Recent content by Mark-B

Evening all, The previous owner of our house seems to have thought it a good idea to paint a lot of skirting, doors and architrave that was originally gloss with emulsion. I want to repaint with gloss, preparing the surface by rubbing down but the emulsion just clogs the sand paper. Does anyone...

Hello all, I thought I would let you know the problem has been fixed. I called the electrician in who suggested trying a spare programmer he had that was the same as ours. I swapped them over and all is now good. Thanks all for your input and suggestions. Mark

Apologies for my recent silence, I had been trying various different things to get the damn thing to work properly. This evening, out of frustration I gave the receiver a thump (just the side of the fist not a full blown strop!) and it came to life. So it would seem that it could indeed be loose...

The boiler is a Worcester Greenstar 15i, installed in March 2010. Can't find any reference to a timer in the manual. Answers to above questions: 1) Where is the room stat positioned in the house? In the hallway, temp in there is usually lower than the rest of the house. 2) With the programmer...

Thanks for the quick replies. The stat is not programmable, it just has a temperature dial and display on it. There are two buttons on the back: test and learn. The model name on the front is BRTRF. I can see why you would ask that though, it does seem like there's another programme set...

We hadn't noticed a problem with it until the house started to get colder with the weather. The battery symbol was lit so I changed the batteries, after that we noticed the heating wasn't coming on when programmed so I resynced the stat with the receiver following the instructions and it seemed...

Good evening I'm having problems with our central heating system. I think it's a conventional boiler rather than a combi, with a cold water tank in the loft an a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. The problem I have is with the Boss Therm wireless room stat, it doesn't seem to turn the...

Thanks for all of the quick responses everyone. Some useful advice. In answer to the questions posed, the room (ceiling) height is about 2.4m and there is an insulated pitched roof above. The window area is about 3 - 4 sq m (uPVC frames, double-glazed) and there are two small single panel...

Hello all, I'm after some advice on how to make our bedroom warmer! The house is ten years old and the room in question is a single storey suspended over the entrance to a residents car park and has two radiators, its about 5m x 3m. At this time of year the room is always a lot colder than the...