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I've just had the heating engineer round to look at my dodgy Alpha 240P boiler - I think it's on its last legs...he suggested replacing it for a Worcester-Bosch Greenstar 37CDi. Old boiler was obviously really inadequate in terms of of output but he did notice one sticking problem to installing...

My Alpha 240P has exactly the same snag, it lights and heats either DHW or CH but then the fan orange light goes on for approx 30 sec (when fan light goes on boiler stops heating) once fan light goes out the boiler starts to heat again. This happens again and again until I stop attempting to...

I'm looking to run an extension cable to a socket in my lounge (for a Sky+ box therefore wireless extender not an option) externally because I don't want wire along the top of my skirting boards. I intend to use 3 pair CW1308 spec wire. I know that BT don't like you playing with anything...

Hello all, I have a damp front room, the house is Victorian (circa 1849) of brick construction, with a cavity wall. The main damp problem is with the front bay window. I have lowered the outside ground level, which was up about 2 courses above the slate dpc by digging out the concrete that...

Yep I get it now, I was having a bit of a moment there obviously! I'll let you know once I've found out where that cable is! Thanks.

Only running right next to the wire coming in from the telegraph pole, I'm going to route the rest of the extension wire from the socket in question to the loft internally then out of an airbrick in the loft and vertically down the side of the house next to the wire from the telegraph pole and...

Thanks for all the help, not sure I know any BT engineers unfortunately! My intention was to route the cable externally so save me cutting channels in a load of walls that don't need it. Its not a problem because the downlead from the telegraph pole follows almost the exact route I want to use...

More details - its a low level flush mounted socket into a galvanised box from what I can see there is a void above the box that may/may not be a conduit running up through the wall in what I presume is a channel in the brickwork / plastering. From basic guesswork I think the conduit runs...

Yep, no voltage whatsoever, I did see those tone generators online but I thought they were a bit steep too! I will probably end up routing a new cable, all I need to do is find the opening into the conduit at the top of the wall then (probably easier said than done). I'm a complete novice...

I have recently moved into a house and in the (downstairs) lounge next to the satellite point there is a telephone extension socket, I wish to connect a Sky+ box to this point (so I cannot use a wireless socket extender) and I do not wish to have an unsightly cable run across the floor from the...

Sorry, I need to read posts properly! I'm just going to put the vent bricks in first and remove the floor, leave it for a couple of weeks to dry up then look at sorting the floor once the area is dry. Hopefully this will sort the problem.

When you say fix the rot, what do you mean? I thought removing all of the affected boards and joists, then fitting the additional vents would stop the rot in its tracks, is this not the case? If I need to get some kind of fungicidal treatment for the building I'll probably need some...

I've recently moved into a Victorian semi and have discovered that the front room floorboards and joists have wet rot. I need to replace the boards and joists but have no idea where to start! I know I need to get some more ventilation sorted to stop the rot coming back so I'm going to try...