Recent content by martinwalsh

Hi, i have black oak wooden worktops in my new kitchen. These were oiled using Habiol. Great stuff lovely gloss finish which looked great with the darkwood. However my worktop providers supplier no longer stocks it and recommended a danish oil. Its virtually a matt finish and doesnt look...

I have two pudding bowl style sinks that are sitting on top of a wooden console style table. They have been fixed to the wooden surface with standard clear bathroom sealant. I need to remove these sinks to fit a marble worktop on top of unit. Holes in marble drilled, all ready to go but cant get...

I have a Baxi 105HE in a small single room that is currently an office. My question is how safe is this if i turn this into a bedroom. Head of bed about two feet from boiler. Is this boiler sealed? I have a carbon monoxide tester in the room and the boiler is 18 months old. I have tried to find...

Returned from 5 days away to find boiler as dead as a dodo. Mother in law swears it was workign 2 days ago as she lowered thermostat and carpenter in fitting new doors had hot water yesterday. However i get back today and no heating or hot water. Chek boiler and no lights at all, nothing...

Two leaks at the join between bars that go across for towels and main upright bit. Happened about a week after we had a new boiler fitted and the system power flushed and had inhibitor put in. This radiator is only two years old. Its looks like corrosion. Leak is small but limescale has bult up...

Hi, ive tiled my kitchen and shower cubicle with little issues. However my good lady wife has chosen a distressed/tumbled mosaic for round the bath. Ive tiled it and am about to grout BUT using a standard grout float im just going to fill all the holes and scratches on the tiles with grout...

swapped for a digital timer this morning and all is well, a duff. thansk for your help

When my plumber fitted my new Baxi boiler he didnt fit a timer. I phoned him and he said i could fit one myself easy enough. Ive bought the 24 hour mechanical timer and fitted per instructions and yes it was easy enough, HOWEVER now my central heating wont come on at all even if set to constant...

it does. the uk website did work nwo just akes you to dodgy english version of italian one and doesnt have manual for my boiler but every other model it would seem. im on the verge of lumping out for a decent brand.

anyone know sime website? i found it once but cant find it again. talk about a company that down want to be found. and before anyoen suggests ive tried google and about 20 different ways of searching. thanks

thanks. ok found that and boiler back to pressure it should be. however still same problem, if i switch boiler off and on again a few times eventually it will kick in, but most times it ends up with light flashing again.

Why don't you put the pressure back to 1 bar! How would i do that?

Thanks for all your help. Its the Green led flashing: fan/smoke pressure switch failure error. Also ive noticed that my pressure has dropped below 1bar and below the indicator the pressure guage on the front. Could this be the reason? Any tips here much appreciated.

after managing to fill one bath, it has stopped workign again. doesnt ignite and then the light (as yet not known what it is) flashes after about 30 seconds. unit is makign some noise when water flows through it although i wouldnt call it loud. pressure is at just over 1 bar and drops just...

company i use are highly regarded locally and have fully explained everything, i also took two of the parts they said was faulty to another plumber who confirmed it. two of the times the boiler sprang leaks. i have heard horror stories about this brand of boiler on other forums with one chap...