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Thankyou to everyone, your comments have been very helpful. I should have mentioned that the property is a 4 bed terraced house ( one bed being in the 'loft'). The boiler is an Ideal 35 combi running 9 rads however the rads in the kitchen and the bedroom immediately above it are superfluous as...

I think it's possible open the files in a virtual machine. I know my kids always check out any USB type connections before they run them. Google the problem and you'll probably find a better solution than the bucket

At the moment when the CH pumps on the whole of the system heats up all the rads bar 1 have Thermostats on them and the main wireless thermostat's in the hall. It's been suggested that as I'm disabled and therefore home each and every day it may be worth my while fitting valves to isolate the...

I second that, the experimental infrared system I experienced was aimed at increasing productivity for workers in a controlled chill environment. The panels did enable to operatives to endure the cold for a longer time however there were too many problems for the project to come to fruition.

Howdens are trade only so you wont get a price list from them. Your best bet is to phone your local depot telling them your requirements and telloing them you're trade. It's their busiest time and like everyone in the business they are desperate to meet their sales targets so should be quite...

Firstly let me apologise for posting an incorrect link, I'm glad the more astute realised it was an error, unfortunately having been in the the land of no mobile signal or broadband connection I've bee unable to correct my mistake until now. Here is the correct link...

The concept is not as flamsport says see here http://www.screwfix.com/p/female-coupler-22mm-x-1/50777 I've seen a demo of this system and it worked well (in the lab)

Thankyou, I couldn't get my head around it.

I'm having a stupid moment. I need 1" female to 22mm male adaptor to fit a Rayburn boiler but online I cannot tell which 'end' is which http://www.screwfix.com/p/female-coupler-22mm-x-1/50777 for example. Please someone point me in the right direction as I cannot get to the plumbers merchant...

I used 1 batten in one room but elsewhere I've used 2, horses for courses really.

what I've done in ours is to attach a timber batten along the bottom of the 'plaster' using plugs into the good bricks then attached the skirting to the battens. In a few places I had to remove a bit of the old plaster but it's all hidden once the skirting is in place.

I've just bought one of these, so much better than the modern plastic rubbish. May I ask where you sent it for powder coating? there's a yahoo group 'Welcome to We Actually Collect Electric Mixers!' search WACEM in Yahoo Groups, there's loads of info there. And no ours isnt earthed either.

We moved our bathroom from the back to the front of the house. Initially every plumber we asked for a quote said either it couldn't be done or would be ridiculously expensive. Then I got the Building Reg's bloke to com and see what we need. He then liaised with a draftsman to draw up plans for...

Thanks Gazman16, worked a treat, of course I pretended I knew that and it was always my plan :lol:

We have the classic problem of new (to us ) sofa which we cannot fit into our front room. In this room we have new uvpc sash style windows with the tilt option for cleaning. I know when they were fitted the 'sash's went in last after the frame was fitted so is it possible to remove the sliding...

Thanks, it's a no-brainer really I just needed a nudge :)

Since we have had our frontage re-rendered our BT line is now too short to be re-clipped anywhere near neatly. The line runs from the BT pole opposite to our facia then down the wall and enters through the wall into the back of the BT box, there is no slack available. Can someone please give...

I mentioned a couple of hundred quid diy as that's what the liner cost us. http://www.directflues.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1299&category_id=73&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=7

The liner goes all the way up finishing with a cap on the chimney pot.

We have a gas 'Woodburner' like stove & I am in the process of changing the fireplace surround. The actual stove and all fittings are not being touched. The closure plate has a small inspection hatch for clearing debris that may fall down inside the chimney which I've opened up and cleaned out...