Recent content by amudda

Thanks for the advice, all - I'll try and get the Standard Colour Code for it, and see if I can get it mixed up in Sandtex or Dulux. It is a fairly big house - I reckon there's about 200 m2, and I need two coats, so 400 m2 in total - have had three decorators round, and they all reckon about...

Hi all, Am looking to paint the outside of the house - it's painted render/pebbledash - and the colour we really like is a Farrow & Ball colour, Shaded White. So a) What's F&B Exterior paint like? Is it as good as Dulux Weathershield, Sandtex, etc? Don't care how easy it is to put on -...

Hi all, Could somebody explain to me exactly what the "Warmstart" feature on the Vaillant Ecotec 937 boiler does, and what the two storage tanks do if the feature is turned off? My basic understanding is that the Warmstart feature maintains the water in the storage tank at temperature, so hot...

seco services - I ended up agreeing with you and paid twice as much for the 500mm rads instead, which look great :-). Had to explain to the family that xmas is cancelled, mind you....

Thanks both! The feet are a cosmetic "addition" that you don't need and have to pay extra for - so I won't be bothering with them :-)

Hello! I am replacing an old, manky radiator with a nice new column radiator. It's under a window, and the new one is going in the same place. There is 700mm between the floor and the window cill, and I don't want the rad to stick out above the cill. The rad I'm looking at (a Homebase...

Hi, We are having our sash windows replaced - well, just the sash's are being replaced, the frames are being rennovated. I have two quotes from a pair of reasonable seeming companies, but the main difference between them seems to be the type of wood they are using. One is using...

Thanks for the responses - Nige F, I'm intrigued - what would you suggest?! A

Hi, Am investigating some bad smells in our new house, and have come across some bizarre-ness that I'd like to check with someone who knows what they're talking about :-) If we leave our house for a while (overnight, say), when we come back, the hallway smells of drains - there is nowhere...

Hi, Can anyone advise on the difference between the radiator manufacturers? I am looking at buying a column radiator, which are fairly pricy anyway, but looking on the plumbnation website, I have three options : - Myson - about £450 - Stelrad - about £450 - Delonghi - about £330...

Thanks for the advice all - much appreciated! Have gone back to balancing, so will see where that gets me over the next few days. I'll also convert the rad sizes to kW using the Stelrad catalogue and post back the results. I did have a look at the Manual Bypass - it's a 22mm pipe, and the...

Hi, I'm looking to replace an existing single radiator (which is old, brown and rubbish) with a new column radiator, which will be a bit more in keeping with the style of the house. I am looking at the Apollo Roma - can anyone comment on whether it's a good/bad make? And does anyone have...

For hot water, we tend to heat up a tank in the morning (for an hour) and in the evening (for an hour) and that's enough for us.

Ah, i see what you mean - if my system was properly balanced, all radiators would be the same temperature, even if that temperature was too cold because the boiler was underpowered. So I need to go back to balancing again and try to get that right. The calculator reckons I need a 32kW boiler...

Hi all, Have moved into a new house, and the current cold weather has highlighted the inadequacies of the current heating system..... :-) Not all my rads are getting hot. By turning off the hot rads, I can get each one to heat up by itself, so I don't think it's sludge - I just can't get...