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too hot water
Are you sure that you haven't left an electric immersion heater on (assuming both methods available for heating a tank of water)? The thermostat controlling the hot water in a tank is usually clipped...
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Heating System Upgrade (possible duplicate)
They might be triggering the DHW pump direct from the stat. That would limit the maximum DHW temperature to under 49 deg as well... (not good from a sanitary point of view) With a modern condensing...
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6 years ago
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So how much power does an oil filled radiator actually use.
1.164kW
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6 years ago
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Heating system upgrade
r than it being slow to heat due to low stat setting. desludge radiator system, install magnetic/filter cleaner. Pump vanes might also be blocked with crud, clean em out. CH thermostat may need...
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6 years ago
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Silver foil
Also, sparkly poo, too ;)
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6 years ago
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Flat roof replacement - What material
The last flat roof I had recovered was done with felt and pitch with little stones on the job. It was more than 25 years ago. What I remember was that I got the roofer to use a good quality felt....
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6 years ago
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Central Heating: Radiators only hot when hot water tank being heated
I have an old Thorn Apollo boiler, a Randall 4033 timer and a 3 wire thermostat. Until now this system has been very reliable but now the radiators now only heat up when the boiler is heating the hot...
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6 years ago
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Grenfell cladding factory on fire
Great. It can fan its own flames then :-)
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6 years ago
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OCGT up. coal up. no solar power and britain is net electricity exporter to Europe amd Irleand
becaus it is ,more expensive and doesnt work as well?
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6 years ago
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slippy plastic for drawers runners?
found some runners 50p each from ebay, buying 24 to experiment with, (and a metre of UHMW Tape). I may cut up an old chopping board too! thanks. [g] UHMW FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions about UHMW |...
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6 years ago
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The Express.
Not having £3million to spend its not something I thought about Not having a plane or a girlfriend its not something I thought about Not having enough money to do that, its not something I thought...
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6 years ago
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private parking ticket
I was thinking of doing something like that it is private land after all and you don't need to display your number plate........
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6 years ago
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Central heating antifreeze and injection point
wouln't that also apply to any anti-corrosion addative?
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6 years ago
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Is wood stain different these days?
The first time I did the front door, maybe 20 years ago, the wood stain I got was like a sort of dark varnish. It looked great, with a nice, even glossy finish. Doing it again more recently, I find...
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6 years ago
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Help - fed up with bleeding radiators
I need to ensure I've got all the air out of my closed pressurised system in order to resolve/eliminate another issue. Pressure is around 0.8bar when I start, down to about 0.5bar when I've finished...
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6 years ago
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