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A lot depends on the construction of the house, but generally: Air passing between ground floor ceiling and first floor boards. This can be sealed by lifting the floor and sealing joists and pipes where they penetrate the inner leaf of the wall. Air leaking from integral garage. This can...

:lol: Not this time, but I have made that mistake once... :oops:

Sounds like the nuts were far too tight. Get someone to check the other side and send the bill to whoever changed the tyres. I once had some so tight I had to use the jack under a length of pipe on the wheel brace - hard shoulder of the M1 too.

In Holland this summer, we had a socket in the bathroom and a hard-wired hair dryer with coily cable that reached into the bath! Socket was ~ 1m from edge of bath, but on an RCD, even so, I wasn't keen. Bri.

Not a guaranteed symptom, but when our governor was doing something similar, you could hear it grating when the boiler fired up. Our pressure was going the other way though, and the pilot going out when the boiler fired. Might be worth a listen while someone else turns the cooker on. Called...

Don't know if this study has been posted here before: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~aupec/aupec04/papers/PaperID77.pdf proves it doesn't work. Bri.

I did that in our bathroom, made sure it would be just behind one tile and stuck that one on with a bit of silicone. "Grouted" with white silicone too which isn't as neat, but it's below the radiator, so it's hard to tell. Never had to, but hoping this will be easy to remove to access the...

Thanks both for your replies. I will just replace the boiler for a heat only. I have tried to find info on the relative efficiencies of instant hot water against stored hot water and found it's not cut and dried, so I guess there's not much in it either way. I think the heat only boiler would...

Hi, I have asked this on another forum, but didn't really get any help. Hoping someone here might have an answer (if there is one). We are looking to replace our 13 year old boiler with something more efficient. Our current system has a Albion Mainsflow thermal store which is directly heated...