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    Toilet cistern overflow pipe plumbing

    Moved into a new house and found neither the upstairs nor downstairs toilets have the cistern overflows plumbed, ie the pipe just exits onto the floor ! As there's no easy way to connect it to existing waste water pipe I'm looking to exit the overflows through the outside wall. Overflow pipes...
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    Multipoint locks - explanation of terms

    What is meant by lever/pad operation as opposed to lever/lever ? I'd like to replace my existing multipoint door lock (Roto 3-part) with one that when you close the door you can only get back in with a key, not simply by pushing the handle down. Is this referred to as having a nightlatch ? (I...
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    BS3621 Night Latch

    I see that Yale now do a Night Latch (XBS1) to BS3621 http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100641&ts=93735&id=54648 When they state 'Suitable for glass-panelled doors' do they mean just timber-framed ones or are they suitable for uPVC doors as well (as additional security to a...
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    CH Boiler Burner firing intermittently for DHW

    I've got a Ravenheat RSF 820/20 combi boiler. Recently, on turning the hot water taps on the water often remains cold. Listening to the boiler it sounds as if the burner is only coming on when the tap(s) are turned on full, and even then it is intermittent (previously the burner had fired and...
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