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Quick update please. A friend has offered me a Honeywell DT200 digital room thermostat or a Honeywell T6360 room thermostat. Both of these mention two wire switching. I seem to remember my plumber saying something about the towerstat being three wire switching which was "good" although...

Hi, sorry for the confusion hwc=hot water cylinder. Not going to change the Horstmann programmer until I have to. Just want a simple mechanical room thermostat don't need a programmable version.

I have just had a new hwc installed as part of a general upgrade to try and conserve my use of central heating oil. Previous posts on the form has suggested fitting a room statto control the boiler rather than relying on TRVs. I have a Honeywell wiring centre box and a Horstmann Centaur...

Thanks for the reply. Couldn't use the link you gave as it doesn't give an option for bathroom. However I have used a couple of others, including the Myson site and that gives a requirement of 720watts or 2477Btu. As I assume these figures are for a standard radiator and as a towel rail...

Hope someone can shed some light on the following, At the moment I have a 600 x 1450 flat white towel rail in my en-suite with 19mm tubes. The towel rail has bars placed as follows reading from top to bottom 2-3-13-3-14. A friend has said he thinks it is probably rated at 1kW. It also has an...

Thanks, I think I am beginning to understand the mechanics. The CM Prog Stat I looked at was the zoned version but I see the normal CM 727 7 Day wireless is about £90, I assume this is the one you are referring to. At the moment I have a Grundffos Selectric UPS 15-50 pump that runs all the...

Thanks for the replies. Looks like "if it ain't broke don't mend it" is still the right thing. Sorry to be so dim but can you explain how a room stat would save me fuel and money? Always thought having TRVs fitted did the same thing and gave individual room settings. Looking on Google...

Hi Tibbot, thanks for the reply. I'm a bit confused regarding the over 80% efficiency figure you quote for my boiler against the 70% SEDBUK figure. Perhaps you could explain. As regards insulation, I already have cavity wall insulation and my loft insulation is good, it was replaced about...

I have a Boulter Boilers Camray 15/21 wall mounted external oil fired boiler that was installed in January 1995, replacing a Parkray solid fuel back boiler. The boiler has been serviced annually since new. I believe I am right in saying that the boiler Output is 19KW/65000 BTU/h...

Thanks for the reply, very useful. Will know now what questions to ask if I go ahead.

Some years ago I made pathways around my garden by laying flagstone/paving slabs on top of a previosuly laid solid concrete base (which was used as a temporary path)using the spot dab method which I had been told was the correct method to use. Unfortunately, I have now learnt to my cost that...

Sorry must have misread the site on the link you gave thought they were for bulk purchases. Will take a better look.

Thanks for the info, at least I know what it's called now. Only need a single item so any ideas of what type of place would sell them. Would someone like Travis Perkins for example. Have done a Google search but not come up with any online supplier.

Last year I turned the door on my workshop from internal opening to external and replaced the sill. Underneath the sill was a length of what would seem to be hard plastic which is rebated into the door frame to act as a seal when the door is closed up agains it. The item in question has...

Hope it's OK to post 2 topics. I have a 1400x600 towel rail in my en-suite and was wondering how I can determine the Btu/Kwh of the unit. My problem is that the en-suite doesn't warm up much more than 19.3C even with the rail full on and was thinking of replacing for a higher output if...

I want to replace our old door furniture but would like to use a different size/shape. Can anyone tell me how to make a good job of filling in and painting the screw holes left behind by the old fittings. Not had much success with this in the past, always seem to be left with a mark on the...

PROBLEM SOLVED Had the artex on the hall ceiling removed at the same time as having the ceiling replaced and it seems that the plasters took the ceiling pendant down and when they refitted the original pendant they missed that one of the black wires had come adrift and been pushed up into the...

Hi Have spent the last hour trying to check things out but no joy. I have confirmed that there is power at the light switch and it is switching on/off OK. There is a red in and a black out. On the ceiling rose in question there are two black wires, one going to the brown(live) of the...

In their defence I had asked them to mark on the new ceiling where I should put the screws to hold the new pendant so that I could make a good fix as I didn't want to fit the old one again, it being cracked and grubby, but to help me they fitted it instead whilst I was out. It was not part of...

Thanks for the replies. I had assumed that if the neon on the test scredriver showed then it indicated power. Have always used one just for a quick continuity check. Other than the pendant being changed nothing else has been touched/altered in the room so as it was all working before...