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Thanks for this useful tip transam. Yes, I think TRVs are probably required by building regulations for energy conservation reasons. I will try and read up more about this.

Thanks for your feedback, Boilerman2. The boiler does owe me something because it is on the basis of the Gas Safe certificate he acquired and supplied that I, as a buyer, assumed that everything was properly done and that everything would last a reasonable amount of time without large number...

dcawkwell, thanks for your feedback. The house was completely renovated and the boiler cupboard is new. The cupboard could easily have been bigger if required. There is no wall thermostat either (which is another thing the plumber I called pointed out). The house is a 3 bedroom Victorian...

I wanted to add something to what I have said before. This particular boiler installation is a botched, incomplete, rogue job at many levels. This is not a case of an installer making a mistake (which is human and understandable and acceptable as long as the installer is willing to fix it). This...

Thanks for your response. My understanding of the Gas Safe requirements are that they are exactly that - requirements. As far as I understand the 5 issues that I have mentioned in my original post are clear violations of Gas Safe requirements (and please do correct me if I am wrong)...

Thanks for your response. The boiler commissioning sheet in the boiler manual was not filled up. Plus the boiler installer who I asked to take a look deduced this by looking at the innards/settings of the boiler... I am not sure exactly what he looked at. Quite likely. Correct me if I am...

Hello Forum Members, I bought a house in January 2013. The house was sold to me by a "professional developer" who had done a number of works to the house including fitting a new boiler, new radiators and new plumbing for the central heating. As part of the conveyancing process our...

Forgot to mention that we do have a Gas Safe Register Building Regulations Compliance certificate for this boiler from January 2013. Does this help?

Thanks for all your replies. Is there any easy way to attempt a fix/repair? Either by changing the relevant part or cleaning using flushing chemicals? Also what would you recommend we do (chemical inhibitors/descalers, magnetic debris collector) to minimise the chances of this happening...

Hello Forum Members, For about the last 4 weeks we have had an issue with our combi boiler's ability to heat domestic water. Whenever hot water is used the temperature of the hot water is inconsistent and keeps going up and down every 20-30 seconds - from tepid to very hot back to tepid...

Because the garden is tiny the seeds work out to be very cheap so I decided to take a punt and seed the remaining seed anyway. The temperature here in London ranges from a minimum of 5 degrees to a maximum of about 14-15 degrees so I suppose there is still a tiny chance that they might...

Oh! Regarding the original discussion from the replies on this thread and from some more reading online I have concluded that: (a) Horticultural fleece is useful but much more so in persistent cold weather (less than 5 degrees). (b) Above 5 degrees it is probably better to let the grass be...

Unfortunately it seems that my first foray into the world of gardening has not been a success. Lo and behold my patchy lawn! Where there is grass it is growing quite well. This is just 1 week after the first shoots shot up through the soil. However the bare patches have almost no grass...

Thanks for your answers. I am a bit confused. If horticultural fleece is unnecessary why is it recommended in almost all the online articles for establishing a lawn from seed? Am I missing something? I have been away for the past 5 days and will return to my home and garden tomorrow...

Hello Forum Members, What is the correct way to use horticultural fleece? Can I just lay it on the ground and secure the sheet at the edges? Or should I fix the fleece so that it is held a few cm off the ground? (for e.g. by using pipes, timber or string tied between fence posts) On the...

I have had great success in this project but in a very unexpected way. Armed with hedge shears (owned) and a long-handled hedge trimmer (hired from HSS) my partner and I started attacking the weed on our side of the fence with an intent to cut away as much as possible. When we cut away...

Hello Folks, Thanks for all the useful advice. Just wanted to report back on what I finally did. Will try to post an update 6 months and 12 months from now too. I used a double layer of DPC instead of DPM because I had a lot of it left over from a previous project. The sheets were held in...