Recent content by fenderblast

Hi, We've recently had 7 new UPVC windows fitted to our house, but we were a bit concerned by the trim strips covering the 'expansion gaps'. I've just pulled one of the trim strips off the top edge of the inside of one of the windows, to find a honking great big gap filled with expanding foam...

Thanks noseall. Hideous or not... they keep the rain out! ;)

Hi, I need a vent tile fitting to my roof, so I'm trying to ID the tiles that are up there. To all intents and purposes, they look like Marley Wessex, and gauging the width by using the guttering running outlet as a known width (150mm), they come out pretty much at 330mm (correct width of a...

Thanks for the advice dcawkwell. It is a singke pipe system, and the installation manual for the boiler says it should have a twin pipe set up. Why it wasn't installed that way I have no idea. Hopefully, the boiler will be replaced in a years time when we have an extension built, so I just need...

Hi, I've got a Worcester Bosch Danesmoor WM 12/19 oil boiler that keeps going into lockout due to air in the oil pump. It'll run fine until the thermostat turns it off but then it won't restart and goes into lockout. I've been outside far more times than I care to count to bleed air out of...