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To add to that info: Boiler is on for 1.5 hours in the morning and 5 hours in the evening. Three bedrooms. Four downstairs rooms (inc kitchen) plus bathroom and hall. Thermostat set to 17 degrees. Boiler has been recently serviced.

We've moved into a house recently and the heating bills are crippling us. Last week we had some work done by a plumber as some of the rads weren't getting very hot and the heating was costing us a fortune to run. Our first bill was £170 for the month (Nov 18 - Dec 19) and then £110 (for Dec...

As I posted in the buildings section of the forum yesterday http://www.diynot.com/forums/building/chimney-breast-removed-is-this-sufficient-to-hold-it.290279/ we are purchasing a house that has had one of the downstairs chimney breasts removed but without any known building regs. and with the...

I can't remember something I didn't know :oops: Well I've learned something new tonight. Corbel. I thought he was a fat comedian. So it's likely then that they could have done that. I assume something must have happened for it to last so long (unless it's taken the strength from the...

Indeed, that's what has made us run dry actually as that was the best part of a grand, and therefore we don't have the money to throw around on yet another report/inspection that may not be needed. I'm still just worried that the above image is of a boxed hearth and not of something...

Oh we've had the full survey done (full building survey) with a 40 page report, and he stated in that there had been a removal of a chimney breast with no known building regs but that there was no sign of any structural issues, that the bricks on the chimney breast in the loft were all fine with...

I forgot to add that the downstairs partitioning wall between the living and dining rooms has been removed but there is a big beam in place for that, and the main feature fire place is still there, which goes all the way up to where the old wall would have been, and thus, I assume, also plays...

Hi all First time on here and I'm hoping you can help. We're in the process of purchasing a 1930's semi which had four fireplaces, 2 up and 2 down, the same as the adjoining neighbours. In the living room one Chimney breast is still present (the 'feature' chimney breast) but the corner...