Recent content by phil5556

Just a quick question please because I think I've read this somewhere but can't find it again. With a combi boiler system, If swapping 3 single radiators to 3 double (effectively increasing the system capacity by 3 radiators worth) will the pressure vessel need repressurising? Boiler has quite...

I use these people if you get no luck with the above. I had no manufacturer to go on either, went my measurements and matching the ones that looked right. http://www.showerdoorrollers.co.uk/

Hi all Need a bit of advice regarding ventilating our basement/garden level flat, typical Glasgow sandstone solid walls. The plan is to insulate the bedroom and improve ventilation. There is currently a vent through the front (lounge) wall and a vent in the party wall of the bedroom...

Just a thought, if you use insulated plasterboard on top of your insulation you get the extra insulation benefit and gain yourself a few more critical mm of distance before the membrane is punctured.

Hi sutty I'm interested to see what you do in the end with this as we're considering doing the same in our bedroom. We're in a basement (garden level really, it's not really underground) tenement in Glasgow with thick solid sandstone walls. We've got slight mould problems which we've put...

Just signed up as I've bought my first flat which was supposed to be totally ready to live in needing no work.... 3 weeks later and the central heating system has been replaced and I have a concrete floor with quite a few holes left in it where the plywood floor was fixed down. The screws...

I have no useful advice apart from I am going through exactly the same thing (hence having just signed up here!) I've just bought a flat and now my entire floor has been lifted and the central heating pipework replaced due to leaks and a bodged system. Good luck getting yours sorted! :?