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Thanks for your reply mate. I've had a read of the instructions per your recommendation, they state: "The boiler is equipped with an internal by-pass. The internal bypass is not intended to be a substitute for an external system bypass. An external automatic bypass should be used if the system...

Hi, Does a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28cdi Compact ErP LPG combi boiler have a bypass built in for the heating side or do I need a dump radiator? I've recently moved home and the heating is appalling and expensive. I have some single rads which hardly make any difference to room temp even tho...

Yes indeed it is John, many thanks for your reply and your excellent follow up. It looks like I can take the new Hive with me :)

Thanks mate. I think that's the instructions for standalone with Hive v2, not sure if they also work with the older version v1.

I have an old and a new Hive thermostat. The Hive hub isn't transferrable so a new owner can't make use of it anyway, thus if it's easy to re-pair the old thermostat and have it working standalone then I'll take the newer more modern one with me. If not then I'll probably just leave the new...

Thanks mate. I've read that newer versions can be standalone but I can’t find anything on the v1.

Can Hive v1 work as a standalone? Possibly moving home and wondered if I can unpair my new v2 and pair my old v1 again, thus I can take my new hub and thermostat with me. I do understand I'll need to get a new receiver. TiA

Check whether the black concrete is a big thick lump of concrete, or just an inch layer of cement on top of a thick lump of concrete. In a 1930's flat I once owned it was an easily removeable top layer.

You're welcome Stuart :) It turns out I've been using SelfMon since Jan 2014, according to my notes.

I have a Honeywell Galaxy G2-12 and the Selfmon module from GalaxyGuy's company. Bought the module for £50 (about 6 or 7 years ago?), and it works great. It has an iphone app giving you full control of the panel from your phone (or any internet actually) just as if you were standing at the...

Hi, Hyundai Kona 1.6 petrol turbo with 7 speed dual clutch auto gearbox (dry plate AFAIK). We've done 8k miles in it since new (2 years). Has had an easy life due to lockdown, and both of us are aware of how to drive DCTs. Started getting a smell of burnt clutch in the car sometimes. When...

Thanks for the replies guys, certainly food for thought. We were considering selling the house and moving on, but we've had a re-think and we'll probably be here for a while yet, so now thinking of things we'd like for the longer term, like a good shower in the en suite. What would you guys...

Oh, and thanks very much for your help guys :)

I note the general consensus that it maybe isn't last orders yet for my Ideal Classic. So what's with the light scorching on the inside of the casing - just an age thing and nothing to worry about? Are new casings still available for the old girl?

So there's still only one flow and return to a system boiler, like I have just now? And it still heats the DHW via a coil in my (new unvented) cylinder?

Hi, It's maybe time to upgrade our 21 yrs old vented CH/DHW system. It works fine and passes the emissions with flying colours, but when serviced recently the Scottish Gas guy (who has serviced it most of the last 11 years) showed me some paint scorching on the inside of the Ideal Classic...

I had a few: X reg 1.6L saloon, A reg 1.6L hatch, E reg 1.8 Li (yes, L spec with the 1.8 injection SRi engine!) saloon, a 1.8 SRi hatch (can't remember age) which I bought with oil pressure issues and put a new short motor in, another 1.8 SRi hatch (E reg IIRC?) with a slightly damaged front...

Years ago I was changing spark plugs on a Peugeot 505 V6. Some were really awkward to access and I ended up using one of those short bars which you can use a spanner on the shank. Of course I dropped it and at first I couldn't even see it, never mind retrieve it. Anyway, after lots of...

If it's any help, we had a leak on the evaporator on a 1.5 years old (at the time) 2015 Mazda 3. Dash out job done under warranty.

Phone a couple of scrap metal merchants (not car scrapyards). A couple of years ago you could get more for your car by weight as scrap metal than from a car breaker. You simply drive it over their weighbridge and they give you cash for it.