Recent content by asajoh

Thanks for your responses. Lots of really useful advice here! I've spoken to a range of people and have decided to get a company to come out and at least make sure that any damaged boards aren't asbestos (and if they are, remove and repair) and advice me on the rest of the kitchen. I know...

Hi! This isn't so much a diy question (though I'm slightly worried about having inhaled asbestos as I've been hanging shelves and what not). I asked an electrician to come round to give me a quote for fitting a new consumer unit in my flat and he took a look around. He thinks there is need...

I also heard the trvs are better angled away from the rad, as they always are in my neck of the woods, but here they always seem to be in line with the rad (and on my rads, at floor level. What's that all about apart from making people hurt their backs trying to adjust their trvs?)

Ah, I looked in the catalogue (I managed to find it) and that's where I found the 5kW, but that wasn't based on 40 Δt (not sure which one I used). At 40 it comes to more like 4.6. Yeah, looks like it. Not sure what to do about that, as I hope to use hot water for the shower when I have...

The boiler is a Main Combi 25 Eco (25 kW output) The link that you gave me didn't work, but I can tell you that I calculated a need for about 16000BTU (I make this about 5kW, just quick estimate) all in all for my rads and the ones I have fitted are the sizes to supply about that. I spoke...

Hi I'm new here, but I have searched these forums and the internet in general, so I've heard some of the possible solutions to my problem. I suppose this is just to sum up and make sure what I've heard is up to date, as some posts are nearing 10 years old. I recently (a couple of months...