Recent content by SadieLovatt

I think I'll forget that idea then.

Obviously I don't want to damage the windows and so made some enquiries about the latter point earlier. Out of 20 or so companies I contacted, only 3 were prepared to do this. The others (that I managed to get through to) said that this was not something that they did and a good proportion of...

Something I have been looking at but as we have a 1930s solid wall house, and the rooms aren't that big then it narrows our options. Sadie

...and that gets rid of the mould?

Yep, you're probably right and that's why I am insisting that the upstairs windows are opened slightly during the day - something that wasn't always happening, especially at our old house and all washing (bar tights, socks etc.,) are put in the tumble dryer. But, there are always times in...

In our old house this we had something similar and there were black patches (mould I assume) as well - lets face it, you generally dont see whats behind a wardrobe until you move it and therefore won't see the problem develop. We never really got around to treating this properly as we only...

Hi, We have recently moved things around in our main bedroom and noticed a damp patch on one of the walls. This is a 1st floor room in a two floor house and the patch is towards the lower left corner as you look at the window in the room. Currently the patch is not very big, less than the...

No, its a 3 bed house which we own and no-one else lives in it. The reason for looking at insulation between floors is that when the heating is on, the upstairs always feels warmer than downstairs. This, we figured was something to do with the 2 foot of roof insulation the stops heat from...

What about products like Thermilate Warmcoat (link below) ? do they not do anything? http://www.thermilate.com/product-overview/domestic-coatings/warmcoat-energy-saving-paint Sadie.

Hi, Its taken us weeks but weve finally managed to remove the horrid artex from our living room celiing. We did this by steaming the stuff off and in doing so managed to get back to the original plaster... which is in pretty good condition. So, two questions spring to mind as to what to do...

Nothing other than the fact that we are now looking to redecorate the room and if we are going to replace the carpet and skirting boards then I don't want to have to disrupt any of it again later. This was done two years ago so we've gone through two christmases without them freezing. Thing...

Hi, Sometime back we had an old back boiler removed and had a new combi boiler installed. The back boiler sat behind the living room fire and the new boiler is now situated in another room. As part of this job we had a new radiator installed in the living room directly under the window...

Ok, now I am really confused. I've just received information from Gainsborough showers who claim that our shower has a flow rate of 8l/minute, a figure that is not far off our Vaillant boiler (ecoTEC 824) which is 9.4l/minute. So it's 8.5Kw of electricity to produce 8l/min vs 24Kw of gas...

To be honest I did think of this but don't boilers only modulate in CH mode? I do recall Worcester-Bosch made a big deal about their CDi range being boilers that modulates in DHW mode (as well as CH mode) and that this set them apart from other boiler manufacturers. Sadie.

Hi, We currently have an 8.5Kw shower in our bathroom and with my 'cost reducing' hat on (note not my 'energy saving' hat), I would like to know whether I would gain much by changing to a mixer shower that would run off our new combi (24Kw Vaillant). I'm assuming that the flow rate of the...