Recent content by SydShaw

The pallets I have in mind have no gaps, the fake grass is a thought though

I have and his reply was do what you want

Hi guys, I'm currently renting a house and the garden is terrible, we want to cover this dead area with pallets as we think it's, the easiest and cheapest option and I need advice on how to prepare the ground correctly. My plan is to clear the area, rake the soil, level it off, put some sort of...

Will do, anyway of shutting it off in the meantime?

I want to shut a radiator off in our rental house because it doesn't have a thermostatic valve on and the others do which means the system is always on even when other radiators are at temp, how do I do it? I've attached images of both radiator valves

Yes good point, however there are no vents in the rooms where these exterior ones are placed or are they just for the space in between the room walls?

Thanks, does it matter that the vent bricks are sealed up?

Hi everyone we rent a property from a family member which was built in 1938, we get really bad condensation most mornings now autumn is here, other than the usual methods to help etc could the fact that the ventilation bricks in the loft have been sealed add to this issue? Why do some people...

Thanks chaps, I have another question, if I set the valves to II, the rads heat up then cool down again, as explained above however they then do not heat back up again at all, even if the boiler is running But, if I turn the valves to III, if I remember correctly they then stay on until I...

Sorry I don't understand that, do you mean I should leave the one without a stat on?

Thanks muggles, this one has no stat on it, am I able to "turn it down" or even off?

Also, any idea why if I switch the rad stats from III to II, the rads are no longer hot?

Hi everyone, I'm renting a house from family and have some questions about the central heating system, boiler is a biasi Riva compact HE and radiators have old danfoss valves on them (see images), I have an issue getting the system temperature just right, currently the radiators are too hot so...