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    Where has all the 71mm ogee architrave gone?!

    I've recently knocked a new doorway through a wall, and am looking for 71mm ogee architrave to match the stuff I put up 7 or 8 years ago on the other doorframes - looks like architrave fashion has moved on, all I can find anywhere is smaller stuff! I think the other architrave came from...
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    Worcester Bosch 12/14 Oilslave - intermittent cut out

    Hi. My father in law has a Worcester Bosch 12/14 Oilslave system. He went to the oiltank the other day and the valve was half turned off - he suspects that someone thought it was a tap and had been tampering with the tank. Although he turned the valve fully on again, he has had intermittent...
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    Is this quote reasonable?

    I want to replace an existing small radiator with a larger, single convector radiator (600 x 1200), and replace and move another by about 8ft with a single convector (600 x 1400) onto a different wall. I've asked for thermostatic valves. There's a bit of piping, and some inhibitor required...
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    Air lock in water pipe

    I live in a bungalow, and if someone is running hot water from the bath tap and I run the hot water in the kitchen at the same time, this causes an air lock. From this point forward, the hot water from the tap in the kitchen just trickles out. I have tried to run the kitchen tap whilst turning...
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    Draining a system down

    I want to move a radiator, and have been told that instead of draining the whole system down, it is now common practice to create a vacuum in the system instead. How does this work, and how is it done? Thanks for any help.
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    Fitting downlights under kitchen units

    The lights I have bought have a transformer for each pair of lights. Can I take a radial power source from the lighting circuit for each pair of lights, and does each one need to be fused down to say 3 amps? Can I run 6 lamps off one radial power source and can all lamps run through a single...
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