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    Upgrading system, is it worthwhile?

    Thanks. I think this is one of those jobs that just gets worse. I have to replace the boiler. The hot water tank is also old and there isn't room to insulate it properly anyway. So to do the job properly I have to do quite a lot of it ... maybe not the weather compensation. Still...only I...
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    Upgrading system, is it worthwhile?

    I need to replace my ancient open-vented wall gas boiler. I have a quote to fit a high-end system boiler with weather compensation, replacing the old hot water tank with a mains-fed one, and upgrade the gas and water feed pipes. The price is frightening, but I'm not querying that. What I...
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    Isol-actif insulation

    I want to use this (or similar) to insulate my loft at the rafters; but I can't find a UK supplier. (There's a company on eBay advertising it, but when you call them it's something "equivalent" so I'm not sure about them!) Does anyone know where you can get this stuff please?
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    Possibly daft questions re water pressure

    Hi, I'm just a householder, trying to understand my options for upgrading my CH and DHW system and hoping somebody here in the trade can help me. I understand that thermal store and unvented cylinders can only deliver hot water at mains pressure, so if the mains pressure is low they won't...
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