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I will - as soon as I get home tonight. At the moment we have a carpet (not sure how thick and the door mat. Thanks - I will mention when we get in some companies to measure up.

Hi, we are in the process of buying the house that we rent, and we are hoping to replace front and back door, as well as patio door. We have visited a couple of showrooms, and I think we will be going for composite doors for front and back (back half glazed). For the patio door we want an...

Hi, I am not sure if the pipework runs under concrete floor. On the ground floor, the pipes for the radiator come out above the skirting board, and it is a pipe, not a flexible plastic hose type thing we had in a previous house. I would definitely want a flush of the system as after the...

Thanks for the explanation! The house has cavity wall insulation according to the previous owner (landlord) and the original house specification. We will be increasing loft insulation, as it is not much there now. I was going to get the tanks removed first, and then sort out the loft insulation...

Ok, it is a month since I started this thread, and you advice has been helpful. We are hoping to exchange the contracts this week, and then we will be getting some quotes for the work. I would like to go for Viessmann, but it will all depend on what engineers can do, etc. I am trying to...

Thanks all. I will have a look at model suggested. I am not sure of the wall insulation (house built 1988), so I might have selected the wrong value for that. Anyway, from what I read so far, for combi it is the hot water supply that usually rules what power boiler to choose. I have tried...

Yes, most radiators are on the outer walls (apart from kitchen, cloakroom, hallway and landing upstairs). For the patio door frost. It is in the dining room, room size is about 2.5m x 3.1 m, the radiator is on the wall adjoining the side wall (external). The doors are old, sliding type with...

Hi, this is my first post, so please, be gentle. We are in the process of buying a house we currently rent and one of the first jobs we need to do is change the boiler, as the current one is 20+ years old, and I can tell you it is really inefficient. (I think it was rating G when I checked...