Recent content by steveharman

Dear All, I have a fair bit of pointing to do so am considering hiring a powered pointing gun (tried Point Master with infinite variations to the mix, could never get it to come out of the tool!). The two I've found available for hire are the Pnu Point (http://www.pnupoint.co.uk/ ) which...

Many thanks. It's an old cottage but certainly two courses of brick thick, if that's 9". Cheers, Steve

Hello! I've started to rake out old lime mortar from our cottage to a depth of around 20mm (mortar width x 2 ?). I'd planned to do all the raking-out, cleaning up etc. on all four walls of the house and then set about putting the lime mortar back in. My question is....if I take out 20mm...

Hello all, Worcester GreenStar HeatSlave 25/32 Oil Combi Boiler Just switched on our heating for the first time in eight months and... The boiler isn't responding to the wireless room stat. Hot water is fine so we're OK for oil and the boiler itself seems happy enough.... Sounding like a...

Ah, many thanks! Your observation about 'plastic' - is that something I should be concerned about with regard to the water softener....? Thanks again, Steve

Hello! Is anyone able to confirm the material used for the primary / secondary heat exchangers in a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave 25/32 combi boiler please? (internal version, oil-fired) I found the following in a Worcester brochure which I **think** answers the question, but I'd feel...

Rrrrrright. OK. Ummm, could you suggest a Grant model that will be sufficient for the cottage / number of rads as described? Thanks.

We've just dry-lined the walls of our cottage and fitted Celotex in between the battens. I notice that Celotex and others produce a range of aluminium foil 'thermal tape', which it's suggested should be used to tape over any joints in foil-backed-insulation such as the Celotex boards...

I appreciate there may not be a precise answer to this, but so I have an idea before I speak with various heating engineers; We have 7 rads in a 3 bed cottage - the building is double glazed & Celotex'd throughout. Also one bathroom and a kitchen sink. All the rads are cast iron but none of...

At last, someone whose explanation I understood. :-) Many thanks. Steve

Due to space constraints I need to insulate a room using 25mm (rather than 50mm+) Celotex / Kingspan insulation boards. But I only have a small brain and am confused by the different product codes Celotex & Kinsgspan use - seemingly different names for identical products depending on their...

Cheers Richard - your tip with making a line will come in very handy. Steve

I need to hack off a whole load of relatively modern plaster on internal solid brick walls, prior to having a damp course injected and dry-lining. Are there any tricks of the trade worth noting to help me get this done as quickly as possible please? An aerosol product which dissolves...

Not for some time, it's also dripping a little (not very much) oil. Best I get it checked out at a garage I guess.... :-( Thanks, Steve

Thanks both! Regards, Steve