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I am in the process of replacing my existing house windows and French doors and the window supplier is offering me either Cortizo aluminium french doors or Smart Alitherm Plus aluminium french doors. Which would be better if the two?

Hmm… sorry @BlueLoo but I’m getting a bit lost by what you’re saying . Most of my existing rads have normal thermostatic valves. I have a condensing boiler that supplies the hot water and heating to the rads. For the UFH, I’ve had a couple of plumbers who said that I can take a feed from the...

None of the existing rads have ‘smart’ thermostats. I wasn’t planning on putting smart thermostats on the rads either. Based on that, what would you suggest would be the best set up? Could the new rad with its own smart thermostat be on its own zone?

Thanks @BlueLoo. Yes, it is to boost the room. What do you exactly mean by “a heat source separate from the UFH heat source”? Where you say “take the rad of the CH circuit”, do you mean taking a connection from the existing CH circuit for the new rad? Would that mean the new rad would only come...

The central heating system in my home is currently running 19 radiators. I use Tado (similar to Hive and Nest) to program and control the hot water and heating system. I am looking to have an orangery built which will have a wet under-floor-heating (UFH) system on its own zone. I have been...

thanks @jj4091. Are you 100% certain that silicone grease is sufficiently heat resistant in ovens? I just did a quick google and one webpage said silicone greases can support temperatures from -65 degrees to 315 degrees celsius but another webpage says silicone greases generally have an...

Thanks @Bodgedbuild. From your experience, will this definitely stop the screeching? How best should it be applied?

We have a Britannia double oven that is about 20 years old. Everything is generally fine but the only problem we are having is that whenever we pull out or push in the oven wire shelves or trays, they make an awful screeching sound :(. Can anyone recommend what we can do to stop this screeching...

@MJN, @Master of None - thanks for your comments. I have attached a photo of our proposed orangery which will need to go through Building regs. It shows the amount of glazing we are looking at. The reason why I am considering a dedicated heating source for the UFH on the orangery is to see if...

thanks @Mr Chibs. Is the rest of your house normal radiator central heating? Did you install UFH in your kitchen as a retrofit or did you install the UFH as part of a new kitchen build? Are you able to control the UFH totally seperately from the rest of the heating in your house?

thanks @Mr Chibs. Is your entire ground floor UFH? What does the decoupling mat do? We are looking to have the flooring tiled (porcelian) so want to make sure the flooring is comfortable.

We are planning on having an orangery built (6m x 4m) with a roof lantern at the rear of our house. We plan to have open access into the orangery from our lounge (no doors to go through from the lounge into the orangery) so that the orangery can be used all year round. We have a radiator...

@muggles - the flow & return pipes from the boiler run up to an airing cupboard where the Megaflow and heating pump/control valves are located. The idea would be to take a feed from the flow & return pipes running up from the boiler, and for these pipes to run to the UFH manifold. The UFH would...

@muggles - can I ask why UFH conected to my existing heating system would not comply with Building Regs? What would be the alternative method for heating my orangery if I am unlikely to be allowed to connect to my existing heating system?

Thanks @muggles. Stupid question but with a split unit air conditioner, how would that serve the UFH in the orangery?

I am planning on having an orangery built at the rear of my home. Planning has been allowed for this. We plan to have open access into the orangery from our lounge (no doors to go through from the lounge into the orangery) so that the orangery can be used all year round. We have a radiator...

Thanks @terryplumb and everyone else for your advice. No rads have been removed/altered since system previously all worked well. To be honest, I did not check all the other rads to see if they were fully heated. I will check though later today when the heating comes on to see if all the rads...

Thanks. Excuse my ignorance but if nothing has been changed on the heating system and all radiators used to heat up efficiently before summer, what would cause the system to now need balancing? If I need to balance the system, is it the case of turning down the TRVs on the rads that get hot the...

In fact, I have 20 rads of which 11 have TRVs (including the 3 rads that are furthest from the boiler). The rest are made up of 4 towel rads and 5 normal rads that do not have TRVs fitted. Later today when the heating is about to be turned on, I will turn down the 8 TRVs (excluding those that...

Thanks. I will go about reducing some of the TRVs when I get a chance. If this increases the heat of the furthest 3 radiators, what would I then need to do? The pump is already on the highest speed setting (setting 3)