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Hi I'm after some sheets of 50mm and 75mm pir insulation - I just wondered if anybody is aware of any current discounts / offers? Thanks a lot in advance

Hi We're in the process of having a new system boiler and pressurised hwc fitted as part of a house extension. We will end up with 3 zones (kitchen, rest of downstairs, upstairs) plus the hw to control. Any ideas what the best type / brand of controls would be? I was thinking to have a...

The boiler is a potterton kingfisher 2 There is a thermostat downstairs, and another one (of the same design as shown - a satchwell TL type) upstairs. There's an electronic valve thing downstairs and another upstairs. The boiler also appears to he connected to a timer switch (photo) and...

I have an old thermostat in my living room (pics attached) Id like to replace it with a thermostat that gives me some programming options and has a digital readout. Is it a straightforward job for a diy-er? Thanks Chris

Hi I'm decorating my kitchen - it currently has installed a basic 4' fluoro strip light. Are there any more aesthetically pleasing alternatives available on the market today that could be fitted with minimal of electrical rewiring / re plastering etc? I had a look in B&Q and couldn't...

Also, do I need to tape the seams with some kind of foil tape?

Thanks again, I was actually asking if the best method is to insulate all the way to the top of the roof and seal the boards right up against the top beam - or should I leave a small gap to let air enter? Same thing at floor level - do I put the insulation boards all the way down to the...

Thanks for that. The rafters a pretty deep so there will be loads of distance between the slates for ventilation There appears to be lots of different types of insulation from Kingspan etc. Do I just need normal polystyrene insulation - or something that is specialised for roofing - I see...

Hi I want to add extra insulation in my loft. Currently I have good insulation between the joists, but I want to insulate the rafters as well. The loft is used for storage. My house is from the 1900s. There is currently no membrane or anything behind the slates. I can see chinks of...

Hi My kitchen light can be operated by 2 switches (1 at either end of room). I want to get rid of one of the switches cos its never used and I'm putting a cabinet there. Can I just remove the switch, disconnect the wires, terminate them properly and leave them in the wall? Or...

Just checked everything and no leak that I can see depending on how long I've had the shower on for it is more like 6 seconds.

Hi I've just had my old shower pump pump replace. The old one was positive head; whereas my setup required a negative head pump to work (my setup is kind of borderline with about 2 feet of head. It meant my old stuart turner didn't always come on). Anyways the system seems to be...

Thanks again for the response... So, just to confirm, the only way I could get additional water into my expansion tank (discounting a faulty ballcock valve) is water transferring from the HWC, through a broken coil, into the heating side and out of the vent? Hence a new HWC is required...

Thanks for all the replies. I've re-done the overflow so it won't get an airlock again. I'll shorten the HWC vent tomorrow morning. Do you really think it is possible that water could be siphoning out of the cold storage and finding its way into the expansion? I really appreciate all the...

yup it was hot when it was overflowing. After I had solved the airlock problem I bailed out the tank to the correct level (i.e. I removed water until the ballcock valve started spewing out water which means there is approx 3 inches in the bottom of the tank.) The level of water has not gone...