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Short and sweet. Thanks Blakie

OK, some photo: The tap - the spot needs to screw into the body (body rotated 90° so that you can see down into the thread). This is where I can do it with my hands easily so won't form a seal as it is...

We've just got our taps (http://www.crosswater.co.uk/product/essence/essence-basin-2-hole-set/), but the installation instructions are a bit thin. After mounting plumbing into the wall, it just says to screw the spout into it using a monkey wrench. The problem is that I can just screw it in...

I just had another thought. Even though it's heated from the boiler, it has an immersion heater in it. I am thinking that if I turn the boiler off and turn the immersion heater on, then if it just heats the hot water up continuously then it means that the thermostat is OK (and the fault lies...

Thanks Jeff. When you say it's a faulty motorised valve, do you mean the motor itself, or the valve, or whatever it is that controls it (or does it control itself?). The reason that I ask is that it seems to open/close (I can hear it whir when it opens and feel the hot water flow through the...

I've got a problem with my central heating. I've got a megaflo unvented system with an indirect gas boiler. When I turn on the heating at the boiler controls, the boiler only stays on for a couple of minutes before cutting out. Here's what happens in detail. We ran out of hot water. I...

To the best of my knowledge, CO is generated when you have a deficiency of oxygen. This happens in stoves because the door is closed and you have restricted the airflow. When you are lighting the fire, the door is open and so there is not this deficiency of oxygen. I would expect the level of...

Thank you to all that have been helpful so-far. Chimsock has a draght excluder that would be harder-wearing than a simple balloon - thanks!

You can poke health-and-safety holes in every situation. Growing up, our chimney had a thing installed in it (presumably when the house was built) where there was a lever you moved to block/unblock the chimney. It blocked drafts and you moved it before lighting the fire. We did this every time...

It doesn't matter whether I need a DEFRA exempt stove or not. I have one. I'm not about to install another stove.

Rick, Thanks. I'll take a look at them. Maybe as stated it may wear out if removed/added each time I light the fire, but it may be a good solution for autumn/spring when it's not quite cold enough to have a fire on, but still a little chilly - so have it up the flue to block it for half the...

The door seals fine. There are just vents that don't totally close (by design). Maybe I should modify it a bit so they totally close.

Closing the doors and dampers cuts out most of the draft, but as its a clean-burning stove you can't totally close all the dampers. Think of it as a traditional wooden front door. You close the door and it blocks most of the doorway, but there are gaps around the door where drafts can get in...

Norcon. Very helpful. Thanks. Anyone want to answer the actual question rather than be a dick about it?t

I got a stove installed in my living room last year. It's a DEFRA-approved clean-burning stove, which means that you can't close it down completely. As a result when it's not in use (which is only 2-3 times a week or so - Central heating is fine and the fire is for fun only!), there is a small...

Bolshy - thanks for the insight. I've only been here for a year and can't remember what it was like last year. I don't remember it being this long to heat up the house, but can't be any-where near certain. Hot water temperature is fine, but I don't know whether that's because it runs for...

Had it serviced by an RGI back in October, but can have him back to take a look at it. If I turn the boiler thermostat down to way below 'min' it goes out. I'll turn it up to max for the time being. Either way, would you expect the pipe coming out of the heat exchanger to take over 10 minutes...

It's a potterton kingfisher RS50. Thermostat settings are min 1 2 3 4 max

Boiler thermostat is set it 4 (close to max). I haven't sat in front of the boiler for a long time but I haven't seen the boiler flames go off full all evening (front of boiler is off at the moment).

My central heating seems to take a while to get the radiators hot. 30-40 minutes for the rads to get hot is normal. I'm in a 4-bedroom house. The central heating is the original one installed and so 30 years old. I don't want to poke and prod around the system too much, but here's what I've...