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Hi people The shower in my house is pathetic at best you have to run around to get wet in the winter months the flow is that poor :( Its an electric 8kw mira shower. What are my options to replace this as we went to center parcs recently and the wife fell in love with there massive shower...

Just a quick update to say that rebalancing the system worked a treat! It appears all my lockshield valves were fully open on all my rads and when I closed the upstairs ones to 1/4 turn open only, suddenly my new rad started finally getting some heat - in fact it got so hot I might need to use...

Both! I assumed the Sara function of the boiler was totally negated by me using a room stat? If that's not the case I will make sure I dial it back into this section if it helps with efficiency?

That's a very informative and helpful answer thank you . Can I just ask when you say turn the lockshield valve a quarter of a turn do you mean like from 12 o clock to 4 o clock on a clockface? When I practiced on one rad this small turn from closed didn't seem to even open the valve enough to...

Hi there It's a vokera compact he combi boiler. The new rad was just piped over from an existing rad. Regards

Hi there, no balancing was done as far as im aware. Is this a big job? How much would a plumber charge me?

Hi people We have a wireless thermostat in our living room and it has always kept the temperature nice and stable. However we now have built a rear house extension that will be used as a play room and dining area, even though we put a big radiator in there it never gets warm as i presume the...

Hi people I have been given approval by ST water to build my extension which is close to but not over a public sewer. In the letter they say it is on the proviso that i get cctv footage after the build to prove no damage was done. It doesn't however give any list of approved cctv companies...

Hi people I have never tiled before but want to give it a go. The Mrs wants an upstand style row of mosaic tiles about 12cm high across a span of about 2.5 metres (including behind a sink). This is going onto a combination of bare plasterboard and plaster skimmed walls. I have been to...

Hi people I have a new extension freshly plastered that I want to paint myself and an existing kitchen that needs tidying up. My questions are - What emulsion (white) do most people recommend to do the walls and ceilings over the fresh plaster. Do I need to undercoat the skirting before...

Hi people Not sure if this is the correct forum or maybe electronics but my question is this. I have a pre-existing cooker hood with a recurculating (sic!) filter inside which is rubbish. I have had condensation issues in the kitchen already and have now extended out and am worried about...

Its a low pitch only around 15 degrees i believe...

Hi there I'm currently having built a rear single story house extension about 5.5m x 3.3m with a pitched roof. The architect put 3 velux windows in the roof drawing - there is a large french door of 2.7m and no other windows. The extension is north/west facing. Now the velux have arrived...

Hi people I need to a radiator to heat a 18m2 extension with a pitched roof in a north facing garden. The online calculators tell me to go between 7000 and 10000 BTU output does this sound about right? I'd hate to spend all this work extending my house only for it to be cold in the winter...

Lol will avoid there then.

Hi people Can anyone recommend a good plumber for the west Notts area I need advice on Radiator requirements for a new extension, then it fitting and a system balancing.? Cheers

Hi people I want to buy a replacement kitchen mixer tap as mine is cheap and leaking - can anyone tell me where to buy a good quality solid feeling tap that wont cost the earth? Something like you get in nice hotels? Regards

Thanks for all the advice Pinenot and Crank39, I actually had a builder come around today and adjust the door for me as he owed me a favor. For info purposes he moved the door as far to the right as he could using the hinge adjustments, then raised it slightly and did something with the keep...

and the gap

Thanks for the reply - lock side