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We'll be staying a minimum of 5 years I'd say as it's right near our kids school so it might be worth planning ahead. Cheers, Andy

105mm x 88mm x 37mm. :P Seriously though, I know what you mean about Solar, but I suppose the other thing that could make it cost effective (other than the hardware costs coming down) is fuel costs going up! As the small contribution that Solar makes to your heating output will be worth more...

Ahh ok, so I'd buy a more expensive, twin coil cylinder in readiness for solar but just one coil would be in use until we actually added the solar system? Hmm I ought to decide if we are really likely to go that route in the future as twin coil cylinders seem a fairly significant step up in...

Thanks again DM. System boilers look interesting, they don't seem much more expensive than Conventional ones but I guess the extra cost would come from the new Cylinder? It'd be nice to lose the two cold water tanks in the loft. I suppose the only thing that might throw a spanner in...

Thanks for that DM. Very roughly, how much more expensive do you think an appropriate system boiler and unvented cylinder solution would be for us versus an appropriate conventional boiler solution? Presumably if it's loads more money to install and only a touch more efficient it's not...

Hi there, I wonder if some of you guys might have an opinion on the following, I'd love some guidance as I'm not sure which direction to go with our heating system. :? We are in the process of modernising our 3 bedroom detached house. The boiler (a Potterton I think) and controls are...

The builder (well owner of the building company) came back today and looked at the walls with the wife and I. We were all prepared to argue our corner but we really didn't need to, he said straight away that it wasn't right and is getting the plasterers back this week. We had a go at...

Thanks guys. So is the consensus to just let them reskim or make them strip it back to the render and do the plastering from scratch? Or do you think that I should just see (with the builder) how bad it flakes off and decide then? Cheers, Andy

Hiya J, The two photos are just from small sections of one wall but it's like it (to varying degrees) on most parts of the walls that they did. Interestingly some bits they plastered were on top of new plasterboard and over an old artex ceiling and those are absolutely fine. It's the bits...

Oh, do you reckon it was lack of PVA on the old render or just a bad batch/bad storage of the plaster mix?

Thanks Marsh, I guess we'll see what the builder says. He's seemed very fair and helpful so far so I'd like to think he'll want to do the right thing by us especially as we've loads more work yet to do that we are hoping to be able to use him for. Cheers, Andy

Hi there, We are going through some works modernising and redecorating our house with a well regarded and generally helpful local building company. While we were on holiday last week our bedroom was replastered (having been stripped back to the render as the old plaster was quite badly...

Thanks for that simond, all opinions are very welcome. I hear what you say about size but can they be compared on a like for like basis with conventional rads of the same BTU?

Only if it's no trouble! :lol: Cheers, Andy

Thanks again, I was thinking of the compatability with microbore systems and the use of an inhibitor. I've since read that there are "mixed metal" inhibitors available designed for systems with different types of rads so I guess that answers that? But a bit of reassurance on the microbore...

Thanks for that, any other thoughts on the points I raised?

Hi there, We are modernising my son's bedroom and one of the things we are doing is replacing and relocating the old radiator. Due to the room layout it would be really useful if we could install a slim, vertical radiator to one side of the window rather than putting the new radiator back...

Thanks for that, we actually got our plasterer out to check it over and he says it's nothing to be worried about and that he'll find the dodgy bits and scrape them back before replastering. Fingers crossed we should be all set. I guess the proof of the pudding... :?

Hi there, My detached, 3 bed house was built in 1970 and we are looking to totally modernise it a room at a time. The first room we are set to tackle is my sons bedroom which has large areas of badly blown plaster particularly on one internal wall. We have a plasterer booked in to skim the...