Recent content by scouse1965

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Hi all, I wish to replace a type 21 of a type 22, as the bedroom gets very cold in the winter due to the house being very old with insulation as the back wall being made from stone. Don't want a designer rad just bog standard. The existing rad is 800 x 600. The room diamensions are Room L 342 cm...

Hi both, Tried to find leak but everything looks dry above, but without ripping out the shower above we can't really tell. Had a couple of quotes so far, do put up plaster board to cover all the ceiling and skim ranges from £650 to £2,000 ( the highest is to take down old ceiling). Makes me want...

Hi, I moved into a 1830's house 3 years ago. The lath and plaster ceiling in the front room in a corner has blown, only occured a year ago. The size of the area is about a meter in area, the corner is at the back of the room. We thought the reason why it cracked was due to the shower directly...

Hi We have the same problem green alga has appeared on an external wall due the condensation from the boiler flue outlet. Has anybody managed to solve the problem?

i am trying to rebind the ST9420C to the wireless unit, tried to follow instructions but unable to locate the heating mode button?

Thanks to everybody who answered my post, well I found that it was set to number 2 on the speed dial, I have set it to 1 and all is quiet in the house. I have also found on line a manual for it, which states it should have been set to 1 to save enery. :P

i We had to have a new central heating pump fitted as the last one started to make a high screeching noise. This new pump makes a an audiable humming noise which vibrates around the house, it is situated in an airing cupboard. The reason why I am posting this problem is that the old pump...

Firstly I want to say a big thankyou to everybody who has posted a reply to my problem. You have all been a great help. I asked my wife who was with the electrician if he tested the z's, she said that he did. Can I check for appliance leakage by disconnecting all appliances? I have tested...

The house was built in the 1970's there are no RCD's, all I have done is change the old wired fuses for circuit breakers. Don't know if it has an earth spike. :cry:

Hi all, Last weekend we have had an electric shock from the sink, at the time the washing machine was going, the washing machine is right next to the sink. We first called out the a washing machine engineer to have a look as for the past year we have had water coming out of the soap...