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Hello New kitchen installed October 2007 by Core and Ore for Ikea. Needed new consumer unit for extra circuits along with new kitchen circuits. As far as I can tell PartP has only been issued for the new circuits. The circuits are not marked on the new consumer unit.... this is how the problem...

Sorry, I should have made the question clearer. Is it possible to make a frameless door that looks 'invisible' from the hall, by taking the panelling, cutting a door out of it very carefully, reinforcing it and constructing a frame internally. My husband is keen to have a go at this but it...

We have to move the dorr into our cellar from the 'new' kitchen into the hall. My husband would like to make a door from the existing panelling so that it would be 'invisible'. Core and Ore, the IKEA installers, have suggested that the best option is just to make a frame and put in a brand new...

So what is the difference between the setting on the PCB and the nobs on the front. What do you mean by cutting out? The engineer was surprised that the boiler didn't seem to be cutting out after being on for a few hours. The house is an end terrace and the room stat is on the end wall in the...

Me again.... the 105HE has too much power for our heating ( maybe even for hot water as the shower was super warm today). I've read elsewhere about 'rating down' the boiler for heating... it has these dials where you can turn up and down temperature of water and heating. Will this rate down the...

Thank you for comments. Unfortunately we didn't have time for 3 quotes... and it is January, albeit a warm one. We wanted hot water! If we could have had it repaired we would but it really didn't seem that this would work. This engineer came round to have a look at it early December and said to...

It's hard to know about seeing return on investment (though this is basic maintenance!) in a property. I think it would certainly be a selling point for me in the future. Also wish we had went ahead with double glazing for the back of the house as back door now seized up too! Thanks again AM

Thank you. We have a written quote but it only says: "Power flush central heating system to clean corrosion deposits from system." I certainly intended to pay him! The mention of cash or banker's draft just made us a bit worried that things mightn't be completely above board, but if it is...

I've posted on here before about problems with a Gloworm Swiftflo. Well, it has stopped altogether over Christmas and we desperately want hot water and heating again. We called an engineer who serviced it recently and he has quoted us £1930 to fit a Baxi 105HE. It looks like the boiler itself...

Hi Just wondering how long it has been standard to earth a lighting circuit?Estate agent was suggesting that it is a new regulation in last few years. Or that the circuit is earthed just not well enough for metal light fittings. Was in John Lewis yesterday and they have three light fittings...

At the start the electrician said that ideally an entire re-wire would have been performed. However, this was likely to alter the character of the property. (wires are concealed in stone walls etc).I think that at that time the vendor did also not believe that the situation was so bad. I think...

Thanks. The certificate can't be issued to us because we didn;t commition it. The vendor has to pay for all the work done and then we can ask to see the detail of the problems. The electrician definitely said 'isolate', I'm not sure if that means earthing. I think there has been a problem...

Hi We are hoping to buy a lovely barn conversion. We found out that the vendore had done the wiring themselves. A visual inspection by our elcetrician revealed many faults. They have spent over a week trying to make good the work without a full rewire. Now we have been told that it is as good...

Thank you very much for your replies. They have been really helpful. Anne Marie

Thank you very much. This work was started in 1997 and only signed off by building control in 2005. I'm not sure if building control was needed for this system in 1997. If he has the certificates for installation ( I think he says he has), could it be OK that he did the rest of the plumbing...

Dear All We are agreed to purchase a beautiful barn conversion. Unfortunately last week we just found out that the electrics were installed by the vendor. An electrician is currently testing the system and will certify the system. The next problem is that it seems the vendor has also done the...

Hello speedysteve, Well, what happened? We put up with it until today. Sometimes it worked fine for a weekend but on average it had to be reset once or twice a day with lots of accompanying noises that I'm not sure how to describe. But today we phoned engineers again nd they were able to come...

Thanks gasgeezer. I know I need an engineer. There have been 5 visits by engineers from the same company in the last few months. I'm trying to establish if I am explaining things wrongly. I phoned another company the week but they said I should get Heatforce to sort it out, so I did. The...

Just called my brother in the house- it is a Gloworm Swiftflow E. All the pipes are below the boiler as far as I can tell. Yes, I think it is a thermostat problem.... I'm not sure if and how it could be connected to the previous "pressure falling" problem, or if replacing the AAV could have...

Dear All, I am really sorry to be a pain. A few people have read my previous messages but no-one has replied so I'm not really sure if I'm doing something wrong. This is my last attempt to seek some advice... promise. My query is : can an airlock cause a boiler to cut out after about a sort...