Recent content by cleddy

I am about to completely dig up the garden at the side of my house. It has been left as a wasteground for 25 years by the previous owners of the house and as a result there is a lot of earth (and probably rubbish) to be removed. It isn't really possible to hire a skip as a) there is no...

I'm not an expert on heating, and I don't know the particular boiler you have, but I have had 2 combi boilers. With these, if the boiler needed refilling, then the heating stopped working, and the hot water flowed, it was just cold. It could be a blockage, although if it is, I don't envy...

What type of central heating system do you have? Is it a thermostatically controlled shower? I had a similar problem with a combi boiler and a thermostatic shower. Turns out that the cold water pressure in my house is so good that if you turn the hot taps on full it overloads the boiler...

Just installed some halogen lights. They are the type which are on wires. I have 2 runs of 5 x 35W bulbs each run having it's own transformer. They are switched from the same switch. I have found that even without any other lights on in the house, when I switch them on (and sometimes...