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Thanks, will report back have not moved in yet, the owner is still there. Will ask him, he is an elderly chap, not sure if he would know, will report back. would try to get some photos. Thanks for your help. This is quite complicated, thats why the main reason was to remove the lot with a...

Thanks for the reply. like to remove the cylinder to create more space in the bathroom. At the moment the prev owner has a shower over a bath, like to have shower cubicle, as it will often be used rather than the bath, and climbing over the bath to have the usual shower, is rather cumbersome...

Just purchased a mid terraced house and wanting to remove old traditional boiler, which has a tank in the loft and a cylinder in the bathroom, with a combi. A local Gas engineer quoted £2,300 for labour and piping only. I need to buy the boiler. He thinks 30kw is enough for a 3 bed house with 1...

Thanks John, for your reply. OK so probably go with fire doors all round. we don't noises emanating from the bedroom reaching other rooms :mrgreen: For the lounge, seperating it from the diner, thinking of having a glass internal door, letting in light and having glass surround at the sides.

Hi All, Want to replace 1 or 2 of our doors in our flat and also our newly purchased terraced house, which has very old style doors. Now, not sure if we're obliged to replace them with fire doors, or able to swap them with ordinary internal doors? Don't really understand what 'fire...

I have recently purchased a house and planning to remove 2 chimeny breast in the lounge. It's a mid terraced 1930s house. The upper floor ones have removed already by the prev owner. Looking at the survey report it said, "The chimney breasts in the first floor have been removed and the...

Thanks lads, now it's out of the question.

Hi Folks, Wanting to renovate my new home. We have a very small toilet room, so thought to maximise space, replace the normal old toilet with a wall hung unit but not sure if they are worth the hassle in terms of installation and reliabiltiy and price. Never install this type before. Can...

Wanting to renovate my bathroom and small toilet. Would remove old black coloured tiles from there but wanted to have just half of the wall tiled and rest paint, is there any disadvantage from doing that. Or just use alternative to tile, would that be cheaper. Or just paint all over...

I am in the process of renovating my new house. I like to replace bathroom window and a bedroom window. In addition doing an rear extension, so we'll need French doors and patios. The only company I know is Anglia and Everest, which are very expensive, is there other makes which are...

Thanks for the reply. I don't know if the house I'm buying has a water tank in the loft, all I seen is a cylinder in the bathroom. Hell this boiler could already be a condensing type! Now if I was to change that to 'conv heat only condensting boiler' do I get rid of the tank and just keep...

Moving to a house soon, which has an old style boiler with a tank. Now If I want to change that to the new condensing type boiler, does that mean it has to be a combi, which I know very well but is there another type of condensing boiler, which is not known much. I don't know which type...

Thanks for the reply. I was told by a friend in the trade as this model being amongst the best for reliability, so surprised by your 'fair' comment for the boiler. Yes, will ask them to clean the system with those stuff, I am also replacing the raditors.

Getting my Ferrolli combi replaced as well raditors in my flat. How do people rate this boiler in terms of reliability. I would have got Valiant or Worcester but they're too expensive and not sure if they're worth that extra. What are known faults that I should be aware of? :?:

cheers fellas, Any rough idea as to how much it would cost fit a HF fitting, would it fit neatly to existing 5ft single flosc tube work. Thanks.

Thanks for the reply, riveralt. You could be right, I'll try one more time with GE starter, hope that's better make than last crap make, and if it packs up again soon, then I had enough, I'll replace the whole damn unit with energy saving bulb, in the kitchin!

I've been using my local elec shop to get my starter switch, which packs up every few weeks. How long do they normally last and which brands are reliable. I know phillips good e.g. S10 , but my local stockist don't sell them, have to order on-line.

Update. Guess what happend? that has now gone, so have to replace. Can't understand why it lasted a few weeks. The original one fitted by the housing assc, lasted for several years before it packed up, and ever since I've been replacing them every few months. I'm sick off it.

It leaked at the top and bottom. Now the plumber got rid of the limefighter and joined the pipes with a copper pipe. He mentioned that after he had fitted the limefighter it became loose and hence started to leak again. After a close inspection he found that the limefighter was not pump fit...

Found this thread really usefull. I'm in the same boat, got my plummer around 3 times to replace the limefighter but it only last a day or two, before leaking at the top and bottom of the limefighter. He is coming back tomorow again to look at it. Does anyone know what the problem might...