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There is a motorised valve to be able to operate central heating and hot water separately but otherwise as you said yes

I have been going round in circles trying to decide the best way to upgrade the CH of our 2.5 bedroom single glazed cottage. Currently we have a conventional system with tanks in the attic and HWC in the bathroom cupboard. There is an approx 30 year old AGA oil fired boiler which has not put a...

Hi all. I am fully aware that this question has been asked multiple times and I have trawled through a lot of threads on this. I am trying to diagnose an issue and was just hoping someone could confirm if I am on the right lines here. The set up: 2x large storage tanks at same level in loft...

I would like to get the electrics in our flat checked out by a professional. Mainly just to have piece of mind that they are safe and not going to cause a fire in our building. I asked an electrician for a quote over the phone and he recommended an EICR. Having googled what this is, it appears...

We have a Hoover oven that is probably fairly old (maybe at least 10 years). We moved in a couple of years ago and the oven has tripped the breaker a couple of times but otherwise no issues. Today the oven cut out while we were using it. It was still on at the display but the fan and light had...

Ok good to know, thanks. I wonder if this would be easily fixable by someone who knows what they're doing. I'll monitor it and see if it gets worse

Thanks. Is this something that I should get looked at in your opinion. As I said, it is quite a rare occurrence. But if it is a potential safety issue, I will definitely get an electrician to come and have a look.

Every so often, when I switch off the bathroom light (which also switches off the extractor fan) the 5x dimmer spotlights in the living room dim (quite significantly) for a split second before brightening again. Seems to be the only combination of things to cause this - no other lights affected...

Thanks all for your suggestions. Ken, that is interesting that the moss roots are extensive enough to do this. I'll look at getting the moss cleared and a proper flashing installed. Obviously, it is a bit of a concern that the timber frame of the bay roof could be rotting.

It is a share of freehold flat so the owners collectively look after the maintenance. Out of interest how does the moss let the water in?

In the 18 months that we have lived in our flat, we have had some visible damp on our ceiling adjacent to the bay window (3 separate times altogether). It seems to happen after particularly heavy rain when it is also windy. The photo shows the alignment where the damp patch is occurring. The...

Thanks sbgasman. Is this likely caused by limescale build up inside plate heat exchanger?

Anyone have any ideas what this fault is? Will run the hot water for a little while and then boiler will lock out with L3 shown. Can't even find this fault code in the boiler manual that I downloaded. Ideal independent C24. Cheers

Thanks mate. I would have thought one hour as well. I would have thought whatever Supalux product I get, the performance surpass the old product but will get minimum 1 hour to be on the safe side.

Asbestos insulation board. The piece of it in the cupboard backs onto a service riser I believe, hence why it is there in the first instance.