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    Unbelievably loud banging from pipes

    When the hot water is turned on (not running hot water just heating it) there is often an extremely loud banging noise that lasts a couple of minutes and sounds like a group of people are banging pots and pans on the pipes and the whole thing is going to explode. Is this air in the pipes or...
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    What is this noise from the boiler?!

    I have a myson apollo fanfare boiler. There are 2 strange noises that concern me... 1. When the CH and HW is off the boiler seems to come alive every 4 minutes. It is not firing up like when the CH or HW comes on but rumbles away for about 30 seconds and then turns off but then comes on again...
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    Turning off the boiler

    Our boiler has become very loud with the electric fusebox clicking loudly and the boiler trying to ignite. The controller says that the heating and water if off but the boiler is on the radiators are boiling so I am guessing that there is a problem with the timer/programmer and/or thermostat...
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    Changing central heating controls

    How easy it it to change the controls for the central heating? We have just moved into a new house and its the most complicated controller I've ever had to use. The current one is called Warm World and it doesn't allow you to just turn the heating or water on for an hour or whatever you seem to...
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    Surface preparation for lining paper

    We have just removed old wallpaper and the walls underneath have got a mixture of plasterboard and what looks like concrete/cement columns of some kind. As they are really rough with lots of old paint we have decided to hang lining paper and then paint over. To our surprise we successfully...
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