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I'm trying to uprate the security of a garage door - a single 7' wide Cardale Futura Vertical (overhead trackless wood type in a metal frame) - which currently has a single top latch operated from a central 'T' handle lock. Apart from via the garage door itself, there is no other access to the...

I'm planning to replace several radiators. The rads throughout are connected to the system via 8 mm microbore piping, so can I get away with reusing the existing olives and valve cap nuts and simply reconnect these to new replacement valves? If this isn't a good idea, what's the best way to...

Does anyone know where I can get hold of window fixings for Boulton & Paul wood framed windows installed around 13-15 years ago? They are a locking cast metal type in a yellowy/champagne lacquer finish. I've got a broken stay and as it's in a room with a lot of other windows, I'm trying to avoid...

After moving into a twelve year-old house with an open-vented heating system, I am in the process of replacing 7 (of 11) radiators that are showing signs of corrosion around the unions. One rad has already been replaced, probably within the last three years or so. One handwheel valve is leaking...

Just a footnote on this earlier topic. A couple of nights ago, I did finally manage to get to the bottom of this niggling ignition problem. With the room lights out and the boiler undertray removed, I noticed a slight sparking underneath the contol unit PCB when it was trying to ignite. After...

Our Potterton Netaheat Profile 50E wall mounted boiler has recently started to click repeatedly (loud enough to put the wind up Her Indoors at least) as it tries to fire up. It has happened intermittently over the last couple of weeks and has once completely failed to ignite leaving the rads...