Recent content by Serenity74

Obviously only went in yesterday but it looks like the pump might have been the problem, guess it was on its way out for a while before it completely gave up. Its noticeably warmer today with the thermostat set a couple of degrees lower than it has been. Also turned off the rad in the hall so...

It has laminate at the moment but I plan to carpet it at some point. Got a couple of rugs down at the moment until I can get it carpeted. There is a boarded up fireplace. Looking at old listings on Rightmove there was a fire there not too long ago so hoping it will be relatively...

Pump had failed and has now been replaced. No idea yet if this will help with the problem of the lounge being cold but the engineer that came out suggested turning the rad in the hall off as he thinks its getting so hot there the thermostat is switching the system off while the rest of the house...

Last night by obsessively taking the temperature everywhere I've worked out the lounge is generally about 3 deg colder than the hall. Right by the Windows in the lounge is a couple of degs colder but there's not a huge drop. I tried ramping up the temperature a couple of degrees on the thermo...

The temps at the bottom of the wall are about 2 deg lower than the top but its a gradual decline rather than a sudden drop off. No sign of a drop where the floor and wall meet. Same around the kitchen door, no real drop off from the wall surrounding it. Wouldn't rule anything out but I can be...

My B&D thermal leak detector has arrived, not sure if its going to help or drive me mad! Thermostat is currently at 23. Internal walls are 21 - 22 as is the ceiling, floor is 20, exterior walls are 19. Front door is 20 and around the edge of the door 17 - 19, back door in the kitchen is 17...

From the survey: The floors are predominantly of suspended timber, floorboard on joist construction. The exceptions are the floors in the porch, understairs cupboard and kitchen, which are of solid concrete construction.

They all get that hot, that's what led me to thinking drafts or insulation were an issue. The thermostat is on the wall in the hall and at the moment is set to 22. The actual temperature in the hall tends to be 0.5 - 1 deg colder but its about right. If I put a thermometer on the table where I...

I've got one arriving today. Hopefully it will make things clearer rather than making me more confused!

The red lines are radiators, the blue mark is where the thermostat is. Both radiators are the same, single panel. The upstairs / hall / landing doesn't have the same problem, its just the lounge, well the kitchen as well but I'm not too fussed about that being cold. The TRVs on both are set...

Insulation in the kitchen roof seems the most popular starting point so the next question is how do you insulate a roof with no access? There's no loft space, its a single story extension with a pitched roof. The whole kitchen could do with ripping out and starting again tbh but that's not...

I've tried leaving the heating on overnight, more out of concern for the dog than anything else, and it doesn't seem to make a huge difference. Upstairs isn't really a problem anyway to be honest so I don't really get a shock getting out of bed and it being freezing, its the lounge that just...

Been there done that! This is the third place I've owned and past experience suggests attempting to learn how to do things and do it myself just means making a bigger mess and then paying someone to come in and fix the mess I've made on top of what originally needed doing!

That's my concern really. As oldbutnotdead suggested I did a heatless calculation and the lounge, which is where the problem is, should need 7926 BTUs and already has 9124 which should be more than enough. With that in mind what do I do to sort the heating? There's not an obvious place for any...

Part of what I'm trying to work out is a) how much money I'm going to have to spend to sort this and b) if I'm likely to start spending money but not see any benefit without spending a small fortune on external insulation given the front of the house is solid brick not cavity. For example I...