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Do I have to have a condensing boiler? No. You should have a condensing boiler fitted if it is reasonable to do so, but the law recognises that non-condensing boilers are acceptable if it would be too difficult to install a condensing boiler in your home. Your installer will tell you whether...

Our secondary windows have been great in reducing traffic noise (very significantly) and keeping the house warm (and reducing your heating bill). It also eliminates condensation on the sash windows. The bigger the gap between the secondary windows and the original sash windows the bigger that...

Have a look at this site. http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/stelrad-compact-radiators/ Stelrads on it are slightly cheaper than similar from Screwfix. best wishes Alex

I want to add Sentinel x400 to our central heating system, as it is possible that sludge in the system is slowly starting to impact the operation of our boiler and wanted to get some guidance on a couple of things. First of all, from experience of people who used both, if there a difference...

Thanks Tony for your advice, I'll get an engineer in today or tomorrow to have a look and do a service at the same time. The boiler had its fair share of problems in the first two-three years and fortunately I was cover at that time for all repairs and replacements, but lately it behaved...

My 11-year old Ideal Response 80 has developed a strange habit recently where the central heating stops working for several hours (4-5 hours) without any apparent reason, while at the same time the room thermostat is calling for heat. Then it comes back as nothing has happened, works for another...

My Smeg cooker oven seems to be heating properly but the oven thermostat not reaching even the lowest temperature settings and therefore not switching off when needed. It worked fine yesterday evening. I tried to unplug the cooker for 5 minutes to clear the settings but it did not help. Has...

I tried to reset our 5-year-old Bosch slimline dishwasher and start a new wash cycle but it now displays zero, stuck on Auto wash programme and refuses to start working. The reason I tried to restart the wash cycle it is sounded a bit noisier than usual and I wasn't sure why. I have to add that...

I have a six-year-old British Gas badged RC5 (Drayton RF3?) wireless room thermostat with a WR1 receiver, that (the receiver) started to make worrying rattling noise at unexpected times and not responding at all at other. It sounds as if there is a loose contact but I checked and tighten...

Happy ending! Spoke to Drayton technical support on Monday and they confirmed that British Gas TRVs are rebadged Drayton TRVs. They also told me that TRV4 and RT212 heads are interchangeable and can fit on the same valve body. Off I went to my local Leyland and bought TRV4. My radiator...

scatmanjohn Thank you one more time for your advice and pointing me in the right direction (Drayton). I did more online research and accidently found this info: "We fit a branded version of the Drayton RT212, same body as TRV4 but a different top, in white, with BG logo." I looked at...

That's a very good idea! Very much appreciated. Will be calling them tomorrow morning. Thanks for your help, everyone.

scatmanjohn - many thanks Will definitely give them a call on Monday now. Yes, I have a white plastic one. It's an angled, fully reversible one and was fitted 5 years ago. It has British Gas written twice on top of it and five side openings with three vertical slots each. Setting go from *...

Sorry guys - still living in a stone age. Have no digital camera. But will borrow one (digital camera) on Monday then and post the picture of the TRV asap. Have tried to Google for it but couldn't find anything. Maybe visiting this site British Gas engineers would be kind to help?

I haven't spoken to them yet but probably will. Very reluctant to do so, as severed all my links with them - cental heating cover and gas supply - because of a dispute over quality of their central heating installation. Just wanted to know if I can use any other brands. Looked in one...

Can anyone please confirm one way or another if TRV heads are easily interchangeable between different brands. And if so, what would the nearest match to the British Gas TVR head would be?

Hi all I found the cause of one of my radiators being cold. It is 5-year-old 15mm British Gas TRV' plastic head. When I took the plastic head off, when the system was working, to check for stuck pin, the radiator suddenly started heating up properly. When I put the TRV's top back - it...

I am afraid, the radiator is still cold. TRV's pin seems to be working fine - moves up and down when pressed. I have also tried to bleed the radiator a few times - no air (there was a bit of air a month ago when I bled it the first time), just water coming out. Does that mean that IN or...