Recent content by chrisjsw

I have one of those floor lamps which has an uplighter and a reading lamp on a flexible arm, these are both LED. As I was going to bed the other night, I noticed that the reading lamp had a slight glow even though it was switched off. I turned the lamp off at the mains socket and it went away...

Is anyone able to recommend an oil boiler engineer that covers the Buxton/High Peak area?

Hi All, May be requiring a new oil-fired combi boiler to replace the above. Any recommendations please? Chris

So this gets weirder.............. I called HIVE and they took me through the products, decided that the regular HIVE thermostat was right (as it gives the ability to schedule), I told the guy that I had an oil-fired combi-boiler which was fine but when we got to installation, he went away to...

Hi All, As HIVE appear to be particularly unhelpful, can any of you guys/gals tell me which HIVE product (or alternative brand) I need. I have an oil-fired combi boiler (therefore no hot water to control) and just want to be able to check and set the heating thermostat and maybe heating...

Hi All, I am moving into a house soon which has an oil-fired combi boiler. 1. Is there a HIVE product which will work with this to control the heating? 2. If so, is this a DIY job or do I need an OFTEC engineer to install it to replace the existing thermostat? 3. If I need one, can anyone...

We seem to have lost a number of channels recently to either a heavily pixellated picture or the "No Signal" page. Can't get BBC1, ITV, none of the Sports channels except Sky Sports News, Channel4 and Channel 5 is fine as are most of the others. We're running a Sky Q box with the standard...

Thanks guys. Its a recently serviced oil-fired boiler, no tanks as its combi boiler. I'll give the shower head a good spray with Mr Muscle bathroom cleaner before running anything through it and I'll run the other taps first (for a good while before I fill the kettle for a cuppa) Thanks again...

I am moving into a house which has been unoccupied for just over twelve months, is there anything I need to look out for in terms of waste/soil pipes being dried out or any other potential plumbing issues? TIA Chris

Hi all, We have a bedroom (occupied) which has three external walls, one window and a radiator below the window. It has always been regarded as a "cold room". We have now noticed damp and black mold in both corners where the external walls meet at the base of the walls near the skirting and...

Sorry to bore you all with this again but this is the latest............. I got a heating engineer round to look into this, a recommended chap who seems to know what he's doing, he checked and cleaned the pump and said it was fine, he cleaned a trap/filter of some sort which sits above the...

Hi again, its been a while. Having put up with kettling for some time, I turned the boiler thermostat down to 2 and replaced the thermostat on the water tank and set it to 58 degrees. It was quiet for a while but it seems that it still kettling when starting up particularly when the tank has...

Thanks guys, makes sense now, I'll get a heating engineer in to look at the boiler. Thanks to all for the advice.

Sorry guys I know nothing about central heating systems or boilers so sadly your post don't really help. What does the setting on the boiler which goes from 1 to 6 actually do please ?

So the latest having not been able to get my plumber mate to take a look.............. I turned the setting on the boiler (the boiler thermostat?) from between 3 and 4 to 2 and this has reduced instances of of this pipe banging etc but it still does it now and again, it has gone from instances...