Recent content by samwardill

I have two Velux windows in my bedroom (loft conversion). They have Velux blackout blinds fitted. In the summer I need to leave the windows open overnight to ventilate the room but then the sun shines in at 5am when it gets light. Do you know of any ideas to block out light but allow ventilation...

See https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/media/1449/who-can-legally-work-on-a-gas-appliance-factsheet.pdf. They seem to agree with my technician.

My understanding (from the CORGI engineer who services my boiler) was that the boiler had a flawed design and the kit was required to prevent recurrence of the problem (by positioning the pressure sensor further from the pump it is less likely to be rendered faulty by deposits). My understanding...

I'm definitely not planning to do this myself. I'm happy to share the correspondence I've had with my regular (CORGI registered) service technician and the invoice for the work he did to replace the pressure sensor if you don't believe me. My regular (CORGI registered) service technician told...

I am indeed prepared to pay to get this working properly. My original post was a request for a "Vaillant expert in SW15". Thirteen.

Would someone mind having a look at the photo of the boiler and serial # I've posted here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/clouddrive/share/nggSizF4WXwf8chQqBduIGsdKe2Xb1PTb1rM5YpzT3q?v=grid&ref_=cd_ph_share_link_copy) to confirm. The guy that services my boiler said that he spoke to Vaillant, gave...

Thanks @snes for the link to http://www.vaillantservicing.co.uk/. In fact my local guy found that website. I have pinged him. @Bunnyman whilst you might not make it down here, I'd still value your opinion on the mod kit. Mark at http://www.vaillantservicing.co.uk/ seems to suggest it is...

I have a Vaillant ecoTEC plus 630 system boiler that heats rads & water in my 4 bed Victorian terraced house in SW15. It was fitted 3 years ago by a pretty incompetent heating engineer engaged by the builder. A local heating engineer has been servicing it since. He does a good job and has ironed...

There never was a ceiling rose. It is a new plasterboard ceiling

I can't get the cup of the light to sit flush against the ceiling

I just bought an IKEA Hektar lamp and having real problems fitting it. The only hooks I found were too big and the lamp doesn't sir right. Wht can't they supply hooks with the lamps? :(

Not sure what it is doing but the water doesn't circulate to downstairs radiators without it.

I bought a house in June that has a combi boiler and a seperate additional pump that the previous owners had wired on a plug In timer. The boiler is a vaillant ecotec and is approx 7 years old. Clearly the use of a secondary pump like this is a bit of a bodge job. Is there any way I can...

My carpet is fraying at the edge where it meets a solid wooden floor in another room. See photo . What can I do to stop it getting worse?