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Thanks for the reply. I am planning on doing the flush myself, as i can hire the machine and chemicals for £120 but haven't found a company/person to do it for under £400. I am very mechanically/engineering minded. Is there a guide on how to do it yourself somewhere?

Tony, Not a helpful post! I don't think that i have said or implied that i know everything about boilers, thence the reason that i am asking questions on this forum. Will a power flush cure my problem?

Hello all, A few weeks ago my Bristan shower would only get luke warm and then go cold, so i would turn the temperature up and it would go luke warm and then cold until i had the shower turned fully hot and the water would be cold. I contacted Bristan and they sent out new non return valves...

What type of surveyor should i get to look at it ?

Who should i get to do the survey?

The cracks appeared to grow when it was wet. What can i do to find out whats causing it ?

I have a 1930's bay window semi. since moving in 3 years ago a crack has appeared across the landing ceiling and started to move down the walls. Similar cracks have appeared on the ground floor roughly below in cracks on the landing. These cracks have moved 1-2 foot in the last 6 months. I rung...

Ok thats noted. Does anybody know of any better radiators that look decent but it must be vertical.

What does the 2.25kw mean, i thought the heat output was shown as BTU?

I have searched high and low for a vertical radiator that looks good and has a decent BTU for my cold house. I plan on fitting a few of them round the house to replace the old ones. Suprisingly i have have found the Vulcan square in B&Q with a BTU of 7775...

What vent should i use to go through the roof tiles?

I have fitted a kitchen extractor against an external wall. Above the kitchen celling is a lean to roof with the lowest side of the roof above the wall with the extractor. I was planning to fit a flexible hose up through the celling across the roof space and out through the wall, but i have been...

Thanks Tripty. I have the instructions, what i don't understand is the difference between: Set temperature, inquiry Set temperature, adjustment Heat/cool change over The parameters i have to change in the installer mode are: Minimum on/off time Cycle rate Proportional band width...

Today i purchased a a Honeywell DT90E Thermostat to replace a dial type Honeywell thermostat. I swopped then over without much hassle but the DT90E was showing a room temperature of 18 degrees when i was around 12 degrees. Is there some way of calibrating the room temperature. The new...

I don't want to go into the WB episode but it was 3 different engineers to fix the same problem and the first one did make a big mistake. What size combi would you recommmend?