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Can someone please clarify the situation here as we are having a new cooker delivered in the morning. From memory the old cooker (now 16 years old) came with a black hose fitted, and this was connected at the time of delivery. Its that long ago that I can't remember if the delivery guys were...

I've not really followed this thread all the way through (too many posts having digs at others) but it does seem to bring one thing into focus, in that even if you employ / contract a corgi fitter even from a large company you can't be sure that the work they do is any better than work done by a...

John, I've done some more investigation and have a question or two: The existing air bricks on the exterior wall don't go through both walls, just the outer wall of the cavity. Also the existing vents built into the bedrooms don't have any corresponding vents on the exterior cavity wall...

Thanks once again, I'll pop down to screwfix in the morning and see what they've got Malcolm

Thanks again for the quick reply. So, something like this on the inside Connected to this on the outside via Or should I used something like Which connects to manross ducting

John, thanks for the reply. been doing a lot of surfing and I'm sure the issue is lack of ventilation. Yes the house is a three bed end of terrace (the end wall facing NNW ish) built in the late 1950 (Stevenage being the first 'new town'), and had old upvc double glazing when we...

Hi, Around 6 years ago we had rockwool cavity wall insulation installed, along with new double glazing. However now we have a damp problem that is showing itself up as black mould along the skirting board of two outside walls (north and east facing), and on the same walls but in the...

A quick search on Yahoo came up with the a pdf on Ariston microgenus boilers (wonderful thing these search engines :) ) Anyway - I've uploaded to my website as i can't find a way to attach files to post. Its 500K pdf http://www.micro-heli.co.uk/microgenus_um.pdf Hope this helps Malc

bolo, It was just the installation disk that came with the iPod, which installed the iTune software. I'm sure it performed some form of registration as part of the wizard. A quick google came up with http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93014

We have a condesation problem in out home, which seems more acute since having rockwool cavity wall insulation isntalled a few years back. I want to install some air bricks (all three bedrooms have vents at ceiling level but the kitchen and lounge don't) but I can't find any info on the best...

With 1GB DIMMs retailing for around £30 a stick, you would be better off removing the 512 sticks and inserting two new 1GB sticks. Also check the max spec (PC2700, 3200 etc) and if your motherboard supports DDR.

No expert, but I'm sure when my mate installed his software for his iPod he had to register his device through the software before he could access itunes download library to download from the store. The other possible cause is that itunes is being blocked by your firewall (either software...

makes no odds if its a cheap or expensive thermomoeter, you can't change how mercury reacts to heat !

I fitted a new digital thermostat to replace our old bi-matalic strip one. Its a Horsman and has 0.5 degree steps to set the on / off point. Next to it is an expensive barometer our parents bought us, and its thermometer matches the readout on the thermostat exactly. The good point is that...

Are the pipes hot or cold either side of the radiators. If one pipe is really hot, the rad and other pipe cold, then this could be an air pocket or down to a sludged up system, or a sticky valve on the radiators. I had a simialr issue with our radiators, and after days of playing about with...

What pipe did your friend drill through, central heating related or feed to a tap ? Sounds like there is either sludge or an airlock in the system. Have you tried draining down and re-filling the stsrem or bleeding the rads ?

Sounds like you are equating a plumber in the same class as a solicitor... and I think most people would expect high bills from a solicitor given the training and education that most solicitors go through. :shock:

Tony, I expect that they charge something similar, especially of working in major cities. And Nixt, yes you are right there is a lot more to employing someone than just paying their salary. But the average one man band has a lot less to worry about and at £500 a day can I see why my local pub...

Possibly 10 or 15 years ago, but these days a lot of manufactures are offering European warranty's as the EU is becoming one state ! - Cars are no longer made for the UK market, the German market etc etc - just the European market - that blows that annalogy out of the water ! I think the...

I have a similar boiler (solo 60) and it had its gas valve replaced for £160 which considering the part was around £80 + vat (I phoned around to confirm the estimated verbal price the guy quoted) I feem was very reasonable. However that was all that was needed to resolve my issue so no idea how...