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Yes, we have weather compensation, so I think because it is not cold the boiler is not so hot. I checked again and it was still showing 41 degrees. We don't have enough radiators, we have nine for the whole house, so one per room. However, two of the rooms are between 25 and 30 sq m and have...

That is my boiler. I can see the two flames either on the boiler itself (it has a green light for each flame and when they are on it is lit) or it also tells you on the detachable control unit which flame is on. It can either be 1 or 1 and 2, not 2 only. The cylinder is in the boiler. I...

No I am in France.

Hi all, We have a Chappee condensing boiler, Luna Platinum 3.25 HTE, 45L hot water cylinder, fitted in our house (which is around 110 sq m, 4 bedrooms and not that well insulated). The boiler has gas adaptive control and we have an external temperature sensor as well as an internal one. The...

Hi everyone, I have an old shower with a thermostatic control knob that no longer works, so the shower is boiling hot. I think I need to change the cartridge, however I cannot figure out how to take off the control knob. All the info I see says that there is a small notch where you just...

Because the house is rented and in England and I live in France. And the tenant is not cooperative. I would need a very long lens ;)

Sadly I don't have any exterior photos. The roof is good, the gutters are only on the back wall and as far as I know are fine. There is no damp on that wall, which is also the wall adjoining the patio. I don't know how to go forward. Woukd it be sensible to get someone to take up the floors and...

Hi everyone I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on finding the source of water/damp in our house. The house is rented so it is very difficult to manage the situation as we can't see the problem, except in videos. Background The house is a 1897 terrace with solid walls in the...

Hi there and thank you for your reply. Yes I meant plasterboard on a frame. I think the floors are concrete slabs because in places where there is no suspended ceiling it is solid when you knock. But I might be wrong. It has that look about it though. Thd report said something about 30amp fuses...

Hi all I am posting here because I always had good advice when I lived in the UK and the forums here in France are not so helpful . Could be my French ! I wanted a bit of advice. We are buying a house built in 1978. The electrical report came back with some anomalies, which are fairly standard...

Thank you for the reply. The underfloor heating is fed from the Paris heating network (they have some sort of district heating system) so is included in the rent of the flat. The electric heaters are for topping this up when it gets cold. We have no gas connection so there is no choice on...

Hi We are about to move into a flat that has a combination of underfloor heating, which heats the rooms to around 13 degrees, and wall mounted electric heaters. The wall mounted heaters date from the 1980's. I am not sure what type they are but when the owner demonstrated them to me, he...

Thank you everyone for your replies.

Thank you for your responses. It looks to me like it was built as a roof terrace - it has the orginal doors leading out onto it and railings all around. I don't think we have an issue with permissions - we are in France anyway so it is a bit different. I just don't fancy ending up in...

Hi all We are moving flats because we want some outside space, and we found a nice place with a roof terrace. The flat is on the first floor and the terrace is over a ground floor part of the building. I think the roof is concrete - I walked on it and it was solid. The building is old...

Hi all We have an old De Dietrich built in fan oven (in the cupboards) dating probably from the late 1990's. It works fine, but a few weeks ago the door started not closing completely - you could push it and there was a spongy feeling, like it was slightly open. After a few good pushes you...

You could look on the RHS website at www.rhs.org.uk. They have a plant selector that allows you to put in the characteristics you want and gives you a list of plants. The BBC gardening website also does a similar sort of thing. Alternatively, you could browse an online plant catalogue -...