this is the first time it has let me down, it is a simple boiler so I feel safe leaving it in the winter when I am not here. (Well, until now) The problem. We got home from a trip and the central...

Hi everyone, I am varnishing the outside of my wooden lodge with Bondex classic teak. All OK until this morning when I went out to look at the bit I did yesterday. A very heavy dew came down last evening and all that I painted in the afternoon has bloomed. The sun is out now but the blooming...

Hello everyone I have just had the floor of my wooden lodge insulated. The lodge is on wood piles. It is a suspended 18mm flooring grade chipboard floor, open underneath on all sides and the floor is very cold in the winter. The builder quoted 60mm Roofmate and a vapour barrier, but has...

It's time to paint the interior woodwork again and I wonder who can recommend a brand that will not yellow in the dark. Last time I used Crown 'Once' as I wanted to cover very light cream. It worked a treat but two years on it has yellowed badly in areas that get little light. I was convinced...

Hi all Can anyone help me find a valve (I think it's called a Newbury valve) that replaces the coupling on top of the hot water cylinder, drawing the hot water from a few inches below the surface, but still allowing venting to the loft tank. I need this as every time we turn the hot water on in...

Hi, I am replacing my old Honeywell T6360B thermostat with a digital one, TH-7281H (Not Honeywell). I am having trouble getting a power on call. The thermostat has 6 terminals and I have 3 wires (R,Y,B). Connecting red and blue to terminals 6 & 4 gets the thermostat working, lights the readout...