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    What's this song?

    crocodile shoes? blue suede shoes?
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    leaking rad leading to leaking boiler and loss of pressure

    the letting agent is sending round a plumber this afternoon so hopefully that will sort it.
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    leaking rad leading to leaking boiler and loss of pressure

    well yes that's the easy and only option. just wandering if anyone can deduce what the problem is.. so i can learn.. ta.
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    leaking rad leading to leaking boiler and loss of pressure

    i have a baxi combi 80he boiler, if that helps.
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    leaking rad leading to leaking boiler and loss of pressure

    I previously posted about a cold rad, the thermostat pin had become stuck, i've fixed this issue and for a few days this was fine, lovely and warm. now i have a small leak on the lockshield valve side just under the nut to the pipe. i've not got the tools to fix it, or the know how, but taped...
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    swapping files and info from laptop to laptop

    cross over cable was the easiest thing for me when i had to do it. depends on file sizes and what not. burning 4.8gb to dvd could be the answer, would give you a back up too.
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    Bottom of radiators cold

    it probably just needs balancing.
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    Advice needed on keeping nightmare flat warm this winter!

    there are a lot of little bits and pieces you could do. 1. use thicker curtains, and net curtains underneath. keep them short enough to avoid any radiators underneath the sills. if you don't have any rads in the way. try full length very thick curtains. 2. use hot water bottles, only the...
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    Maisonette Council Tax...

    you could try looking at your councils planning site, and look for the planning permission to put this wall in place, or the original build if it's new. you could then query it with them and that might speed up the VOA side of the council. they need to inspect and re-evaluate you'll...
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    Radiators

    use a key to bleed them all, (turn key a quarter turn until you have water dribbling out. (have a rag handy) that should solve most of the issues. do you have trv's? if so the pin might be stuck, take off and clean it/fiddle with it. and connect up again. if these don't help let us...
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    Radiator beneath a window

    sorry to state the obvious. get shorter curtains? or use a blind?
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    TRV - Are they a waster of time

    are you sure when you put it back on the pin isn't getting stuck, that's just happened to me, i took it off fiddled with it, now it works fine! try taking it back and say it doesn't work. you should get refund then buy a decent one!
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    managed to get at the pin, it was surrounded by brown grit, cleaned it up and refitted. now i have a lovely warm bedroom . thank you for all the help.
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    any further advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated. thanks
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    no it's cold both sides of the trv, however it is very hot on the other side of the rad, well the pipe before the rad, this is set to open (parallel to the pipe!?) after i removed the cap, and where it joins to the radiator is hot but the bottom of the radiator is still cold, the top is very...
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    http://www.incalzire.danfoss.com/Product/101385.jpg is the closest i can find online, in this case the white can turn when pulled a little way back away from the a white bit.
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    hi, it's a danfoss. i can see a gold knurled ring underneath, but it's surrounded by this black plastic casing, so im not sure how to turn it. thanks
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    hi, i've found the bleeding valve on the bathroom rad. but it's a smaller size then key i have, so i cannot do anything yet. i thought they were all standard. i don't have the diy tools to find something else i could use. any ideas? with regards to bedroom 2, the trv i cannot remove, it's a...
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    Cold radiators - any advice please?

    try bleeding the radiators downstairs.. a key will cost £1 ish. do they each have their own temperature setting? adjust these to suit. also look at the valve on the opposite side. you need to alter this to do the balancing, a simple search through google will show you how to do this. if...
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    Cold Radiator issue - bleeding not the answer

    thanks for that, i will investigate further, i must have missed it. i will post here again tonight about 6pm, and let you know what i find! thanks again.
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