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I'm currently fitting a new heating system to my house, and as part of it i'm putting some heating into the garage. The house control side of things is done with a Vaillant VRC430 controller. I'd like to have a system where I have a seperate programmer/thermostat in the garage so that it's...

Extra expense for having to move the manhole - he covered the cost Few extras he did at his expense The way they spoke to him when they had one little problem with the floor render, they acted like it was a complete disaster, obviously new to having building work done, hope the other guy does...

Just watching it on C4+1 now, does make you wonder if they purposefully found a bad english buidler, i'm sure you could find a polish one thats just as bad. It does show how desperate some of the poles are for work though, and will work 10 hour days for 6 days a week ! EDIT - That family is...

Ah I didnt know the verge tiles were supposed to be bedded on mortar, that probably would make life quite a lot easier, i'm just trying to get it into the gap. Maybe I should have bought some of those verge cap things instead :lol:

I've put a tiled roof onto my workshop, its not a very big roof, fitted the undercloak etc.. and now i'm trying to mortar the verges, however i'm fairly sure theres more mortar on the floor than on the verges :lol: It doesnt appear to like sticking to the concrete tiles at all, I have added...

Just measuring up for where to put the hole for my flue, i've read in the vaillant book it needs to be 300mm from any opening, is this to the edge or centre of the flue? In order to get it in the right position on the inside of the room where the boiler is going it would be about 250mm from the...

Excellent that worked fine thanks, managed to get the new one on without any troubles too :)

Yeah I found that, do you just poke a screwdriver down the slot on the front to try and push the lug out a bit?

Thanks for the useful input. :roll:

I've got a black flue terminal I want to fit onto my flue, the flue isn't installed but I can't find how to remove the terminal off the inner tube of the flue. Any tips? Thanks

Before I plaster the new utility room/wc i'm considering running a cable for a light on the outside of the wall, as it's next to the patio, what are the rules regarding the zone here though, the cable will be RCD protected and less than 50mm in the wall, do I need to run it down the corner of...

A leak that big would be pretty noticable, patches of ground constantly wet etc....

Has anyone ever used these guys? www.thegaragedoorteam.com Their prices seem very reasonable, but i'm slightly put off by the fact there is no contact names or an address on their website. just wondered if anyone had tried using them? Thanks

Thanks for the advice. I can get all the bits fitted now. The onyl reason I asked about the bonding on the boiler was my current boiler has bonding between all of its pipes, which I assume was put in when the house was built (1993), however since then someone has been doing some soldering on...

So no bonding will be needed in the bathroom then? I assume its worth bonding the boiler though and the radiators where theres a large section of the system connected with copper pipe? (boiler is moving into utility room as part of the extension) Thanks :)

Hi, I'm a little confused by the bonding requirments. I'm building an extension, which will have an ensuite. I'm currently doing the plumbing in the ensuite, which is mostly plastic but copper to the radiator and towel rail where the pipework can be seen. As a result do I need to run an...

I'm considering using these on the floor of my ensuite, as they do look nice. However, i'm a little concerned, could they not be quite slippy if you have wet feet? Are there any other drawbacks to this type of tile? Would it be best to go for a standard matt type of tile, with a slight...

So now the truth comes out ;) In fairness, everyone is happy, and i'm confident if it goes wrong again you'll get another call Chris :p

Quite a reasonable fee for a couple of hours but not sure if there were any parts used or not. Either way, its working, and a damn sight cheaper than a new boiler :)

I'd just like to say how impressed my sister and I are with Chris R. She was having problems with her boiler, and not knowing much about DIY, I recommended she had a search on here for solutions or a heating engineer. As the boiler is 14 years old we were worried it might mean replacement...