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    Air locks

    I have a traditional hot water system with hot tank. Over the last few days it has developed continuous air locks in the hot water system. Turning on the taps and it gurgles/slows down/stops/starts again etc. I have tried flushing out the system by attaching the mains supply to the hot tap...
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    Replacing a boiler

    I have an OP3 oil fired boiler which I reckon is about 37 years old. Still going well but suspect efficiency is down to 50+ %. Various bits of the burner have been replaced over the years and at the last service the engineer pointed out that the whole burner unit now needed replaced, and that a...
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    Sash window locks

    //www.diynot.com/pages/hs/hs016.php Maybe I'm being stupid here but how does one open a sash window to fasten the small bolt in the outside frame. My top sash does not open and the bottom sash does not slide past the bottom of the upper sash. Any advise would be appreciated or an...
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    Earth trouble

    Noticed when I touched my table saw in the garage I got a slight 'buzz' of it. Put on a tester screwdriver and it lit up. I have traced it back to the socket and the earth is 'lighting up'. What/where is my problem, and how do I fix it? Thank you
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    Little peas of lead

    Every 4 or 5 months the cold tank stops filling and on taking apart the ball valve I find a little pea of lead blocking the flow. Where could this lead be coming from? The house is over 100 years old, but all the connections are copper
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