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Hello, I'm in need of a new boiler, my current Ariston while very good is 10 years old and I may as well put the £150 I need for a new secondary heat exchanger towards a new one. My boiler installer (who did my ariston) has recommended a Vaillant as probably the better choice, though he is...

Hello, I've a fairly new honda crv and while stopped waiting for somebody (with engine off) I had the air-con on for about 20 minutes. When I went to start the car there was nothing, the lights were on but the ignition wouldn't try to start. I turned it off for 10 minutes and on retrying...

Hello, I have GROHE Avensys shower (thermostatically controlled unit for combi-boiler). I've had it a couple of years and it isn't used very much (maybe once a month at best) and in the past month it's just stopped working properly (re: it was working), I've also tried adjusting the...

Hello, Can anyone tell me what the difference between a 'shower consumer unit' and a bog standard consumer unit is? I've seen them selling as 2-way as well so it isn't just because they only have one breaker :) Or is it just a marketing term? they all seem to cost more than standard 1 or 2...

Hello, Can anyone tell me the difference between a stabilised and thermostatically controlled electric shower? All I know is I've been told to go for thermostatically controlled to ensure the temperature stays the same. But 'stabilised' is a new term to me, and for all I know it could be better...

Hello, Would 100mm of rafter insulation board (kingspan tp10, celotex ga4000, etc) result in a better, worse or just the same thermal value than 2x50mm boards? I'm converting a loft and I'm now getting round to ordering the insulation. After contacting all the suppliers (kingspan, celotex...

Hello, I need some advice on mounting some wall cabinets. I've got a wall bookshelf (http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80116676) it's 120cm x 35cm by 28cm deep. It weights about 15kb plus whatever I put in (which will probably be cd's). It's going on a stud wall (it was only...

Hello, I'm a bit confused as to the phasing out of bulbs. I've found a light I want (http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10086588) But it uses a G9 25w halogen. I can see that frosted ones are being phased out and I read a bit in Osram website about it but couldn't follow what they...

Hello, To comply with the building regs I need to put in 270mm (well, 300mm is what my building controller wants) of rockwool. I think he's done this because my ceiling joists are 150mm deep. The area is about 12m2. However, what I want to do is board it out but don't really want to cheat by...

Hello, I'm having a loft conversion, but the engineering drawings have stated to use the heaviest gauge 10inch steel, which is weighing in at a hefty 90kg per metre. Which in my loft will comprise of 6 lengths weighing quarter of a ton each side (three per side bolted). We are looking at...

Hello, I'm tiling a new en-suite. For the main shower I'm using aquapanel but on the areas not connected to the shower at all (i.e. they won't get wet, but obviously may get moisture), I'm just using standard gyproc wallboards. I want to tile directly onto them, using an acrylic waterproof...

Hello, I'm in the middle of a new bedroom extension and need some advice on extractor fans for an en-suite. The room is against the back wall and I'm going to fit a zone 1 extractor fan with light. I would say the distance from the fan to the eaves is about 1 metre, in a straight line...

Hello, In trying to save space I've been looking at multi-foil for the ceiling insulation on my loft conversion. Given TLX (thinsulate) and Gen-X have BBA approval I figured it must be ok. I'm trying to work out how deep it will actually go to compare against normal insulation but there are two...

Hello, I'm converting two rooms into one (knocking down a partition) which means there will be two switches and two lights. What I want is to have just one light. i.e. convert to two way switches. Is there a way of achieving this without rewiring the switches to use three core and earth...

Hello, I have exactly the same fault (and alarm!) as this post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=141021&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= Basically I changed a PIR for a new one (A petwise 3D) and all was well, I then took this PIR and replaced an older one. After this...