Recent content by GSte

Thanks for the recommendation, I'd heard of those systems before but had forgotten about them. Room temperature has improved due to the double glazing but the two rooms that are mainly affected - the lounge and bedroom - have heating problems. In the lounge we've blocked the radiator with a...

The flat used to haemorrhage heat as it had poorly fitting large single glazed windows and back door when we moved in, which we've had replaced. That was my thinking re the vents, they seem to be adding nothing and we'd still have the option of venting the room by putting the new windows on the...

Thankfully the kitchen is unaffected as we have a vented extractor hood and always have the window open when cooking or boiling the kettle. The bathroom's been another story, it's a small room but the extractor is at the other side of the room from the bath/shower combo and we had a big problem...

Have just had a read about internal wall insulation - that's not really an option unfortunately, it would be a huge and costly job, though I'm sure it would solve the problem.

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean the cavities need insulating, or we should paint them with insulating paint, or something else?

We live in a ground floor North facing flat and have a problem with mold forming on cold external walls and the nearby areas of ceiling. My understanding is that the way to beat mold is to keep moisture out of the air by either ventilating rooms regularly or using dehumidifiers, and to try to...

Thanks for your advice and it all seems sound..... I could take it elsewhere but it's hard finding someone who'll do an honest job and at least this place always tends to take the cheaper option. Wouldn't go back to my local Peugeot dealer as they tried charging me £650 for work that didn't need...

Just did this mate, both were equally cold....

The actual steering rack or the track rod ends? Is there any way to tell if that's the problem without replacing them?

Did wonder if some part of the calipers had rusted whilst it was sat on my drive for a month but the garage reckoned that they looked clean.... Think that the handbrake frees correctly..... it's the front discs that are warping though, doesn't the handbrake only work on the rear brakes?

I'd hope that they're replacing them.... it's a chain garage so the guy I deal with said that it makes no odds to him to replace them as he doesn't own the company so isn't losing out.... But even if they aren't replacing them, they've certainly fitted two different sets of new ones at least...

The garage is just replacing the discs but I think they tried the pads too originally.... I'll try and look back through the paperwork to check. I assume that they are checking the hubs as it's in their own interest to do so as they have replaced the discs for free a few times, but I couldn't...

Thanks for the reply. :) They just seized on the one time.... my power steering failed during a few weeks of heavy snow and I left my car sat on the drive for about a month until I could afford to have it repaired. When the discs warp there is indeed a juddering sensation when I come to...

My brakes seized up back in Dec 2010 and the RAC bloke unseized them by revving the engine and then letting the clutch out to give a sudden burst of power that unstuck the pads from the discs. Ever since then every set of discs I've had keeps warping. I've tried cheap generic ones and 2 sets of...

Thanks for all your input mate. :)