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I have a Vaillant combi (kitchen) and a danfoss thermo (not n wall, I leave it lying around). Sometimes the boiler does not come on for the heating for a long time (hot water fine). Eg now it's pretty chilly this morning, the heating is not on. I press up on the Danfoss until it shows 20.5 ...

I have a good quality brass internal door flap / tidy / whatever it is called, and it is too wide. It needs to be cut, so that it is an inch more narrow. What kind of professional service should I search for to do a good job? nb I am in South London. In case anyone wants to know, it is a very...

I have a coat rack , ie a chunky-ish strip of wood about 24 inches long, 2 inches high and around 0.5 inches thick. It has four hooks on it. There are two metal vertical strips behind it a few inches from each end, each with a hole shaped like a circle with a smaller bit on the top ( kind of...

Hi, I'm thinking of buying a Yale No 1 Night Latch - used them for years, Brotish Kitemarked, and they look and feel pretty damn solid to me. I see that Banham are quite popular but also very expensive. Avocet are also premium keys. And Im sure theres lots more. My question is, is the Yale #1...

Looking for something quite light , plenty of oomph and reliability. Good batteries, good battery charger etc. Has to be reasonably light - I'm not the strongest bloke in the world. This is for general diy - occasional drilling into walls, that sort of thing. I'm assuming 18v is the one to aim...

Hi, My girlfriend recently bought some second hand furniture: a chest of drawers, and a small bedside unit. These items are probably around thirty or forty years old, made form that darkish wood, and they smell. Hard to describe the smell, but its like that dingyish, dampyish, old, stale...

Not sure if this is the correct forum for this sort of thing! Without wanting to sound like Alan Partridge either ... Bought a new bathroom from a major high street chain , ie shower, tub, toilet, basin. The old toilet used to flush everything in one flush - this one doesn't. Leaves...

Hi Guys, We recently got a locksmith to change the nightlatch on our door. He fitted an ERA night latch, BS standard, charged about 110 for the latch and 90 for labour (so about 200 in all). I dont know what came over me, Im usually shrewd enough to check prices on the net for the latch, and do...

Looling for new mortice lock and latchy thing for a wooden front door (not oak, typical wooden door you get on a 1930s house), 45mm thick, and wooden frame. Banham seems to have quite a reputation for security, but of course is very expensive. My plan was to have one new latch thing near...