Recent content by volks

Is that shower tray properly supported? The legs don't look right, kind of bulging between the supports

Hello! I've got an old fireplace in my house that the previous owners had a gas fire fitted into. The gas fire was a back boiler, so they had a metal chimney fitted inside the existing brick chimney, to allow venting of steam/vapours I believe. The external chimney has a cap/cover fitted. See...

Interesting. I'll keep an eye on it, I'm skeptical as the loft at front of the house is dry and it's all connected. These photos were also taken last night during a rain shower at 11pm, when it was 8/9 degrees outside. Could be built up condensation that's not had the time to dry, but it...

Thanks for the reply. My concern is it's not condensation as the beams are wet. The felt is damp, but there is no signs of water beading or actually condensing on the felt, just the wet rafters.

Went into the loft tonight during the rain to check if my previous leak was fixed (broken tile and it appears good!) However I then noticed the rafters are wet where they touch the felt. Hasn't noticed before as I was too focused on the soaking wet purlin. See attached photos. Is this a leak...

Probably an obvious answer to replace it, but has anyone else had this? I only noticed it today as I was aligning the dial so it clicked off at the correct room temperature (it previously read 10, but came on when the room temp was 15) and noticed when refitting the dial that if I press it...

Ah interesting. As I've no idea if the plumber correctly set them or not I'll just stick to adjusting the lock shields on the other end. I assume by their presence, indicates it wasn't calibrated vis the trvs originally

I've read mixed information about these valves having built in lock shields, so the conventional lock shield on the other end should be left fully open. Doing some research, the built in lock shield needs adjusting on installation - is it worth bothering trying to figure out these built in lock...

Well damn, looks like I am just an idiot. Well thanks for the swift answers and saving me from asking a gas engineer about it. That would have been embarrassing!

Not losing heat, just more that I've come into a cold house and want to heat it up while I shower, but it can't do that until the hot water demand is over. I swear I've not seen my parents combi boiler do this, but perhaps I've never noticed until now.

Hello, had this boiler fitted at the beginning of the year. Only just noticed this quirk today after the fold weather hit and a bit of investigation. If central heating is on, thermostat is on, the boiler fires for heating and displays the radiator symbol. If I turn on any hot tap however, the...

Interesting, so really a full roof would be required as it's 100% of the roof affected?

Just been reading this on other forums, apparently if you have a roof retiled/new felts and it covers more than 25% of the roof surface you need building approval related to insulation and efficiency? Is this true/correct? I'm surprised as I've never heard it before and honestly no idea how...

Excuse the bad picture , it's the only one I had to hand. This is how the chimney is set up in the living room, I've blocked the metal pipe inside the chimney, not the entire brickwork itself.

How are you meant to professionally seal an unused chimney to stop this problem? If I unblock it in the living room, all the heat from my central heating will surely escape up the chimney flue, wasting my money?