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    Hospice care covered by health insurance??

    I've scaned through VHI online looking for which, if any, policies cover either palliatve care or hospice care? Are there private facillities for either and do any of the insurers cover them. Thanks.
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    Diesel servicing advice please

    I'm looking for a 7 seater at the mo and am veering towards a Galaxy/Alhambra/Sharan. With my budget I'm probably looking in the region of 2007 or older and obviously the lowest mileage I can find. All the previous cars I've had were petrol and this time I'll be opting for diesel. Any car I've...
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    Retro fit of seat belt

    Can anyone tell me is it possible to retrofit a 3 point seatbelt to the middle rear seat in a 2000 Honda CRV (currently just a lap belt)? Our youngest is getting too big for his carseat which, incidently was the only one on the market suitable for use with a lap belt. Cheers.
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    Turned on heat for the 1st time in 4 months boiler did not start

    There is a common enough problem with the S24 which only occurs in Ireland (according to Ideal(UK) and their agent here). The pressure switch goes faulty (hydraulic end, not the microswitch itself) and they can't explain why. My own guess is that you have, what I have seen described here...
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    Getting a new oil boiler fitted - gas oil

    Once again DGOBS, thanks for clarifying. Having not seen the installation and based on my obvious shortage of common sense, I thought it best not to assume that the instalation might not have some exempting factors from Part L of the regs you are obviously so familiar with and chose just to...
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    Getting a new oil boiler fitted - gas oil

    Thanks for clarification DGOBS. Since the question didn't mention a condensing boiler I skipped straight to how to change the fuel.
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    Getting a new oil boiler fitted - gas oil

    Kero is a cleaner fuel than gas oil but with adjustment either your old burner or a new one can be optimsed to run on either fuel. Why not time your new instalation shortly after your next fill is due. Have Kero delivered and a couple of days/weeks later have your new boiler installed. In the...
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    cowboy tarmac installers

    Not 100% but, my understanding of Tarmacadam is that it is self sealing - the Bitumin that binds the gravel is the "sealer". There are 2 obvious problems with most cowboy installations; either the groundworks haven't been done properly and all you have is a lovely black top coat and nothing of...
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    iPod touch - 8 or 32?

    Thanks again Latrade, I ordered an 8Gb testerday complete with engraving from Apple. Thanks for the heads up Jacobean, I'll check out Harvey Norman some evening.
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    iPod touch - 8 or 32?

    Thanks Latrade, very helpful, made my mind up for me. Any idea of what's a decent docking station? I see you can pick one up for about €50 in Argos and can pretty much pay a fortune elsewhere.
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    iPod touch - 8 or 32?

    I'm looking to buy an iPod touch for my wife's Birthday. I think it will be used mostly with speakers at home and probably connected to utube by WiFi. We have three small kids and in reality I reckon the iPod will be lost or broken long before we fill up the 1700 songs that the 8Gb entry level...
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    Flushing heating system

    Prices seem to have come down quite a bit for power flushing. If I remember correctly most firms were quoting around the €500 mark last summer. I know a number of guys now doing the same including cleanser and inhibitor for €350
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    Recommendations for duel sim mobile phones please

    Thanks Captain, how does it work i.e. can you receive a call on either number and how do you know which one your calling from?
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    Recommendations for duel sim mobile phones please

    I believe there is such an animal as a duel sim phone in existence out there. Can anyone recommend one? I'm prejudiced towards Nokia and don't particularly like all the new touch screen phones that are about at the minute. My phones get a fair bit of abuse and usually look ancient after 2 or...
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    Replacing a Triton T90....

    A Triton T80 is a mains fed shower. A T90 is Tank fed so shape and size aside, they're not interchangeable without modifying pipework. The T90 is usually as reliable as anything else on the market. The most common fault with it is it will run hot and cold and is remedied by taking the shower...
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    can you remove the tint from tinted windows succesfully?

    Thanks for all the replies. Very helpful. In the the end I opted not to buy as the history looked a bit suspect. I did one of those online searches for €35 and it turned out the car went untaxed for more than 2 years and then changed hands 3 times in about 8 weeks (the last of which is the...
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    can you remove the tint from tinted windows succesfully?

    Thanks jmrc. I thought that might be the case. My only worry is, does it not leave some sort of sticky residue on the glass? There are enough sticky surfaces on the kids!
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    can you remove the tint from tinted windows succesfully?

    I'm looking for a new car at the moment and the best one I've come accross has only one downfall - the windows are tinted a la "skobie-mobile". Mechanically and visually the car is pristine - apart from the tinting. Don't get me wrong, 15 years ago I'd have loved it as is, but I can't help...
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    Gas boiler running constantly

    Hi Neil, sounds like the boiler and/or the programmer (time clock) aren't wired correctly. Get the installer back asap.
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