Recent content by Deryck Tintagel

About £2k more expensive so would be a lot of energy to use to get that back. They were the first to quote so and I do not generally say who has quoted Quote from yesterday was about middle of the others, but that was based on having dummy sashes. Doing a bit of a read on the matter suggests...

The profile seemed to be a big selling point of the more expensive quote - more chambers so better insulation. I am having a company quote today and they are fitting the windows for a neighbour opposite so an opportunity to see how they did! I am a little cautious of recommendations as a...

I am looking at replacing our 25 year old original builder grade uPVC windows and french door with something newer as some do not really shut particularly well and the bay window is not plumb in one corner! I have had a couple of quotes - one at around £6k (50% deposit and balance on...

For something without smart switches you could use something like the Steinel Nightmatic 3000 that brings lights on at dusk and can be programmed to switch off during the night from a set time. I thjink it can be set to bring them back on in the morning if it is still dark enough. You could then...

I think that is what I did last time. Job for the weekend

Some years ago I had the same problem and had the hall radiator off and opened one lockshield. That seemed to clear the lack of heat for a while. Might be worth another go

I am guessing at a manifold due to the warmth of the floor in the en-suite although ot could be just the 22mm pipes and joins in that area. I have not put inhibitor in but I did have some that they put in when they changed a few radiators for me. That said they had problems then so they may...

Yes, they worked then I had the plumbers look at it and they seemed to clear a blockage in the hall radiator. I suspect a blockage as the loo radiator used to be much hotter

I have just ried all radiators off except hall, bathroom and loo. The boiler runs for a while and then stops. I assume some sort of overheat? I have lost my bleed key so will have to grab one on my travels, but I did manage to release two of the bleed nipples with a screwdriver. Just get a...

I have a repeated problem with cold radiators. I had a local company to look at the system a couple of years ago which seemed to sort he problem for a while but we are back to cold radiators again. I have a conventional boiler / HW tank system. All piping is plastic and I think that there may...

I need to replace a couple of fans in the house. The first is a ceiling mounted fan in the guest cloaks needs to be one with a run-on timer The scond is in the en-suite fan which is a standard fan and is feeble for the duct length of about 4m I have looked at the Manrose CSF 100T and CQF 100T...

Were to 100 / 200 those used by Wickes way back in the late 80s or very early 90s? I have never seen one of these sounders in use

It's an Elmdene Prima and probably a good few years old. As far as I know it will be a self contained sounder.

150A might be a bit excessive :-) The battery fuse is 1.6A anti-surge

Do you have a wider picture of the wiring around the timer and isolators? As an aside, have you thought or using something like the Steinel NIghtmatic in place of the timer...