Recent content by Lucy1979

Thank you all for your advice. My College tutor has said that given the issues i'm experincing if all rad's had TVR's on them, and disabled the room stat, and then added a bypass valve in the boiler so that all the rad's worked directly on TVR's from the boiler then I would be ale to regulate...

I understand what you are saying, however all water to the bathroom came from a tank, and was heated by the combi boiler as needed, and the pressure used to drop significantly when you used both. However this did not happen in the kitchen as both hot & cold ran directly off the mains. When...

Hi, I have a combi boiler, and instead of it all running off the mains, the bathroom was still connected to a tank, causing the water pressure to drop! I have now had the piping changed so that it all comes from the mains. apprently the boiler pressure is correct, however i now have the...

The rad's are all different sizes, they are the newer kind. So in the living/bedroom area, i have a large rad which doesn't have a TVR fitted. I have a tiny hallway which for some strange reason has a meduim sized rad in it! The other very small room has a little rad in it, and so does the...

Hi, I wondered if anyone knew the best way to drill through, standard white ceramic tiles, so i can put a shower head up. As ive heard so many different method's and i really don't want to brake the tiles. Many Thanks for your advice

Hi, Please can anyone help, i'm trying to get hold of 17inch white ceramic tiles, and have searched the net and many common stores, but have been unable to find 17x17x0.5 or 1700x1700x0.5 ml white ceramic tiles. Does anyone know where i can buy these from? It is an old size?

I do not have a heated towel rail, joined to my system

I understand that when the room stat researches its required temperature it switches the boiler off, however the other rad's that have the TVR's are not heating up the other rooms because the room stat in the living room has turned off. so the issue i have is that the living area is a sauna and...

Hi, I have recently had a new heating system put in, I have a combi boiler, and 4 radiators. I live in a one person bedsit, and 3 of the rad's have TVR's fitted to them and in the livng area i have a room stat. However my bathroom is always freezing, because the room stat turns the heating...

I want to train as a gas engineer but I'm 32yrs old and no one will take me on as an apprentice. I have looked into training with private colleges who are offering a two months residential training and 12 weeks work placements with people who have also qualified at their centres and then taking...