Recent content by AndrewSwansea

Hi, well its very rare I purchase a bath so just wondered whether people who fit them regularly could recommend any decent brand/supplier, as people in the car trade would recommend a decent motor. I realise the wife will want the final say on design etc but if I can direct her to a certain...

Hi Need to replace my bath and was wondering if anyone can recommend any decent steel bath (regular shape) which any of the DIY or online stores sell? It needs to be fairly solid as we have a shower over bath so will be movement, and three young kids. The existing bath has the taps on...

I have an old fireplace in the kitchen which has an assortment of tiles on it. Now the old floor standing boiler has been removed there is a miss-match. I intend to hack off all the tiles but I can see behind these is the bare brick/stone of the wall adjoining next door. As I have absolutely...

Hi Am in the middle of stripping my sons bedroom. The thick textured wallpaper has come off nice and easily. Unfortunately the wallpaper underneath looks as if it has been pasted directly onto plasterboard (without a skim finish). I'm guessing there are no tricks of the trade to removing...

I've seen this used when tanking basements as a membrane and plasterboard can be fixed to it without piercing or damaging the membrane. Not sure whats going on with your house though as it clearly shouldnt be exposed like that

Hi I have a stand alone garage of block construction with a flat roof which is only around 3 years old. I have noticed that the exposed joists and sterling board are looking damp in places which I am guessing is down to condensation. Due to whoever constructed it there is quite a gap...

Whilst I accept there are hard working plumbers out there he is a 9-5 guy (unless they do hobbles) as his company do not do out of hours work. This I know because they work for our Estates & FM Department What cheesed me off is apart from commenting on the nice tv, beer fridge etc he told my...

Think I solved my own question now. The CH Engineer failed to remove clock set into boiler hence my questions about how they worked together.....they dont!! Removed the boilers clock and all working now. Sometimes the most obvious things take a while to get. How he missed that I dont...

When a wireless room thermostat is in use what settings should the boilers actual controls be set to? My receiver is showing a solid green light indicating it is working and has also sent successful radio signals but the boiler is not responding to anything I input on the room stat. However when...

Just to drag up an old thread......anyway after what had happened and anoher question I posted on the flue I was advised to give CORGI a call just to see if they would look into it. No unsafe GAS work but obviously he was not adhering to best practice etc. Anyway when I told the technical...

Hi Chris Thanks for response, my difficulties with installer were noted on an earlier thread. Yes he was Corgi reg, I did get a certificate from Corgi but he didnt fill in the benchmark form (which I was unaware of at time) His general workmanship wasnt great in terms of valves constantly...

Should you be seeing much in the way of condensation/steam coming out from the roof flue of condensing combi boilers (Ecotec Pro 28 Vaillant) Whenever the boiler is on and I am out walking the dog etc I never see much billowing out from the vent. I think this is right as its condensing too...

Hi The TRV's are Honeywell and I think the lockshield valves were Pegler. The pipework that runs in the attic is the plastic type which then goes into copper. The plastic pipe isnt insulated but I dont know whether it needs to ve if it isnt copper? Not sure.... Yes do have the...

Just found the manual etc, the commissioning report has not been filled in. I wasnt even aware of this form, but surely as it asks for a corgi number on it he should have done this as a matter of course?? I think a phonecall to corgi may be in order here regardless of what is Incidentally...

Yes deffo Corgi as a small-medium sized firm not a one man band and I had documentation through from CORGi themselves after installation. A building regulation compliance document was sent to me. Do you think it is now worth me contacting the CORGI customer services number on this document...