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Craig Holden 05/11/2026 - 11.57 AM
My boiler is losing pressure daily i see no obvious leaks accept one radiator that needs a replacement valve/thermostat I've isolated this radiator the pressure is lasting long but still losing
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Anonymous user 05/11/2026 - 11.57 AM
I have had a new toilet installed in a Nuie lunar unit. There is square dual flush button on the front cabinet with a clip on connection that attaches to a yellow cable inside unit. The water fills up to jut under overflow pipe. When you press the big button the flush is so weak and it barely empties the water with just over half water emptying. Not much difference to the half flush. If you hold the buttons in the flush is a bit more water but still weak , barely flushing even a small bit loo roll away. I’m having nightmare getting installer back out as they don’t feel there is an issue and was just going to pay to have someone else fix it properly. Would everything need replaced and what would cause this weak flush ?
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Christopher Coyne 05/11/2026 - 11.56 AM
Hi….I recently painted my external window surrounds with a relatively expensive white satin water based paint. I painted all the window surrounds to the front and back of the house. The window surrounds we’re not too bad to start with ie there wasn’t too much flaking or peeling so I decided to just do a quick hand sanding of the surrounds and then put a new coat or two on the existing paint. Unfortunately I’ve noticed recently that some of the new paint seems to be peeling off or flaking. This seems to have occurred to the front of the house window surrounds which generally takes the most wind and rain. The peeling and flaking really hasn’t got too far at the moment so I was hoping somebody could recommend to me something tha could salvage the situation. The window surrounds are wood and the paint I used was water based ( but recommended for external use). I have a suspicion that the existing paint which I painted on top off was oiled based and I have read somewhere online that water based and oil based paint don’t bind well together so this might be the cause of the problem. Anyway I would welcome any helpful suggestions as I really hope I don’t have to do the whole lot again. Is there some sort of sealer that I could use to stop the peeling for instance and which I could just paint over the white paint for instance?
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