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My daughter has a Baxi 800 and when she turns on the hot water, it fires up, goes slightly warm, then turns off. Despite the temperature actually being around 30°, it displays around 50°+ so the boiler thinks it has reached the desired temperature. Thoughts?

Thanks guys. I am very frugal with the heating and set it to come on only when we are in. TRVs are on every rad and are turned to * in every room not used. One last question, by turning the temperature up does it just reduce the flow to stay in the heat exchanger longer or does the gas increase...

With soaring bills I am wondering what the most economical setting for the water temperature of the radiator system. There is no temperature gauge on my Worcester Bosch 24si II but there is a dot on the dial. My thoughts are if the radiators heat up quicker, then the pump works less and may...

With soaring bills I am wondering what the most economical setting for the water temperature of the radiator system. There is no temperature gauge on my Worcester Bosch 24si II but there is a dot on the dial. My thoughts are if the radiators heat up quicker, then the pump works less and may...

Its just a spur from an adjacent plug socket but only the live and neutral have been routed for this specific light. The reply below looks favorite. thanks for the response.

I want to replace an under-the-counter light strip which is not earthed (the whole fitting is plastic) with an led one. Currently the connector is just live and neutral so there is no requirement to be earthed. Looking at led ones, they have an earth on their connector plugs. Is it required...

My seat needs replacement but am having no joy finding it. 3 years ago when we moved in, the toilet had just been installed by the previous owner. I captured the picture here. Does anyone recognise the logo? The seat is 470mm from the hinge to the front edge and is 370mm wide. I've scoured...

Thanks for the link. I've checked with no joy though. They seem to be made in Japan and mostly sold in the USA but couldn't find any match. I might have to try a generic one with the same measurements.

Oops. Should show now.

My toilet seat needs replacing. It's about 3 years old and was fitted just before I moved in to a part complete house. I captured it on a photo whilst the sticker was still on the inside lid. zooming in it looks like "Oki"?? If I can identify it, I have half a chance of ordering a replacement...

Thanks for that. I'll give it a go!

I have just moved into a house that looks like the phone line has been chewed and spat out. Into the house is an 8 cable line. Colours are all solid: Blue Brown Black Grey White Orange Green Red The white and orange were connected to an oval shaped terminal block with a screw in the...

I have removed doors and architrave from a doorway between the lounge and dining room and am going to separate the two. I am using wooden struts to fill the gap and then plasterboard the whole width of the wall, either side. Can I attach plasterboard direct to the wall or are further batons...

Thanks very much for the valued advice. I too prefer private jobs and have a great rapport with the customers. I'll stick with the advisors job but will go self employed if things get worse. Merry Christmas. ;0)

I was a tiler in Spain where all the jobs were cash paid and the cost of living was low so despite being inundated with work, there was no worries if I didn't work for a week or two. I do the occasional job for people I know but am thinking of going self employed as my current job as an advisor...

All of a sudden, we now have to turn on our hot water taps full on ( and sometimes two taps) just to get the hot water to kick in, with or without the CH on. After reading previous topics and utilising my own mechanical common sense, I have come to the conclusion I need to replace the DHW...

To be absolutely sure about a solid floor, use 9-ply (18mm), screwed every 9 inches. This might bring the floor level higher than you would like. If at all possible, remove the floorboards and replace with 9-ply. 6mm ply would flex far too much and the tiles would quite likely blow (become...

Ok thanks I'll try that.