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Hi everyone Changing the standard Type 11/21/22 rads in my house for more modern anthracite vertical and/or horizontal rads, wanted to know where I could purchase from? Ideally a store so I can return easily if any probs. The ones on Screwfix have mixed reviews so dont want to commit… I live in...

Hi 7 years ago when the plumber installed brand new combi boiler after power flushing the whole CH system he added a bottle of No Nonsense inhibitor. In the last few years I have taken a radiator off here and there for decoration and then just refilled with water from the boiler. The water in...

Hi everyone 12 months ago we got a builder to do a detached double garage conversion into a studio annex. He quoted 2 months and took 12 months, and that was after I had to intervene and tell him how to do a lot of the building work by having a chat with the building regs man who was overseeing...

I’m trying to replace the MAP sensor, taken a pic of it. It’s so easy to swap for a new one as it’s on the front of the inlet manifold and just needs one nut out and then pulled out. But the dayumm sensor clip is not coming off. I pulled that grey tab backwards and it clicked in to that...

Hi I’ve had my 2011 BMW 730Ld (F02) for 5 years now and have clocked 120k on it. The last 2-3 years I’ve noticed that when it’s very cold in the morning (usually 6 deg C or below) when pulling out of the drive onto the main road (slight incline on driveway and then slight dip onto pavement...

Hi everyone hoping to get some help with this on-going problem, which i've researched into A LOT on the internet but still no luck. Ok, I bought my BMW 730ld 2011 reg (53k genuine on clock) this April 2016. the brake judder was present at time of sale and the seller said that he had replaced...

Hi Ive read a lot on the net on possible locations to connect a power flush machine for my central heating and have decided its best to connect it directly to the supply and return 22mm pipes from the combo boiler as the pipes to and from the rads are all 10mm micro bore. I don't really have...

Hi everyone I have a small new build house bought in 2008 and the contractors put Fernox inhibitor into it then. I'd now like to flush the system, pour cleaner in, let it run, then flush and pour inhibitor in. Flushing will be straight forward I hope as there is a tap for central...

hi everyone Fernox F3 has been circulating in the central heating system for a couple of weeks now, and as well as it clearing the blockage in my boiler/diverter valve I've noticed it has made the boiler operate very quietly, its as quiet as some brand new boilers i've observed, so really...

Hi I bought the house a year ago with conservatory already built. The electrics 'look ' as though they've been done professionally, as does the whole conservatory itself. The conservatory has about 3 double power sockets installed around it. I was thinking of using it as a dining during...

Please help, boiler playing up. I have to keep the central heating on for the hot water to work. i opened up the boiler and found that if only the hot water is running, there is no 240V power to the boiler fan, and therefore the boiler doesn't fire up. when i put central heating on...

Hi everyone am new to this forum and a fairly novice DIYer, although I am becoming familiar with most DIY tasks, and have got myself decent dewalt tools. right, I basically have a double garage, which has been built very well, it has 2 'up-n-over' doors at the front, and at the back...