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The window in my living room was 30 year old mahogany frame (approx. 6’ x 6’), which was rotting, so I saved up and got a new uPVC replacement put in yesterday. Possibly too much information, but I suffer from a kind of PTSD, and find things like this very difficult and stressful. Anyway, job...

Well I think I figured it out in the end. While putting a picture up, I discovered that one of the living room's internal walls is partly stud - clearly it used to have an open archway into the dining room. I've checked other houses in the estate, and some of them still have it. So I'm guessing...

Well it's a while ago now, but people may be interested in the outcome. I got a different plumber in to service the boiler today, and he did it all very professionally - for less money than the previous one - including using the gas analyser etc. He said the flue gases were "way off" on the...

No mate - concrete :mad:

Couldn't agree more - can't afford one though :cry: Not sure there would be space for one anyway...

Ummm... it's a wood fire...

OK so on a slightly different note, we have a very cold airflow through the room. When the fire's not lit (most of the time), it really cools the room. I've sealed the door as best I can, but it's only partially effective. So I came across Chimney Sheep, and fancy giving one a go - only...

Having to get a 30-year-old mahogany unit (approx 6' x 6') replaced as it's coming apart in places, and has blown panels. I have blinds on the inside of the current unit, which attach to the existing unit with L-shaped brackets screwed into the frame: ...so I'm wondering about the...

Sadly floor is concrete with laminate!

Thanks as always Rab (and everybody). I just wandered round the estate, and can see the tops of some of the other bungalows here. They do seem to have (short) clay pots, with cowls on top - I assume mine is the same. Last night was very cold here, so I got a good fire going. It draws absolutely...

Okily dokily...

OK... well... here's the thing. No vent, no sign of ever being one... BUT there is a gas fitting (no sign of it anywhere on the inside), so I assume that was the original arrangement, but the previous owners must have done away with it and put the grate in. Does that mean that the flue is...

Oh, yes, it's a traditional fireplace - been there since the house was built. Knowing the previous owners though, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they'd papered over the vent, if one was installed when built. Here's a couple of pics of other handiwork of theirs. And the guy works in property...

Believe me, with the door closed you couldn't sit in the room for long enough to worry about it :eek:

Thanks for all the replies, and sorry if I haven’t explained things properly. The house was built in 1994; the living room is just a normal room, maybe 20’ x 20’. Double glazing. The chimney was cleaned last year, and used very little since then. It draws fine, absolutely no problems, but we...

OK, I realise (1) this isn't plumbing or central heating (couldn’t find anywhere more appropriate); (2) the title isn't really correct either… Anyway. For predictable reasons, we’ve started having fires – normal fireplace, traditional grate, dry wood and peat briquettes – but have discovered...

Thanks for that very useful info. Will pop down to the timber shop and see what they've got...

My house has 30-year-old mahogany double glazing frames, which are still pretty solid – but the little batten strips around the outside of the glass panels are starting to deteriorate. I wondered if this profile of strip is likely to be available? I think the strips are just pine. I can’t...

Actually... it's a while since I was in her flat, and I've now remembered that it actually IS a separate sensor anyway :notworthy: Here's a pic - easy to replace just the sensor do you think? I wouldn't know how to choose one... *Actually... do you think this one would be suitable?

OK, didn't have the balls to start again with a different system, eg cross dowel bolts etc. So back down to the timber yard and got some of what I should have used first time, ie 32mm PAR rather than 19mm. This of course is (a) much more solid (as Freddie Mercury observed, it was somewhat weedy...