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    Have removed radiator, need help!

    OK, great, thanks for all your help!! :D
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    Have removed radiator, need help!

    OK, thanks for the tips- just to put my mind at rest, are we OK to leave the rad off for now (considering we probably won't be able to get stop ends tomorrow as its easter sunday!)? How do we get water back into the system once the rad is back on ( a lot of water came out!) and how do we...
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    Have removed radiator, need help!

    The radiator water was black, and the last bit was a bit sludgy (when we tipped the radiator to one side). What does this mean?!
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    Have removed radiator, need help!

    Thanks so much for the speedy reply! We have a combi, the dripping has now pretty much stopped as you say, and the pressure gauge shows 0. Does this mean the system has drained fully? Do we need to use the corrosion inhibitor that you mention? Cheers!
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    Have removed radiator, need help!

    Hi, we have removed a radiator in order to decorate behind it. We turned the lockshield valve off fine, but the other end has a thermostatic valve, which we turned to OFF thinking this would cut off the supply to the radiator. However now the radiator is removed, there is still water coming...
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    Showerforce electric shower gone kaput

    Thanks, just been looking at some fairly reasonable options. However- As I am pretty inexperienced with all forms of DIY!, will I need to get an electrician to fit it? Am happy to stick to an 8.5.
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    Showerforce electric shower gone kaput

    My Showerforce 8.5 has broken, while it was running it started making a horrible electric-burning type of smell then went bang quite loudly and stopped! I've had a look inside and there is a kind of scorched black mark on the PCB but nothing else noticeable to my inexpert eye... Does anyone...
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    Cold water supply to washing machine not working!

    Have just had a new washing machine installed, when you turn the valve to release cold water nothing happens. The stoptap is on. Between the sink and the w/m is a place where a dishwasher could go, (we don't plan to get one) and there is a tap fitted here to the cold water pipe. The man who...
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