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Hi, I currently have storage heaters (x7) in my house, they are about 20+ years old and I think they are becoming less effective as the house seems colder every winter. They are Dimplex heaters and we have; 1 x XLS24N 1 x XLS18N 5 x XLS12N I would like to replace these heaters so...

Thank you very much for your help............just got to try and get the builder back now, he not at all helpful......is there any way of rectifying this without the wall having to be taken down?

It was fairly mild when built but the last few weeks have been very cold with snow and ice etc....

I recently had my driveway block paved and a small brick wall replaced back in November. The brick wall is 5 bricks high and runs along one side of the driveway. A day after the wall was laid 2 bricks at the end came loose so I lifted them off (The company who did the work, promised to return...

Yep, I tried that. Checked the connections on the top of the element. Noticed the earth a bit loose the other day but still no difference. I took out all wires from the thermostat on the top and put them back in, tight. One thing I thought might be a problem. If there was a small break in the...

Hi, on the timer theres a toggle switch to move it into 3 positions. Off, Timer and On. It is set at timer all the time but to turn the hot water on manually we move the switch to the on position. The water heats fine then. Earlier, at the time the water should be heating automatically the...

Our water is heated by an electric immersion heater attached to the hot water tank (we don't have gas central heating) but lately the water has been either stone cold or just luke warm. The timer is a T124 24hr timer and is set to heat water for an hour in the am and an hour in the pm. Just...

Our water is heated by an electric immersion heater attached to the hot water tank (we don't have gas central heating) but lately the water has been either stone cold or just luke warm. The timer is a T124 24hr timer and is set to heat water for an hour in the am and an hour in the pm. Just...

OK, well thanks for all your help. I have a bit of investigating to do at the weekend then!

I have 8 fuse slots, and in slots 1-7 I have a 15A fuse in each one, with a space for another fuse in slot 8 on the left, above. I have 2 storage heater boxes in the lounge, one has a heater wired in the other is sitting next to a 2 gang plug socket the other side of the room. Hope that...

Oh! I never thought of that about the electric supply and the fan! That's a great help but also created another problem! Ok, hopefully one final question, in my lounge I have 1 storage heater and on the other side of the room a socket where a storage heater can be connected (not sure if one...

Thanks for the responses. The storage heaters i am looking at that have fans use the heat that has been generated in the night. Do I still need a different electric supply for this? I assumed the fans electrics would come through the same supply. Many thanks

Im new to this and hope this is the right place to post this. I currently have a house with Dimplex storage heaters that are about 15/20 years old. I'm not sure they are working as efficiently now because of their age so looking at replacing them with new ones. I first want to replace the...