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Yes but it's not particularly useful to answer my question about whether simply removing the controller will bypass/disable what I need to in order for the Hive to take over.

I'd like to fit a Hive to my Worcester oil combi and pretty familiar with the connections I need to make from the boiler to the Hive, apart from how to bypass/remove/disable the existing programmer, which is a Greenstar Comfort RF. It isn't connected via the ribbon cable, but via contacts with...

We live in an old cottage, built around 1860, so made up of local stone. It was unfortunately rendered at some point. I've had to do some digging recently to open up a drain that had been cleverly cemented over by someone and noticed that the render goes down way beyond current ground levels...

Thanks, just looking at options at the moment, recessed being one of them. May be more hassle than they're worth though!

I'd need to check. It looks like it has either been skimmed over or replaced at some point as it has a smooth surface compared to the rest of the ceilings upstairs, which look more "original" ;) I don't know whether the original L&P remains though under the skim, or whether previous owners...

Planning a bathroom refit and looking at lighting options. The ceiling is lathe & plaster. What are our options (if any) to fit recessed lights? Bathroom is upstairs, L&P ceiling, insulation and loft boards in the attic. I can imagine it being a pig to drill the holes for them, but would we need...

Thanks. I found a JG Speedfit that looks neat. Used JG before and like them. Hopefully will solve my problem!

Thanks. Are you able to get Speedfit or compression fittings to do the job?

Hi, can someone help me out with pipe sizing. I'm planning a new bathroom fitting and just sizing things up and making some checks before I start taking things apart and ordering new things. There's a single hot water feed coming into the bathroom via what I thought was a 22mm pipe. This runs...

Hi. First post here. We live in an old ca. 1860s stone house which has painted cement render. Whilst there's nothing really wrong with it apart from needing painting, we've been toying with the idea with removing it to expose the stonework. There is an unrendered section of wall to the side...

Ah, my wife's just shown me the service sheet when it was done a few weeks ago and it says the capacitor was changed then. Just checked and it looks very new too.

Is a capacitor easy to get for this boiler, and can I change it myself? Reasonably confident with electrics etc.

Thanks. The other thing I've noticed is that from cold it starts up more often than not. It's when it's been running for a while, switches off then when it tries to come on again, it usually locks out. Not sure whether this is related.

Hi. We're having problems with our Camray 3 oil boiler. We only moved in a couple of months ago and the house was empty for at least 8 months before we bought it and the boiler had been sat idle. The boiler kept locking out which I've learnt could be a whole host of issues but the symptoms...

Brilliant, thankyou. All swapped over and working fine so far. So fingers crossed! :)

Can anyone help me with the rewiring of my old Potterton EP2001 to my new Horstmann C27 please? They are meant to be "compatible" but have to change the back plate and rewire. This is what I currently have: Cable "3" is my Hot Water, "4" my Central Heating and "M" is the mains from...

Thanks, I understand that but what do I do when 3 of the radiators (i.e. the first rad off each of the "branches") heat up at the same time? Which do I do first?

I've been flushing out, re-painting and putting on new TRVs and lockshields onto our radiators in our new home and need to start balancing the radiators. I've read a lot of info about how it's done but still have a few questions if someone can help, please. Ours is quite a large and long...

Yeah sense prevails. Getting someone in. Leaks in DIY plumbing I can handle, leaks from gas, maybe not ;)

Is fitting a range oven that has a LPG hob myself a big no no? We recently moved into our house but the previous owners took away their dual fuel range oven. We've bought an identical one (albeit a different colour!), so the pipework, bottles outside, connections etc are all there ready to...