Recent content by Jonnywh

Good point Ken, thanks. I'll have to be careful if it has the potential to be flammable, especially as we had squirrels in the loft earlier in the year that chewed through a lighting cable.

Lol I think 2020 will be infamous for reasons other that people worrying about asbestos. Seriously though it's worth asking the question if you live in a 70s house and there's some fibrous boarding that you don't recognise so don't be too down on me

Ok thanks. I was worried it might be some sort of asbestos product.

Hi everyone, I was just trying to sort a problematic spotlight in our landing ceiling, and when taking out the unit saw that the ceilings aren't plasterboard. I've attached a photo. Is this sort of board familiar to anyone? House was built in around 1970 and I assume that this ceiling is of that...

Tony Thank you for pointing out that I meant Ecotec and not Ecomax. The plumber recommended this model after surveying the property, and I'd already done a fair bit of research and had been keen on the ecotec range. British Gas recommended Worcester and Northern Gas recommended Potterton...

In addition, our water needs are as follows: we have a kitchen sink, a cold feed washing machine and a cold feed dishwasher downstairs, and upstairs in the bathroom we have a toilet, a sink, a bath and a thermostatic shower. So its not a huge household by any means, and the boiler has one of the...

Hi everyone I live in Newmarket in Suffolk, and I've recently bought a house that is in need of some renovation. Among the work we needed doing was replacing the boiler, and I decided on a vaillant ecomax 837 combi boiler, which I had a local plumber install. The boiler works great, but has...