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    resin drips on my UPVC window frames, glass and door

    Hi My frames are white UPCV amd less than a year old the resin has cured rock hard any advice please???
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    resin drips on my UPVC window frames, glass and door

    Help !? my neighbour has had a flat roof done with fibreglass on a windy day and our (new)windows are now covered with spots of resin. What should I (get the roofer to) use to remove this from glass, frames and sills without damaging them or degrading them in the future? the window...
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    Resin drips from flat roof work is all over my UPVC windows

    Help !? my neighbour has had a flat roof done with fibreglass on a windy day and our (new)windows are now covered with spots of resin. What should I (get the roofer to) use to remove this from glass, frames and sills without damaging them or degrading them in the future? the window...
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    boiler capped off - dont beleive engineer - what can i do ?

    'Bad apple' ? you decide ...... his mate phoned me up 2 days after the cut off suggesting he came round with some boiler brochures. The independent (corgi)'second opinion' has been, dismantled, assembled, re-connected and burned a box of smoke matches stinking the house out. Only this time...
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    Car tax, correct band? Post office can't help and DVLA won't

    Can anyone explain to me how the system works? I have a Y reg astra 1.7DTi which was registered in April 2001, which, as far as I understand the system, should fall within the new rating bands dependent on emissions (registered after March 2001) When I bought this car back in May this...
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    blocked plastic drainage pipe

    hardly scientific but is there access to push the blockage back the way it came or create a corkscrew from a hangar to be wound into 'mass' then to pull back and break it up (this worked for me in a sewar where the blockage was wedged on a joint.
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    boiler capped off - dont beleive engineer - what can i do ?

    Thanks guys just to clarify, please answer for me the questions above and ideally the following: only in accordance with the corgi regs of course A 'flue may be perforated' so could therefore need replacing, I know this is hardly scientific but it is very clean and shiny outside and only...
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    boiler capped off - dont beleive engineer - what can i do ?

    Some interesting points made there, thanks guys. I admit it was a bit of a rant but it does seem strange that this should happen given the evidence below. From reading this website my diagnosis was partially blocked pilot which I did state to him after the condemnation. Please forgive any...
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    boiler capped off - dont beleive engineer - what can i do ?

    I know thats the obvious one but Its cost me 90 quid so far and he quoted 1200 for a new flue plus reconnection which seems outrageous. he was corgi registered - I say was cos I just reported him back to corgi! so he wont be back on my turf!
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    boiler capped off - dont beleive engineer - what can i do ?

    Someone give me some guidance please ... its cold The engineer has just left having 'serviced' and then capped off my baxi back boiler cos it dont conform!!! (we're new to the area so had to go for broke with the phone book) it was doing fine but the pilot had a yellowing tip and went out...
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    radiator (s) tapping noise i would like to stop

    thanks for the responses the system is as balanced today as it was last winter ..... Ive just run the system for another 'extra hour' and there was no noise / air / cold spots, perfect really... I'll re test it tomorrow morning on timer 'cos i'm guessing it'll do it then, as it did this...
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    radiator (s) tapping noise i would like to stop

    clarrification: one rad has TRV on the 'out' end, is single direction and has an arrow on it in the correct dirrection seccond rad is the downstairs 'bypass' rad so doesnt have trv!
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    radiator (s) tapping noise i would like to stop

    system: baxi back boiler, old but well serviced and no apparent faults. all following work done / fitted 12-18 months ago: replaced all rads along with most of the 15mm pipework. new header tank and immersion / heat transfer tank fitted. system flushed several times and has run for 12 months...
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