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I'm getting a bit of deja-vu here. This thread reminds me of another poster a year or so back wanting to know all sorts of things about water supply for a converted container.

Nerve pain is one of the most difficult pains to both deal with and treat - there is no telling when or where the pain will strike, and it can totally stop you functioning. Have you asked your GP if you can try Amitryptilin? One of the older anti-depressants, not used often for depression but...

Ours, one key fits both the electric and gas meter boxes. When we moved in, the existing key was helpfully left inside the locked gas meter box - no idea how they managed to lock it with the key inside, but we had to go and buy another key to get to it.

Last time I took some batteries up the recycling centre (local council tip) I also had a large laptop lithium battery. Tipped all the AAs and AAAs into the battery box, then: "Where does this one go?" I asked the attendant, holding up the large laptop lithium battery. "in the battery box" said...

Having known somebody who had their life dramatically changed(and shortened) when he fell from a ladder while cleaning out his gutter.. I would hesitate to sneer too much about safety concerns being overkill. Ladder accidents are very easy, especially when using a ladder is treated casually...

Unfortunately, if the car comes with a "free" charger and installation, then it is almost certainly one of the big companies, who all have pretty much the same criteria. No ladders, no crawling underfloor, extra costs if cable exceeds their designated "standard" length. They allow a certain...

As above, talk to the installer. It may be a case that they still have to supply the cable (as they will be the ones signing it off). It may be a case that you can pre-drill the holes and get the supports ready, then when they arrive you can pull and fix the cable while the installer is getting...

The "rules" for EV chargers (not sure if it is actual legislation or just best practice) are that they should be on their own dedicated circuit, the DNO should be notified before installation, and building regulations are required. All of this is usually carried out by the installer. A properly...

I may be (probably am) wrong, but this seems the sort of question that shoule be in the Combustion Chamber rather than the open forum.

Personally, if this is the standard your annual contract supplies, I'd be looking to jump ship as soon as it ends, if not before.

It is a "So Soft" by Crown - not sure if it is still made, though (installed March 2019).

We too live in a very hard water area, but did ours the other way round. Started off with a magnetic limescale remover - as far as we could tell, it simply shuffled the limescale along into our nice new boiler (I now know exactly what a kettling boiler sounds like..). Removed and replaced with a...

You may find the attached link with a video comparing flow rates between Harvey and Kinetico interesting. (Our water softener is a different brand to either, still does not make a great difference to flow rate. But our standing water pressure is fairly low, anyway)...

Section 3 says the warranty will commence from the date of installation. It seems that if you are unable to prove the date of installation (i.e, no invoice or completed benchmark) then the warranty will commence from the date of manufacture. To get the warranty it has to be registered within 30...

All seems to be explained on Ideal website. Click on the Terms and Conditions. https://idealheating.com/boiler-warranties-guide

That looks like a similar version of the one we had in our previous house. If so, I can tell you from experience that after so many years they totally rust through. We were replacing the pipework for a water softener, which is how we found out how badly they rust (we were very lucky, could have...

I thought the gas boiler still needed electricity to work the ignition and pump, so a prolonged power cut would stop all heating anyway.

As a homeowner (not plumber/gas technician) I'd be inclined to get quotes from a couple of local gas technicians - preferably ones who do both installation and servicing - and ask them what they recommend. All gas technicians have their favourite brands, but (my opinion) the most important...

I think because the heat exchanger was replaced by WB under warranty as a goodwill gesture, and the WB engineer was the one who said to get the system properly flushed (cleaned). Hope the

Depending on when/how the terrace was built, sometimes there is only a single external stopcock for the entire row. We discovered this at our last house, when somebody 5 doors away was having work done and turned off the stopcock just inside their front garden wall (quite understandably, they...