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One more thing that may be relevant, when I turn the knob on the stat til it clicks, a whirring noise starts in one of the valves. Not sure which one as they are quite close together.

Ok peeps this is the latest. I turned off the HW as suggested and the boiler DID fire up after I turned the hot tap on :cry: The CH was also switched off and the cylinder stat was turned down to its minimum. I know for sure that turning CH off at the controller works, cos basically the...

Far too hot is right. I would have thought the stat would click a bit closer to perhaps 60/70deg, could it be a calibration problem? I can probably pick up a new stat for less than a score, so maybe thats what I'll do. Unless there is something glaringly obvious that I've missed

It clicks when you rotate it past 80deg

Ok, I turned the cylinder stat all the way down, turned the CH off at the controller and YES the boiler did fire up after a few minutes of hot water use. Is this suggestive of a stat problem as in previous post?

Hot water is absolutely scalding!!!!!!!!!!! :( so far I have:- tried turning down cylinder stat but nothing changed. tried turning CH off and nothing changed. there are x2 zone valves but I dont know which is which, as the levers on both dont move when I switch off either CH or HW at the...

Just to be sure about this textured paint thing here are some pics

As far as I can tell the board is fine, no problems at all. I got the mcb's purely for the convenience of just flipping the switch if there is a short and not having to fiddle and fanny about with fusewire. Also my in-laws have the same board and it caught fire! Have posted pics for those that...

I heard somewhere that when wiring a consumer unit, the highest amp breaker should go next to the main switch and lowest amp farther down the board. Is this correct? I have an old Wylex board with rewireable fuses fitted, the fuses are fitted in no particular order and the highest rated fuse is...

Thank you for that. I presume when you say bonding again after the first application of blue grit, you are talking about using the blue grit again? I don't know how "heavy" the Walls are, so am prepared to apply an extra coat of bonding. Appreciate your advice :)

Have just been visiting my inlaws and they have pretty much the same stuff on the ceiling in their bathroom. They said it was some kind of textured paint with bits in. Am guessing a floor scraper would be the tool for this job, to get the worst of the bits off the wall, followed by some rough...

Have got some pics but can't figure out how to post them. Am trying to use my phone to do it, maybe that's the problem?

It isn't artex peaps, i have that stuff on every ceiling in the house :(

hello everybody, during a spell of bad weather recently, a largish area of pebbledash decided to make a break for it and part company with the wall. I approached my insurance firm and they weren't interested so I asked a builder who when inspecting the job said something about the unibond not...

hello everybody, have just joined the forum so please forgive my total lack of knowledge on the subject of plastering, i have many questions. I recently bought a 1950's semi that is in need of redecoration and am attempting to prioritize my baby son's room. There is only one flat smooth wall in...