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lol I knew that a lllooonnngggg time ago! Just a pity the hot water isn't plumbed into it too, or else I'd be more happier! Can't beat a fire during a cold winter's day, such as today. :D Thanks once again. 8)

Oilman...............................YOU ARE A STAR!!!! :D :D :D :D I never knew that was a button! It was a star shaped button that only moved in flush with it's outer casing. I hit the TEST switch and it kicked into life! :) :) Well, this issue has wasted my pre-planned Sat...

There is a metal part that sticks out, just above the thermostat. I'll go give it a go and be back in 5. :)

I just ran outside right now (yes that is snow!) of the boiler in question. In the 2nd last pic, the fitting on the RHS is a pressure type (with an internal spring). I heard it hissing after refilling the system, but then stopped. The 'LIMIT' light still said alight...

Hi. I've spen the last 5 hours trying to fix this issue, but changed get it to go! I've trawled through this website, but to no vail, so here goes. It's an external Camray 15 oil fired boiler. I've got a Santon unvented sealed water tank. I stay in a 2 storey house, with 6 radiators...

Thanks for both your replies. :) I'm gonna get a nice 1200 x 600 radiator fitted along the top wall, as I can easily lift the suspended floor below and move the pipes. The radiator beside the conservatory will be a issue, well....not much of an issue, but for looks, as the floor is...

Thanks a million for willing to help me out!!! I've quickly drawn up the living room on CAD, as it's not just a plain rectangular room. The room is 2400mm high and has Double radiators. The stairs is open to the living room, which goes up with the pitch of the roof of the house...

The lack of insulation in the kitchen is what I suspect. Also as last night was very calm in terms of the wind, the difference in both room was remarkable! Draughts is definatly taking away my heat. Certainly throught the extractor fan (blocked up with carrier bags when not in use) and I...

We have a stove in the living room, but it has the glass door at the front so is sealed. I even keep the fire all ready to light, so it stops heat escaping up the vents. That fire place was my first suspect!

This is our first winter in our new (1890's) house and my lord its cold! My wife stuck the heating on at 12.30pm (living room = 12.5 degC) and it never reached 20 degC till 19.30pm!!!!!! All other rooms were cosy, but the living room took ages. Even worse is the kitchen. It started at 8...

I know it's about 2 years since this post was created, but to answer SparkyMark's question, you get Anti Back draught dampers on a certain on-line auction site. Clicky I've got the same problem, but my hob pipe is blooming rectangular! Ggggrrrrr

What do you mean by positive pressure? Kevin / Paul, whats the age of you homes? Mines was designed to be draughty, so I'm trying to draught proof everything, without damaging the house in the future, by looking at ventilation systems. I also noticed that we don't have vents on the...

This is the topic that I'm looking for. I stay in a 1890 Granite croft and it suffers from condensation on both top bedroom windows. They are uPVC that was fitted around 1993. My wife is starting to nag me about getting new windows put in, cause she thinks this is the answer and as soon...

Christ Kev.you must be old! :lol: :P Excellent document! Thanks. By the looks of the schematic, that's what I have. Also noted that this is a dry type actuator and not liquid / wax filled. I'll have a search about to see what the differences are. Thanks all! :)

What do you mean Kev? My mum's Danfoss TRV's have thermostat written below Danfoss on the end and it's looks totally different (her's is about 25 years old!)

I'm wanting to get the house all energy friendly and I'm in about the radiators, so thought I'd upgrade to TRV's. All valves are the same throughout my house, however, I noticed that there is a Frost setting on them so wondered if they are a TRV? I don't hear a sort of thermostat noise...

Yeh, I think I will be hiring! To eck with paying that price for a once only use!

Thanks a million for all that replies! :) The steading is dated back to the mid 1800's, so the wood has done not bad. According to my records of the steading, the only repair that was done was at the left side of the rafter (in the 1st pic above). The slates were damaged during the...

Thanks both for your replies. :D Would a steel plate either side of the truss do the job? In the case of bolts, obviously I don't want to drill too big a hole into the wood, incase I weaken the damn thing more! What size of bolt is commonly used in this case? Thanks.

Hi all. I'm needing a bit of guidance on who to solve this issue! It's the roof of my 19th centry steading and as shown has a nice crack on one of the trusses. My boss told me to get a hold of one of those long structural jacks, drill 4 holes through and bolt on 2 thick plates either side...