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If the pipes are carrying cold water (is this a combi ?), water from the air can condense on the cold pipe, and this will eventually drip off. Insulating the pipe will avoid this. If any of the pipes are leaking, that's also a possible cause.

i'd suggest:- prepare well the night before and then next morning get up early, shower, do the repair, go to work....next morning, get up and empty the bath before using it again.

Mine (SE100 rather than 80 but essentially the same boiler) behaves in a similar way when the heating has been on for a while. The boiler's in a cupboard which gets quite warm after a while. Perhaps this suggests it could be a dry joint -i.e. an intermittent problem which gets worse with...

The link you sent isn't a wireless model, its a wired model. The wireless ones are at http://www.sunvic.co.uk/tlxrrt.html. The pictures there (and the 'new model' link) clearly show a tranmitter and a receiver - the receiver being a bigger white box with a couple of buttons. Have another...

Cavity wall insulation is very worth while - probably more so than adding foil behind the radiator.

ah its all going on in another post....

My house doesn't have a room thermostat, it just has a very basic old mechanical timer - 24hrs, 30 minute resolution if that. So I'm thinking of installing a Drayton Digistat RF 3i with the optimum start feature on. It should save me doing any wiring apart from the wireless base station (for...

what about that fibrous insulation board you can use if you want heated floors ? will that be effective for flattening the floor ? It appeals to me a bit since its softer and easier to cut to shape (given my lack of skills with a jigsaw)

ah reading a few more posts it sounds like 'water resistant ply' is the way to go. but this sounds like 'thicker' stuff to me - more difficult to put down ? May be I will get a pro in...

Is there a better alternative ? I'm looking at replacing my bathroom floor, and had been planning to put hardboard down after I'd got the floorboards reasonably level.

You could use ceiling-recessed extractor ducts, with the fans mounted remotely in the loft space. This would draw away quite a lot of heat if you mount it near the source. They are very quiet in this configuration. You could also cool the room using a portable air con unit if this is a...

I live in a different water area to you and got one today. I live in a 1930s house on a steep slope in a 'clay' area (classified as medium subsidence risk though I can't recall any houses with this problem). 16 quid a year sounds like OK insurance to me, if it will truely cover the cost of...

I would have thought that plastic pipe have advantages for thermal efficency and inertia. And weight ? And cost...now that copper is going up ? So what's the problem ? Is it that the plastic pipe on offer can't handle very hot water from the CH, and the fittings/connectors tend to leak ...

Well if you'll never want to remove the screw, ever.... :lol:

I've plugged holes with two epoxy which comes as a plasticy strip (i.e. not the liquid). Tear a bit off rub it together to mix and push in the hole. The advantage is that its very malleable and easy to fill a hole completely, and once its set its very tough indeed.

or will the bathroom smell of frying fish ?

If you are genuinely unsure and interested, just ask him to explain what he will do (obviously there are ways of asking which will insult anybody and you won't get any information, and ways which will help build an understanding between customer and engineer). Although the boiler is going in...

yep...i've heard it said they run off a 12volt car battery *** and can give people a nasty jolt if they touch them :shock: apparently... ***(as opposed to says mains voltage which we know can kill and is probably best avoided)

I could make an entirely reckless probably illlegal suggestion...it would involve a power source, some wiring and a switch (so you can prevent yourself from getting a nasty electric shock).

Can I install an extractor fan in the bathroom and put some hose/trunking down through the cavity wall and join it onto the pipe connected to the cooker extraction fan ? The two rooms are above each other.