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    Oil boiler / heating working fine. Water only tepid

    I have an oil boiler that seems to be working fine in terms of heating the house but less well in terms of the water which in the last few days is only lukewarm I have an immersion heater which seems to work ok so I'm guessing its not a thermostat issue on the HW cylinder. I am wondering...
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    Best way to fix laminate edging to skirting

    Could use nomorenails or similar but wanted something that would do the job - but not ruin the skirting if I ever want to take it off. Would the laminate flooring glue do the job? Thanks
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    Laminate question

    Have been laying a laminate floor over concrete where the whole row needs connecting lengthwise before locking into the boards already laid. I have also been gluing the joins. Fitting around the door frames was quite tricky and I have noticed that one of the joins hasn't quite slotted in -...
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    not a smooth finish!

    Hi - have repainted some white gloss woodwork. Rubbed down the old coat and brush painted an undercoat. Rubbed that down and painted a dulux non drip gloss topcoat. Needed another coat so rubbed that coat down and put a final coat of non drip gloss on with a brush. Obviously hoovered and wiped...
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    Camray Quartet 9/110

    I have the above quite old but regularly serviced oil boiler Over the last couple of weeks it has sometimes (but not always) made a sort of 'pinking' sound for a minute or two when starting up from cold in the morning or when fired up during the night by the frost stat. Otherwise its fine...
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    Drayton Lifestyle LP522 Boiler Programmer

    We have a new house with a gas bolier controlled by the above programmer. It works fine most of the time but sometimes we get in and the boiler is on as is the programmer but the lcd screen is blank. It seems as if as though the programmer has failed but turning it off and then back on...
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    Adding an extra externasl wall light

    Hi - have an existing arrangement with 2 outside light run from one switch. The 2 lights are at opposite ends of the house and I want if possible, to add a third light by adding a junction box in the wiring to one of the lights and running the new cable supply from there. Does that make...
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    MDF Fumes

    Does MDF give off any nasty fumes and whats the best product to seal it with?
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