Recent content by oliverwilliams18185

That test told you plenty. Moving the dial makes it fire, so the stat still works somewhat. Dirty contacts make total sense for an older boiler. Try this before spending money on parts. Kill the power. Pop the cover and check those contacts. If they look pitted or black, clean them with fine...

Had this exact issue after a pump swap in my old place. Vibration kicked in the next day. Turned out the new pump was running full blast while most of my radiator valves were barely open. The water had nowhere to go. Your UPM3 has a button right on the front to change modes. If it sits on...

Diagonal hairlines off doorframe corners after a reskim are almost always the skim drying out. The house is not moving. Old brick with lime mortar moves a fraction with the seasons. New skim handles that worse than the old plaster did. The pencil and date trick is the right call. If the cracks...

Woody is right. That is a lintel, not a beam, and the holes are just the plaster key. Skip the membrane. You want the insulation tight against the steel with no air gap. The gap is where condensation forms. PIR board with foil backing, cut snug and foamed at the edges, does the job. If the...

Two months from 1.5 to 1 bar with no visible leak points straight at the expansion vessel. Check the PRV discharge pipe outside first. Tie a plastic bag over the end for a day. If you find water in it, the PRV drips and the vessel lost its charge. You can repressurize the vessel in ten minutes...