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Hi, I'm looking for advice on who to talk to about harnessing electric power from a small river that bisects my garden. I don't expect to be able to power anything more than a few lights in the garden. The flow is approximately 0.5m per second, and following some recent revetting, the flow is...

I wondered about that. There are two ports for immersion heaters, one at the bottom and one mid-tank. So the idea of using electric power to "take the chill off the water" and then gas to then heat it to temperature (using less gas) would be attractive. Would this be a specialist firm that...

So, given today's new of a 35% hike in gas prices..... Perhaps the horse has bolted, but can anyone advise me if it is possible to retrofit a solar collection (either water or electric) to supplement the heating of water in our brand new unvented gas boiler system? It is not an on demand...

Hi, Separate issue to the revetment (see previous question). We have a small river that has previously been dammed to create a tumbling water effect. The dam is now very tumbledown and we're in the process of re-establishing it. Recent floods have scoured the sides of the dam and undermined...

Hi, We have a small river that runs through our garden, but recent bad weather (July 2007 and then last month) has resulted in quite a bit of bank erosion (not helped by the dread signal crayfish that burrow into the banks). I know that the best solution is revetment, and that the wood of...

Thanks for the advice. It appears that there is specific silicone. I found item code 120285931007 on eBay myself, and it has a recomendation from a user who has experience sticking his glass door back together, so I've purchased that. As the door is still attached to the oven (and I'm not...

Hi All, We inherited a NEFF double oven when we bought our new house. The glass viewing panel (the inner panel of what's effectively a double glazed door) was becoming detached and finally it's become so detached that I decided to see if it could be repaired. It appears the glass panel on...

Cripes. Modern boilers last barely longer than a couple of hamsters by the sounds of it. I suppose if all are faced with the same Blade Runner curse, we have to just wear it. Thanks for your advice. My wife would probably frown on a garage full of old boiler bit, however! Dornfield

Hi, we're currently getting quotes for a replacement boiler system, and we are told by one of the potential installers that the life expectancy of a condensing boiler is only a mere 7 years. This seems a bit on the shy side!!! Other installers have not mentioned this, or made any comment on...

My ignorance is legend....by 'unvented' you mean a megaflow system? I take it a megaflow requires a tank, and cannot be 'on demand'? Given the size of the tub we would like for the en suite, an on demand system would be attractive. Dornfield

The tank for the hot water is 166 litres. 120cm high, 45cm wide. It is completely separate from the gas boiler. The rational was that the gas boiler (situated in the integral garage) is physically too far from the taps in the house and the tank to supply the hot water. So the gas boiler does...

Hi, We've just moved to a large (five bed, two bathroom - 1 bath, 2 showers, five other rooms of various types) house and are surprised that in has a gas boiler (Worcester) to the numerous radiators but an (inadequate) immersion heater to the taps. Three people showering runs the system out...