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Hello guys I have Glow Worm boiler. The flue is coming from the boiler's back, through the wall towards the garden. The flue is not coming from the top of the boiler, it is from the back. Can I install plume kit on it? I am asking because the installer of the boiler said that I can NOT...

hello I've got Glow worm Flexicom 30 cx boiler for like 2 years now. The average pressure reading on it is 1.9 and sometimes it reaches 3.2 at night when heating. Air builds up in the system regularly and I have to bleed the rads from time to time. I did a power flush to the system 2...

Hello guys... I'm asking this on behalf of my friend. She wants to replace a leaking old radiator with new one. She got the new rad. and is going to buy wither Drayton or Honeywell thermostatic valve and lock shield. She was looking for installer to do the job and she got some quotes...

Hello guys... Could you please advise me about this? I've got my house window wood frame paint flaking. it is the outside part so i guess the flaking is because rain...etc. Some parts of the frame are fine and the white paint is ok, but other parts are flaking and showing a the old...

I have hired some people to do some jobs in my house. I got them from web sites where those builders have their profile and info and people would rate them. I searched a lot of web sites and found some builders responding to my ad on those web sites, i looked at their review and rating...

hello guys... I've got an old single layer central heating radiator. it is the first radiator that receives the very hot water from the combi boiler, so i always set the valve to open halfway but it was still very hot. anyway, yesterday i noticed two small tiny cracks on the surface...

I have Yale security system which has PIR sensors in every room. 1) I always wondered what would happen if the I set the room light on a timer so it goes ON and OFF when I go on holiday or dark evenings. Will it trigger the PIR? 2) A friend left his birds in a cage with me as he went...

Hello guys... when i moved to the house, it was nice and ok, but after months i started noticing some cracks in the ceiling. There is a crack in the ceiling above the stairs. Above that ceiling is the loft, where there is old insulation material and wool like stuff. the crack is shaped as...

Hello guys... i've got a glow worm boiler Flexicom 30 cx. It works fine as I programmed it. I set the system to keep the house heat not to go below 18 for the afternoon period. But sometimes it feels cold so I need to override the system. I have the wireless controller Climapro RF...

Hello guys and merry christmas to everyone... I've got brownish "nicotine" like stains on the second living room ceiling. When I asked the previous occupant about it, he said that some years ago, they filled the bath and forgot it, so the water came on the bathroom floor and leaked here...

hello guys.. i've got kitchen extension roof and upstairs room extension roof too. the room's roof is just black rigid thing. kitchen roof looks also same but it is coverd with small stones/gravel. when i asked why it is there, i've been told it is there to prevent sun rays from...

Hello guys... I've got a window let cold air in all of the time. if you look at the picture below, it is not the window that opens, it is the fixed peice. is there any sealnt can be put on the area where blue arrows point? and what is the name of that fluffy gray thing between the window and...

hello guys i'm replacing my old not-combi boiler with a new one. if i do so, do i need to replace the radiator valves and locksheilds? (not sure of the names, i mean the IN and out Valves)? and in general, is there any other changes should be done when someone changes to combi-boiler...

hello guys.. I've got Yale alarm system. One PIR flashed red and the control unit said it needed new batteries. I went and bought rechargable batteries, I fully charged them, each are 1.2v I put them in the PIR, It flashed fast for 30 seconds then I mounted it. I tried the...

hey guys... I've got kitchen extension roof. it is a flat roof but i don't know from which material it is made... it looks like hard dry rubber...but i'm not sure anyway i've got stones/gravel covering the roof... when i asked a friend why there is gravel? he said the gravel are...

hey guys... I've got a garden that has a soil full of cats waste. The soil look so unhealthy and part of it has green layer on the top [mold maybe?!] I thought of changing the soil but I need your advice please... 1) How much digging should I do? I mean this is soil and I assume it...

Hey guys... I've got some questions please: in my Loft, there are two water tanks. #1 A kind of big tank, white, wrapped with thermo blanket, placed high and it contains clear water. #2 A small tank, not wrapped but its top covered with plastic bag, and placed on the loft floor and not...

Hello guys... There is a problem with my toilet: 1) When I flush, the water doesn't come with force, it comes in huge amount, flooding the the pan and takes the waste. But after a while, the pan water gains some colour and sometimes I've got some waste came back. What would cause this...

I've got the following: - Ancient Ideal Standard boiler - Siemens (Landis & Staefa) RWB2E Programmer - Non-digital Honeywell thermostat Siemens is located near the boiler and Honeywell in the living room. In order to have the central heating ON, I should do the...

Hello guys... I know that most of you here are professional and have some knowledge about this issue. If there was a house with an old floor standing boiler and you wanted to install a new combi boiler but in another place inside the house because of size restriction for example...