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brightness pop up box appearing

A pop up box has started to appear in the centre of my screen approx. 4in. wide x 2 in. high. It is black in colour, and says ' brightness ' with a plus and minus sign at either end. My screen does...

JoeyB

Radiators

The curved radiator is now only geting hot at the top. I had a new combi fitted upstairs and I think the water flows a different route because the boiler was downstairs previously.How do I tell which...

flip_flop

How's this for an irrational dislike of something?

I've just been to lunch with a colleague and she held her knife like a pen. Bizarrely, it annoyed me!!! So, does anybody else out there have an irrational dislike of something?

The Kid!!

Cannon Gas Fire

I have a Cannon Orchestra B.F. gas fire which has been in the house since new 6 years ago. It has worked just fine until we had some windy conditions recently and the wind seemed to blow the fire out...

Herc

Central heating settings

Hi I have just moved into a house with a boiler that is activated by a clock/timer upstairs. It has four settings: On Constant Twice a day Off What is the difference between on and constant? I have...

ss378

Baxi Boiler

I have a Baxi Boiler (combi 80 Eco) and the pilot light has gone out but I cannot see any obvious way to start it up again. Can you help? Many thanks

pastafreak

old boiler

I have a rather old Worcester Heat Slave boiler. Lately when I turn on the heat or hot water,there is a bit of a delay before it ignites and when it does it is louder. The other day it made a real...

pilotlight

state pension question.

Not sure if this is in the correct topic. ---- If a wife is receiving state pension, then her husband becomes of pensionable age, does the husband receive his own pension ( and his wife still receives...

dlr

Living flame gas fire matrix

Help, I'm all googled out! I have a living flame gas fire and the 16" ceramic 'matrix' (which is what the instruction booklet calls it) has worn through and split. This is the base what the ceramic...

naomi24

What's in a name?

There are some weird and wonderful names on the Answerbank. If yours is an alias, what inspired you to use it?

flipflop104

Radiators not working properly

A couple of days ago our downstairs radiators stopped working. They were fine until then and we only noticed it because it felt a little chilly downstairs. The upstairs ones are still on it's just the...

BigDogsWang

Bleeding Radiators

Do I bleed them when the heating is on or off? Which rad should I start with first?

pilotlight

help with excel please

After inputting on Microsoft Excel, then going to Print Preview, then back to the Excel page, I find that the page/sheet is divided into small sections ( by means of broken lines ). How do I maintain...

tagg212

Electric or Gas Combi, Which is best, Which is Cheapest ?

I am currently looking at changing my gas combi boiler. Preferably I would like to relocate it from it's current location, however there is no other suitable position on an external wall in my house....

ptrendall

gas fiires

when i turn on my valor gas fire after the ignition i turn it on full it lights and after a few seconds goes out . any ideas, thanks

Cheekystar

ariston boiler

We've just moved home and in our new home have an ariston boilder which is fairly new, problem is the reset light keeps coming on and until we press it we have no hot water, any ideas?

earthakitten

Noise from combi boiler

I have noticed a 'whoosing' sound from my 3 year old Potterton Performa 24. It seems to occur when it fires up, especially from cold but also for a couple of seconds when hot. Any ideas?

Colortec

New Central Heating Boiler.

What is the 'ballpark' price to supply and fit a new boiler. Circumstances as follows: Eight Radiators Semi detached three bedroom home Moderate to heavy use of hot water Double glazed and loft...

xanderma

Boulter Buderus boiler - what's it doing?

We had a Boulter Buderus 500-24/S boiler installed in the summer. It seems to work OK, but it does a couple of strange things. At times when there is nothing (i.e. hot water and heating) switched on,...

italiancat

loss of hot water in en suite from combi boiler

All of my hot water taps work except the one in my ensuite, which will only put cold water to both the hot water tap and the shower. It is all on the same system without any extra valves etc isolating...

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