Recent content by Argentum66

Just for clarity, this one is also in the hall and has similar functions to the one you describe, but it is a wireless thermostat as not in the same room as the boiler. I suppose it was put in the hall as this is more of a central point in the house to where the boiler is located. I could change...

I have had the stat right up to the receiver when pairing with no change. Will give new batteries a try though. Is the alarm light just to alert that they are not talking?

Do you think that's worth a try? No battery errors or an indication they are failing. Nothing to lose I suppose.

I know this has probably been covered before but just want to check before I condemn the thermostat. Daughter has bought a house with a British Gas RC Plus wireless thermostat. Although we couldn't get it to do exactly what we wanted it was working. But we had to drop the power to the boiler and...

I have a wooden up and over garage door that is badly rotting. The metal frame, subframe and opening system is fine, so I want to build a new wooden outer cover to fit to the subframe. My question is what to use for panelling, currently it is panelled in ply but I wondered if tongue and groove...

Just tested it this morning and put the boiler on for half an hour and it has used 7 KWH. It is just a sudden jump from the 12 KWH for 5 hours heating on Monday.

@Old Salt I appreciate its been a bit colder today but the readings show 4 times as much energy for 1 extra hour usage....seemed a bit extreme.

Just identified a massive rise in my smartmeter gas usage today. It has gone from a reasonably steady 12 KWH per day to 50 KWH today and had the heating on maybe an hour more than yesterday (6 hours rather than 5). Has anyone any idea why this has happened? Can it be a smartmeter fault? Do...

I'm not unhappy about the replies, just the way some of them are delivered. I'll quite happily go through a qualified gas specialist, but one that will talk to me in a reasonable manner without trying to belittle me. I only wanted some advice whether this was a job I could undertake myself, if I...

Not necessarily referring to you Muggles, Your response came in while I was writing.

I can see I'm not going to get any help here. I'm not fiddling, I'm asking questions before I fiddle, or don't fiddle as it may be; surely this is the best thing to do before jumping straight in. The responses I'm getting are at best sarcastic and certainly not helpful, very different from the...

So, accepting that I will not replace it myself, is there anything I can do to get my heating on temporarily tonight? I have read elsewhere about spraying WD40. Is this a good idea just to get the thing working?

Hi Dan I suppose that was my question. I am competent in a number of areas, I an confident I can undertake the mechanical aspects and the electrical aspects but didn't know if there were regulations/checks that needed adhering to. I'm asking a question not challenging the regulations.

Hi there. My boiler has tonight developed a squeal and the heat has cut out. On investigation the noise is coming from the fan on top of the boiler supplying the flue so I suppose the boiler has cut out as adequate air flow is not being maintained. So first of all, as an unqualified competent...

Okay...fixed it....something really stupid. When I repaired the PRD I must have moved the temperature control knob on the cover which locates onto splines on the water control, so on refitting they were out of synch and when I thought I was turning the temperature right up, I wasn't. So I reset...