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Thank you I understand what you are saying about giving advice and Forum Rules. We have no intention of undertaking repairs ourselves, (it would most certainly void our buildings insurance) but if any Heating Engineer on this forum has experience with these boilers or this type of fault I can...

In our Village Hall we have a Ideal Concord CXS/SD40/H central heating boiler. This was installed new when we had an extension built and the existing boiler needed upgrading. The Mechanical Engineers advising the architect insisted that we had a conventional cast iron combustion chamber boiler...

Thank you flameport. To clarify a few points you made I appreciate that you can charge any EV from any charger but larger EVs like the Tesla have much bigger batteries so the charge period from a smaller output charger would mean it didn't reach the 80% charge in 9 hours which I believe is the...

Firstly thank you all for responding. There are some good suggestions and some very valid points made in your responses. The problem is we don't yet know which car we want yet although the VW ID3 which has a 58KWh battery seems to fit our bill, However we wanted to future proof the install...

I am looking for views and advice on installing an EV charging point. I will get an electrician or company to install it but it but wanted thoughts on the best installation method. I have a three phase supply to my house and recently had a three phase smart meter fitted and the mains fuses...

I'm not sure what the Neostat?? in the hall is doing. Is it directly controlling the boiler or is the first floor managed as a zone with a seperate zone valve controlling CH water flow to all the rads. Are you using NeoAirs (wireless) or NeoStats (hard wired). Was this installed like this when...

Hi Lightning24 You do not state in your post how the first floor radiators are controlled. Is there a single zone valve on the first floor attached to a Neostat which controls all the radiators or do they all have thermostatic radiator valves? As others have said above, the problem with...

Many thanks Sparkwright. All good points which I'll include. Hopefully new timber will be MDF profile (architrave and door stops) so they will come ready primed but need nail holes filling and sanding. Appreciate your reply Fozzie

Thanks, I had originally put two coats in my draft spec but wasn't sure of covering power of modern acrylics Appreciate the reply and confirmation Fozzie

I am trying to write a specification for re-decorating the inside of our Village Hall Annex in order to get quotes. it was built in 2010 and looking a bit tired and there is some settlement cracks, loose plaster around doorways and holes from recent plumbing and wiring changes including surface...

If you are running cables from the Wiring Centre to the actuators on the radiators then you really only need to match the size and configuration of the pre-wired flex on the actuators. In most cases this is two core 0.5mm flat flex. If you install in plastic conduit I would suggest 0.75mm twin...

Its been a few years since this was originally posted and unfortunately the links to photos on Google drive no longer work. I have a Heatmiser system on my UFH system using NeoAir v2 wiring centres and a NeoUltra. However I need to control a large towel rail/radiator in an en-sute and wondered...

We need to install a HW recirculation pump and circuit in our Village Hall. There is a very long draw off from the HWC in the loft to the furthest tap in the Doctors Consulting room handbasin. As a result the water does not reach 55 degrees C within 1 minute which is the requirement for our...

I have a 20+ year old UFH system from Wirsbo (now Uponor) which uses wireless room stats. I would like to upgrade the heating controls to digital "learning" thermostats so am looking at using Heatmiser NeoAir stats and wiring modules. These are 230v and my current actuators are 24v so need to...

Many thanks Phatboy, unfortunately a loftzone will make the space unusable. At a pinch I could lift the boards by 50mm but any more would make the space unusable. As it happens Travis Perkins have just sent me a deal on Knauf Earthwool thats £15 per roll. I'm wondering if I could lay 50mm...

As the title says I am looking for some advice on loft insulation. I have a bungalow which I rebuilt in 2000 so external walls are now cavity and have cavity insulation. The roof spaces are part open and part boarded for storage. The ceiling joists are 125mm and the fiberglass comes up just...

Fit a repair kit!! Good idea for a first off. Many thanks

OK so good news first. I took lid off the cistern whilst pump was still running and noticed it was slightly overflowing so valve was possibly never turning completely off. I have adjusted water level and pump now turns off after valve closes. However I can still here it dribbling so need to...

Good Idea. We have a houseful at moment as whole family (including grandchildren) self isolating with us and had to get up twice in the night to run the cold tap to stop the pump after boys used the toilet!!!!

Mains comes in at front of building and bathroom is at back. Bathroom has vaulted ceiling so cant get over the top. Even if I could WC is back to cabinet and would mean ripping out cabinets to run a new supply from anywhere even under plinths. There is an access panel in worktop so I can...