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    VentAxia Svara help

    Hi Wondering if anyone has experience of a VentAxia Svara extractor? I bought one of the back of the review from CharlieDIY on YouTube. Fitted ok. but for love nor money can I find a setting that will turn it off. Each configuration I try defaults to trickle instead of off. On Youtube Charlie...
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    just fitted TRV struggling to get rads on afterwards

    cheers guys....all that bleeding & a nights sleep kicked the whole thing into life!
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    just fitted TRV struggling to get rads on afterwards

    theres a big disc on the front of the pump (about 1 inch across) is that the bleed valve?
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    just fitted TRV struggling to get rads on afterwards

    hi....eurostar oil boiler..tank in air cupboard..grundfos pump all rads are bled./.all rads have water in...how do i tell if the system is full>? i found a bleed valve in airing cupboard....bled that...wonder if theres more somewhere.. when i turn heating on pump sound louder than...
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    just fitted TRV struggling to get rads on afterwards

    hi. was very pleased to get a replacement rad fitted & TRV but now after bleeding all rads only the upstairs bedroom rads are on..bathroom is luck warm & no downstairs rads are on.../cant work it out,,,gut feeling is an air lock somewhere any ideas normal system with a tank..not combi...
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    strange central heating

    cheers...think i've found the metal box....
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    strange central heating

    cheers....just checked & 2 pipes coming out of the top of the boiler.. any ideas where about the CH motorised valve might be located in the system & how big of a job it would be to fix? wonder if the value might need freeing up rather than replacing.. thanks again
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    strange central heating

    bump....still no joy thanks
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    strange central heating

    not that up on these things.... theres a hot water tank in an airing cupboard on the first floor if thats any help?
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    strange central heating

    sorry for the delay...still looking for advice.. the boiler is an 'Ideal Classic' which is in good nick according to the guy who serviced it last month... thanks in advance
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    strange central heating

    hi... recently had gas boiler serviced now oddly the radiators upstairs are heating up whenever the hot water is heated even though the room thermostat is low & the control panel has central heating turned off.. cant understand it.....any ideas? thanks
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    decorating/diy suggestion needed

    thanks...will try
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    decorating/diy suggestion needed

    thanks...my problem is i could do with the ability to pull the plasterboard towards the skirting while the no more nail sets..
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    decorating/diy suggestion needed

    hello.. thinking of decorating hall/stairs/landing tomorrow.... want to make a decent job but 1 thing is annoying me that you guys might have a tip to solve... at the bottom of the plaster board/stud wall either side of the stairs is a wooden stair skirting board type thing... on a 5...
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    Re-grouting

    just what I was thinking on DSM.....I can't begin to think I'd use one of those manual tools to do the whole bathroom...I'm off to find a dremel with grout removing tool...thanks
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    electrical advice..connecting a new ceiling light

    you beauty....got it.. thanks all!
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    electrical advice..connecting a new ceiling light

    thanks...slightly confused now....thinking I should have 4 wires coming out of the ceiling (upstairs switch, downstairs switch, supply + supply to next)... no multimeter so some trial & error required tomorrow I think. thanks
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    electrical advice..connecting a new ceiling light

    hello...not the best with lighting or electrics so need a bit of advice. have removed the light fitting at the top of the stairs + can't work out the correct way to reconnect the new fitting... I have 3 sets of cable coming out of the ceiling (each 1 live/1 neutral)... There is a switch...
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    upvc door key question

    thanks..I'll report back to grandma!
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    upvc door key question

    Hello...my grandmother had a upvc conservatory/porch fitted by a local firm in yorkshire last year. She requires extra keys for the door so she went to her local key cutters who cut her a key which she tried in the door. After finding that the key does not work she contacted the key cutting shop...
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