Recent content by Careful_Bodger

I did a quick experiment with my jet washer, which seems to have the desired effect (see pic below) removing the blistered paint back to what looks to me like relatively sound render. A second pass is clearly needed before treatment and repainting. This was just a quick try. My question is how...

Answering my own question......these YT videos tell me all I need to know, and a lot more too about the fundamentally flawed design approach. There's an interesting improvement modification for those who are competent. My tri-wing Y-bit screwdrivers are on order for investigative purposes :cool...

The technical data of a number of products (e.g. similar to https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/3120980.pdf) suggests the actual heat output is about half that of the headline rated figure (i.e. what looks good on the box). That 650Watt rated item, for example, has a nominal of 0.3492kW, i.e...

Agreed! Easy to use - good for low-level background heating, and few if any safety issues. Just a tiny shame that the Piezo device has a limited lifetime.

Wow! That is good news. I'll contact that first supplier. Hopefully it is not just the nut they have in stock. This is one of many suppliers that indicates obsolescence: https://www.heatingspareparts.com/boiler-spares/partno/0554909/53770

I was told some while ago, by what would have been a CORGI guy (at the time) that I called in, that replacing the Piezo sparker was DIY-able. He confirmed that this was because although the Piezo device was inside the external casework, it was not inside the sealed compartment, i.e. not on the...

Thanks! I will try that, as it's something easily within my control. There's only about 12 feet from boiler to the controller as it is, but there may be signal interference. BTW - the acknowledgment of the 'demand' signal is the little flame symbol. That doesn't show until the boiler has fired...

Any ideas what determines the delay on the display backlight? The light comes on when the temp setting is adjusted (as expected), but sometimes it goes off quickly, and sometimes it stays on for a minute or so, which seems a bit long. Is the OFF signal sent from the WB boiler, or is it a...

In case anyone's doing similar, and as a reminder if/when I do this again, the cover removal sequence that I used was as follows, requiring a ~6.5mm hex driver for the majority, and an 8mm hex driver for the remaining two heavier fixings. E&OE and YMMV..... 1) I removed water collection bottle...

My Amcor D250 (the tall skinny model) is still going strong, despite its age. The equipment label says the manufacture date was 12/1993. Any suggestions on appropriate TLC? Thanks!

Guessing it might be Tyrolean Render. I say that because mine has what looks like that same blistering effect in the low spots (evident more in your photo #3) with that partial smoothed out appearance, with just the tips showing. edit: properties in my area generally jack-hammer old render...

Ooop! After a large size BTW, so 4-4.5 meters per side.

Anyone here have knowledge or experience of 'igloo' style event shelters? I am aware of the Coleman brand, which I am sure are very good, but I have a recollection of much thicker poles (these are only 20mm IIUC, and I recall 1"-1.5" or so), and what looked looked like galvanised steel, rather...

Thanks Guys - very useful responses & questions. The lock seems very puny. A determined whatever could pinch the whole thing. Might stop pilfering if it contained stock of some kind..... No handle or obvious fixing mounts! Ext dims are 15 3/8" x 6" x 2 7/8". Int dims are 14 1/16" x 4 5/8"...