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    Potterton boiler - ch circuit won't maintain temp

    We have a Potterton Performa gas ch boiler. It is around 4 years old, the main ch system is much older but the radiators all work ok,and were flushed when the boiler was installed but most don't have indvidual thermostats. There is a main roon thermostat in the inner hall (Drayton digistat)...
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    synthetic slates gather moss - how to clean

    We live in a conservation area with Victorian houses over 100 years old. Several local houses have been reroofed in recent years, using synthetic slates which are now growing moss around the joins and overlaps. My neighbour's roofer says this is a common problem, which you don't get on real...
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    Cast aluminium guttering more than double price of cast iron

    I have just got back from the builders merchants after pricing up replacement guttering for my house. A 6 ft length of cast iron 4.4" wide gutter, painted black, in traditional ogee shape, is around £35 per 6 ft length (excluding VAT). The same design and size in cast aluminium, unpainted, is...
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    Replacing cast iron with cast aluminium guttering -

    The brackets and joints holding up the cast iron guttering on the side of my house have all gone. (Have scaffolding in place for a roof job so know this to be the case). Want to repair if possible if not replace with matching appearance. One quote said that it would as cheap to install new...
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    Night Latch Door Lock = left hand or right hand?

    We recently had our front door lock replaced with a security night latch (by ERA). Our front door lock is on the left (seen from the street). This means it is on the right seen from inside. The ERA night latch is designed to operate by pressing down the handle when the lock is installed on...
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    Unable to read .pdfs with Adobe

    lately I have been unable to download and read .pdfs using Adobe Reader. I have tried to uninstall it and reinstall a later version but the old version seems to be corrupt in some way, so that I can't uninstall it using the Add/Remove function in Windows and then the latest version won't...
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    Era Nightlatch keeps sticking

    I recently had a new ERA double locking nightlatch installed in my existing front door - but I am having a lot of trouble with it. It has two latches a large one and below it a smaller one, the smaller one keeps sticking, as though it is deadlocking itself, and you have to really slam the door...
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    Victorian sewers - advice needed

    I live in a Victorian house in London. When I moved in, 20 years ago, s I had the plumbing redone. The council said there were no plans of the drains or sewers in the area. My main soil stack is at the rear corner of my house (inside the conservatory). The main down rain water pipe from...
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