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I shut the boiler right down in the summer using the elec shower and the kettle to boil water. It's all fun being an OAP. Reset the CH and HW as you advised and felt the port valve head and it's not hot any more so it is now shut down completely. Many thanks for your help and sharing your...

Many thanks , but it looks technical to me , and if I mess it up it would be an expensive problem

Hi, I have a Honeywell ST 699 programmer, when they system is shut down for the summer ( sliding all control to off ) I find the honeywell 3 port valve head stays energized and gets quite hot at times. Is there a system shut down sequence ? I am thinking of changing the programmer to a more...

Hi , Don't know if you could advise . I have two door french windows opening out to the garden from the living room the glass is double glazed , I would like to reduce the noise level from outside . Would treble glazing work or would I have to renew the whole frame , any advice on...

Hi, Yes stirred the can, Stained the wood , then applied the Sadolin. The fence is planed smooth picket slates about 20 feet long plus a gate . I have noticed that even after a week when I rub it down the paint is still quite soft . As I said even after six coats there is still no deep...

Hi, I have just purchase 5 lt of Sadolin Burma teak Extra from ebay. The can says will cover in two coats , but I have now used six coats and it is still not covering , It is only a fence I am painting . Where am I going wrong ?

Hi I brought a baxi 15 boiler to replace my baxi solo 2. the plan was to replace the boiler this year , but the baxi solo is indistructable it just goes on and it is 14 years old , If I do wait for the baxi solo to die which could be years how long could I safely store the the new boiler...

Hi can anyone help, My upvc door as warped about 10mm at the top due to the sun. I can no longer lock it and I fear the glass might crack . Is there anything that can be done to cure this problem. Thanks for looking

Thanks for your reply, I have a dummy box of the same make which on examning could see a small magnet in the top of the cover , is this like a reed switch ? if I took the magnet out and placed on the live box switch would this stop the alarm untill I have disconected it ?.

I wish to change my bell box . the bell box is an elmdene HS model and I will be replacing it with the same model. the control panel is the honeywell Accentra/Optima compact 8EP396A. What I would like to ask is how to replace the box with out the sounder going off. I have the engineers code...

:) Thanks guys for your help. All sorted, I had dislodged a conector to to PBC . As an OAP I can not afford the silly prices that heating service engineers demand, its like petrol you can only charge so much then people stop using it. If it was not for people like you willing to offer free...

I have just cut in a spirotect magna on the return pipe just above the boiler I took great care not to let any water into the boiler , but some always gets in. when I switched the boiler back on the fault lights read on on on . The boiler is a Baxi Solo HE 15. any help would be welcomed

Thanks for all the advice, I think I will go for a Spirovent it's made of brass and will last for years .i'm old school don't like plastic .

Recent system update, 8mm microbore prone to blockages , if you can offer advice on the above subject would love to hear .Plus what do you think is best Magnaclean or spirovent, Thanks for looking

I wish to install a magnaclean in my heating system, it is 8mm microbore and the only exessable pipe is a 22mm flow and return to the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard , the rest of the system is in the loft. Due to the fuel cost the hot water is programed to come on for only two hours...