Recent content by eventide

Haha, best solution I've ever heard xD Thing is even with both of those AND a huge gas bill it's not warm!

Boiler is on for closer to 6 hours a day actually, so I guess that means the cost/usage is fairly normal. Damn its pricey to keep warm :/

My landlord pays an annual fee to have them at our beck and call if anything is wrong, so yeah maybe he resented not being paid ;) Yep, boiler is ih a wee room off our bedroom and the meter is off in the hall, def coming from the boiler. Aye, I keep them very up to date and check them...

The boiler is an alpha 240E. Flat is a 2bedroom fairly old build which I realize is probably very badly insulated, however the gas bill last month was ~£80 for the month. We only have the heating on in 2 rooms (bedroom and living room), with the TRVs set low, for 2h in the morning and 4h in the...

I posted here a while ago explaining that there were some odd noises coming from my boiler. It was suggested that it was just expansion of pipes etc and that seemed reasonable. However, having pondered over it a great deal, I don't think its pipes at all. I can't think how to describe it...

We have an Alpha 240E combi boiler, which intermittently makes loud 'clicking' noises for a period of time when the central heating is on. It can be doing it for an hour or more and then stop for a while. The heating works fine, but I'm concerned that something could be wrong. I've had an...

Very much hoping someone has the patience to read this and help! Moved into a rented flat about 2months ago and noticed some issues with the heating at the time- they didn't seem like the mattered & I'm friendly with the landlord so I didn't want to kick up a fuss but we've just got a gas...