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I know - first time I looked I thought the same. I'm an amateur DIYer and I use one!

Just a quick follow up on this... I took some of the access panels off from around our boiler to see where the best place to fit the MB3 could be. As you can see from this photo, both the feed (leftmost pipe) and return (rightmost pipe) immediately go into a 22-22-22 T-piece, to split for...

Not so brilliant for Lego the company though ;)

@Bell824 - That's the sort of information that really helps - thanks very much. So if I take the kW requirements based on the radiator calc's I did its probably bang on, or at least pretty close. Beginning to think I'm over complicating things and looking for issues that aren't really there...

All the stuff I've found so far has suggested Climapro isn't compatible with our older 30cxi (none Flexi/Ultracom) - I've read it only works with post 2007 boilers. I've read about too many problems with weather compensation so far so that's off the table at the moment - thanks for the...

Just done a bit of measuring and calculating... Using http://www.idhee.org.uk/calculator.html and a lot of messing around due to the shape/layout of the house, I get a requirement ~18kW. Using http://www.theradiatorcompany.co.uk/heatoutput/ I get a radiator requirement of ~14kW. So, given...

I don't know how but manufacturers can make touch sensitive lamps (just google touch sensitive lamps and switch to shopping for a small range) however they probably have the safety, testing and manufacturing resources to do so and deliver a safe product. I'm sure with a fair bit of effort you...

Perfik! Just the sort of thing I was looking for, just needed the inspiration. Thanks for that.

Hi All, The kitchen door in our house butts up directly to a upvc double glazed unit. There is a 2mm gap between the two units which isn't sealed either on the inside or outside and hence is letting a very slight draught through. I'm wondering if there is something specific I can use to...

Thanks for the follow-ups all. Room to room insulation is a good point. I noticed the other day I could feel heat coming through the wall from one living room rad to our integral garage - no doubt this effect is happening all over the house. Ok if it is transmitting through internal rooms...

That's interesting - I'll have to look into it a bit more again then. Might even try phoning GlowWorm themselves!

Thanks Dan. I've not really found too much bad press about the Evohome generally, other than the costs. The big draw is being able to control different rooms at different temp/time crossovers throughout the day, such as bathroom & kitchen first thing for breakfast and three S's, then living room...

Hi all, Alongside some other more mundane tasks on the lists of things to do for our heating system, I want/need to get some sort of control system in place, over and above the digital time programmer on the boiler itself and the TRV's on all radiators. I'm torn between going for a...

Thanks Whitespirit66. Good tip on the soldering too - can guarantee that would have cost me the first valve ;) Not sure I can get a container under where I'm planning to add the valve, as it is intentionally as low to the floor as possible so a type b is probably out. I'm sure I've seen a...

My honest point of view (possibly wrong!): Does anyone really care about the EPC of a property?! I would (and have) put a lot more weight on seeing the house for myself and talking to the current owner about it's energy/insulation/etc properties, than the pointless EPC someone can create...

Thanks for the feedback guys. So new (full) plan is: • Check for sludge in system. • Possibly clean & flush. • Drain system. • Fit 22x22x15 solder tee (one of these http://lpssupplies.com/22x22x15mm-solder-ring-reducing-p-1816.html ) below the boiler (appreciate the boiler itself has a...

Now that we have a fully working and not leaking GlowWorm 30cxi, I can start to look at some of the plumbing/heating work I have on my to-do list for our new house so have a few general questions... Due to the on-going leak and constant topping up, the system is very dilute in terms of...

Hi kbdiy, Yes, the existing Yale lock will do that - I just wanted to check there wasn't something else I could fit instead/as well as, before I replace like for like. It's quite an old one so doesn't have the deadlocking you mention. I was thinking the only other thing I could add would...

Hi All, New house has solid wood garage doors - hinged on the outside and opening out from the centre, so not the typical up and over type single door. Although the doors are about 70 years old I believe, they are still solid and have obviously been looked after. Hinges are pretty good too...

Just had the PRV replaced and the EV re-charged - so far so good with the pressure holding! Next task is to get the whole system balanced properly, replace some chattering TRV's (on the wrong side of the flow) and get a wireless thermostat fitted...