Recent content by bcoleman

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem with my upvc windows in one of our bedrooms and wondered if anyone could help. Basically, there is a small gap on the bottom corner opposite the hinge letting a draught in and causng condesation, etc. I haven't noticed it before, and it looks like the...

HaHa! none that I know of!!! It's only about the same size as a pencil or pen laying flat under the carpet - so around 1 cm high, 1 cm wide and 10cm long. Any ideas?

think it's floorboards but I'm not 100% sure to be honest - will check tonight.

Morning All, Bit of an odd one this, but last night I noticed that a small pencil sized lump had appeared in the middle of my carpet. It's hard but seems farily loose in that if I press one end down the other pops up a bit higher. Any ideas what it might be? :? I've lived in the house...

Hi, I've got a set of halogen downlighters under my kitchen cupboards and they've recently started playing up. Basically, there are 2 switches to turn them on - 1 to the transformer and a smaller one on casing of one of the lights - and to get the lights working now I have to physically...

Hi guys, First - a big thanks to all your help - I changed both thermisters at the weekend, the problem seems to have gone away and the wife is happy!! A slight issue is that to change the CH one, I had to drain the boiler through the PRV and now I can't get it to stop dripping. It's only...

Thanks but onyl 2 probs with this - 1) I don't have a multimeter (easily fixed I know) 2) the DHW control is crap and doesn't have any actual numbers on it - just an indication that hot is one way and cold is the other Cheers. Ben

Thanks Guys - will try to get the thermisters and fit them myself - looks a relatively simple job based on the intructions in the manual. Also, I've just had the front off the boiler so I could actually see the boiler flame (hadn't done it before as I had to remove a load of kitchen cupboards...

Hi, I've been having afew problems with my combi boiler (FER FALCON) in that the DHW seems to cycle as follows - hot-very hot-extremely hot-freezing cold-hot again... I put up a post on this a week or so ago and was advised to try adjusting the DHW control knob on the boiler and/or...

Hi all, Am about to get my combi boiler serviced for the first time since I moved into my place (about 3 years ago) and would like some advice about where/how to find a reputable boiler man and general things to be make sure are included in the price - eg. british gas 'service' looks...

Morning All - Thanks for all your help so far. I've just tried a few things and think I've found the cause of this problem -this is what I did: 1. turned hot tap on on it's own = nice hot water and the temperature doesn't seem to fluctuate (always too hot to put my hand under) 2. left hot...

Morning all, Right - tried turning a hot tap on whilst taking the shower and it didn't seem to make much difference - the temp again seemed to cycle between luke warm and hot - taking about a minute or so to go from hot to warm and back to hot again. Also tried cleaning the shower head with...

Thanks all - will try the various options tonight and see what happens. If none of them work - would a thermostatic set of mixer taps do the trick or would they also be affected by the boiler apparantly turning off and on? Ben

Thanks for the help - I'll try some of these this evening and see what happens. This may be a dumb question - but what is it that actually determines how hot the water from the boliler gets? Is it the gas that adjusts when you select the required DHW temp (like on a gas hob) or does the gas...

Hi All, I have an annoying issue with my combi boiler (fer falcon) in that my mixer shower (manual type from the taps) seems to cycle between being nicely hot and just luke warm. The flow rate from the cold tap is around 12 l/m and from the hot it's around 7 l/m - although i tested this at...