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At £26K before the grant the heat pump option is sadly a non starter, it is going to be IRO of £15K more than a boiler install. Even with the current boiler and keeping way too much stored hot water the bill for that is around 70p a day. It is 90% of the time two of us showering. I realise...

We moved in late December last year, approx. 30 year old 80,000 BTU Potterton with no controls so January was pricy and I fitted a Netatmo wireless room stat. I knew we wanted/needed to switch it out both before it croaks and as it is expensive to run . It is obviously from the age a heat only...

I cannot get to all the gutters with my short ladder but maybe 70% and they are totally clear. Inside the loft so the back of the tiles looks fine to me obviously a few gaps but no noticeable evidence of them flaking.

The one quoting full replacement yes. The one who said maybe 70 tiles to replace is a general maintenance company. Both said the flat roof needed doing and I can see that.

I am in the process of getting solar quotes and bearing in mind the survey had said some pointing needed, some slipped tiles I need to sort that before I do solar after all do not want to have to take panels off later. Had a couple of quotes, one say fix pointing along the ridges, replace maybe...

The current boiler is a Potter Prima 80F I am unsure exactly how old but it is not modern ( cannot determine anything from the serial#). Google suggests they stopped making them in 1997 if that's the case then it is at least 28 years old. At the moment I am unsure what to do with it. For sure a...

Noted, I think a job for once the heating is no longer required. It was bit chilly this morning and my name would be mud if I made a FUBAR. I was looking at the Netatmo WiFi stat, my SiL uses their valves. The stat comes with a relay control I could mount near the boiler, break into the 240v...

Unsurprisingly I am an idiot, not news to anyone that knows me. I'd just glanced and marked the pump as a 3 port, it all makes a lot more sense now that I've been and spent an hour or so in the loft making note of the cable colours properly. I seem to have three 2 core cables running to the...

I am guessing it is of the same family as the Netaheat I fitted when I was young and keen around 1985. As far as I can see the HW & CH do run independently but obviously I don't want to fiddle too much in the winter. I thought something to do with the two cylinders all three are connected to...

We've just moved into a bungalow which has a fairly old central heating system. A Potterton Prima F boiler, a Landis & Gyr RWB2 controller and no room stat all, the radiators with the exception of the bathroom have mechanical TRV. My first thoughts were to perhaps change the controller for...