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I really want to put an outdoor hose union bib tap on the wall outside the kitchen and wish I'd done it when I renovated. There is an existing hole through the wall from an old drain that I cut off at both ends and filled with expanding foam. This seems like an easy place to pass a 15mm copper...

Hi there, sorry for the confusion. We have an open fire, not a gas fire. Does anyone know of any professionals in the Surrey / SW London area? I am having a hard time finding anyone to have a look.

The tenant's moved in already so I think that's why he's trying to get it sorted sharpish. Apparently there were 3 flues, one per floor, but during the conversion they smashed through so there is only one now.. That's the part that doesn't make sense to me. Yes, I'll get someone in soon...

He and I share the freehold with two other flats. He's blaming it on the previous owner of my flat who would have pulled out the old back boiler and started using the fireplace normally so will not pay to sort it out...

We live in a conversion flat - the building was built in the late 1800s and was converted into flats 30+ years ago. Apparently our flat and flat upstairs had back boilers in the fireplaces. Ours must have been removed well before we bought and we have just a normal fireplace that we were told...

Actually yeah. After posting this I did a trawl on Google, and I've got Jewsons, Lawsons, Travis Perkins and Alsford all within a few miles. They should be able to supply this skirting, right?

Hey everybody, I'm back to fixing up the flat again now that Christmas is over. I am replacing some skirting boards, and was wondering where on earth I can source 150mm rounded skirting boards. They do not carry anything this big at Wickes, B&Q, etc. I have found it online but nowhere with a...

Not even sure it's the boiler at fault now. Just fired the system up to see what happened. The pump comes on, motorised valve ticks over, and the fan then boiler came on and was firing for a few minutes. The pipe coming out of the boiler is hot for about six inches, then is cold all the way...

Great, thanks for the heads up. Luckily we have an immersion heater to use for a little while before we get it sorted so there's still hot water.

Thanks for all the replies so far. It is an Ideal Classic, FF250. I think the FF stands for 'fanned flue', it's wall mounted in the kitchen.

I'll have to check it when I get home. It is a 'Classic' but I'm not sure the number - pretty sure it's BG's own label. It is a Y plan system so not a combi or anything.

Hello, I know this can't be answered without you knowing exactly what's wrong with the boiler, but I was wondering if my boiler was starting to fail, if it was worth repairing or if I should just go ahead with a replacement which I would need at some point soon anyway. The current boiler...

Hi all, so here's an update. I replaced the synchro motor on the valve first, but it still didn't work, so I got a new valve from screwfix. These things ain't cheap! Wired in the new actuator and tried it with the existing valve but still didn't close on the CH side, so I had to replace the...

Hello, Here's some background on our setup - 2 bed split-level flat with indirect system upstairs, boiler downstairs. The motorised valve is stuck open so the CH comes on whenever HW is switched on. Motorised valve is 3 port (mid position) British Gas with the blue plastic cover (think it's...

The whole flat is filled with ruddy halogens. This temporary unit is LED, and I like it so far. Just need a brighter one for the bathroom. Got it at Lidl for £17, which included three LED GU10s. I find the fan so hard to control though. The humidistat is sensitive so I had to turn it way up...

Yeah you were right; the light unit had died. It was an old halogen unit that was originally in the kitchen when we moved in. I put some other lights up as a temporary measure this AM and they are fine.

I haven't touched the light fitting, the fan is about 12 inches away from the light fitting with the wire coming in from ceiling. All I did was remove the old fan and put this one up. The light isn't blown, as it's a set of four halogens, unless they all have blown.

Hi there, it's hard to tell from the picture, but the switch goes to L and SL. I removed the switch entirely and it worked fine until my new problem of the lights not going on...