Recent content by monkfiish

Hi All I wonder if you can help out with a wildew problem. The bedroom has a bay window with a radiator on the centre section.You would expect this to be sufficient to keep the whole bay dry but the two side sections get condensation and then mildew as soon as the weather turns cold. We...

Hi I've had my kitchen floor tiled with slate grey tiles, and grouted with grey grouting. The problem is that this has dried somewhat lighter than I was expecting, and is not giving the effect I wanted. Now that this is done & dried, is there any non-destructive way to darken it ? All...

Hi I've recently purchased a Siemens HB15N550B double electric oven, and I'm after some information about the operation of the top oven / grill. According to the supplier, the grill pan is supplied without a handle, and is designed to be used with the top oven door closed - not what I was...

yup - it's a honeywell 3 - port valve. Looking at the web these are quite pricey - do you think this is the most likely point of failure ? :)

honeywell. A Honeywell 3 port valve (according to various websites). The room thermostat is also Honeywell. No serial numbers to be found though. Is that pretty standard ? The only other thing visible is the maze of cables that I'm certainly not going to be tinkering with - everything looks to...

Hi My Gas Central Heating has developed a problem whereby the boiler (NOT a combination boiler) will only ignite when the hot water is on - i.e. if I set the water tank thermostat higher, then the boiler is on more & I have a hotter house. My CH system is pumped, and the pump is running OK...