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We want to stick with heat only (open vent) for our new boiler and my other half wants a boiler which every RGI will know well. Ideal Logic seems to be one of the few heat only boilers which allows PDHW natively. But I am having a problem understanding the wiring diagram: The wiring diagram...

Does anyone on here follow football. The start of the season had passed me by. But I have just noticed that my team, Leeds, have already played three games; won one, drawn one and lost one.

As somebody who loves our country and our unwritten constitution, I am a big fan of the principle of natural justice. If an individual citizen is a member of a club and does something as a joke, which on reflection was stupid, but which they could not have known was a breach of the rules...

Almost 500 now. People like this. An interesting issue.

It looks like Israel has a plan to force all 2.1 million people living in Gaza into a camp built on the ruins of Rafah. They will be encircled by the Israeli army and prevented from leaving. This just sounds wrong. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8rp31lk7mzo

We have got the first few hot days of summer coming up. I thought people might want to share their best cooling tip. Everyone is different, so what works for one might not work for another. On the very hottest days, by which I mean over 30C, occasionally I get far too hot and really need to...

A national grooming gangs inquiry has been announced by the PM following the quick review by Louise Casey. Will this be enough to satisfy everyone? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/14/keir-starmer-national-inquiry-grooming-gangs

My Reform obsessed friend is fuming because of some scandal and infighting in the party. To do with an MP called Lowe I think. He reckons it is going to scupper the whole shebang.

If those countries which can no longer trust the USA rearm seriously, what might the consequences be. Countries with large industrial bases who are good at building high tech stuff, like Germany, Japan and South Korea. Some might feel the need to build nuclear weapons. My gut feeling is that...

I got the impression when we were discussing trans rights the other week, that most posters on here were supportive of the LG bit of LGBTQ+, and it was the TQ+ part which many have a problem with. Anyway, I have just been reading that Republicans legislators in states across the USA are...

Predictably the Best cooking thread has been locked. I offer this as an interim solution. Can we stick to cooking? I have no imagination when it comes to thread titles!

The independent reviewer of terror laws has said today that more information should have been released on the evening of the attack: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1w29n0l7o

The PM has announced plans to allow lots of small nuclear reactors around the country to power energy intensive applications such as data centres. That sounds like a good simple idea. Many seem to be casting doubt, though, on whether it can be done. I thought the technology would be pretty...

TBH, it really annoys me when people do this. It is almost as if they are trying to sneak a reply in so you don't see it. Or maybe it is just laziness.

Still more questions than answers it seems: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/20/axel-rudakubana-a-ticking-timebomb-who-murdered-three-girls-in-southport

We have an old Citroen Xsara Picasso as a runabout. The rear wiper arm broke off last week in the overnight snow. I now have a new wiper arm and blade. But the nut on the old one just won't budge. I've tried penetrating oil for days. I have been trying with a socket wrench and an adjustable...

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With three very cold nights forecast, I thought I might monitor the loft temperature with a couple of thermometers I trust. I had no idea what to expect. In these parts it has been hovering around freezing all day, and the loft is 4C at midnight. I'll be interested to see what happens if the...

I have a problem where the main bathroom radiator needs bleeding every week. The gas explodes with a little pop. It's a 35 year old open vent system and air/gas only collects in the main bathroom radiator. I paid a plumber to come and drain the system a bit and put in two bottles of F1. But he...

I am trying to work out whether my current radiators would be sufficient at 55C flow. I know my heat loss pretty accurately (by experimentation) and I have found various tables showing how to convert the published radiator outputs at a dT of 50 to various lower values. The only thing I haven't...