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Last Corgi man I employed charged me £195 for a part that I did not need and left me with a gas leak! Anyway the problem is now fixed thanks for your help!

I have done some further investigation, gas is getting through and with the cover off I can light the pilot and it will stay lit. But if I put the cover back on (inner silver cover) it will not light. So I tried puting the cover part way on lighting it and then pushing cover back, the pilot goes...

The boiler is a Glow worm Fuel save Mk 2 and yesterday it stopped working, no symptoms or anything it was OK in the morning and had gone out in the afternoon, I tried to light it and I am getting a spark but its not even lighting the pilot, Can anyone advise where I start to work out the...

Thanks Woody, appreciate your reply.

Hello, I am in the process of having hard wood replacement windows and have noticed that the glazed units are not kite marked and do not have a British Standard mark, the company are telling me that the units only need it if its saftey glass, is this correct? Also I have a large set of French...

Can anyone help / advise. I plan to build a balcony on the side of my house with a door from the bedroom, the balcony would be 5 foot wide by 12 foot long, it will not overlook any neighbours. From information I have found it looks like I do not need planning permission, but building regs...

Thank you Chris Hutt That worked a treat, much appreciated. :D

I am changing my honeywell 6106 thermostat to a digistat 3. According to the instructions for the digistat I require 1 is common 3 is demand 2 is satisfied on my honeywell 6106 the configuration is not as suggested on the digistat instructions which says it should be 1 is common...

In my last house I had some lavender bushes that were massive and very woody, I hated them but my wife liked them so I cut them down right to the floor thinking they would die off and then I could get rid of them. :D The following year they grew back :o Went past the house the other...

Hello, Thanks for the replies, I now have my head round what I need to do. There is an earth to the switch I did not draw it in as it was just an illustration to show the switch. Also I am aware of part p I don't break laws, but may fracture one or two :lol:

Hello Can anyone offer advice on this as it would be appreciated. My kitchen has 3 sets of lights operated from one switch. The main light is wired as normal and linked to the switch, the other two lights have been connected to it. So when I operate the switch all 3 come on. My...

Thanks Artfulbodger It was just a digital stat, don't fancy messing about so will take it back, can I get a digital stat that will be a straight swap? if not I will just get an ordinary mechanical stat. At least I now know the stat has a problem because the digi is sitting on top of the...

Changing my boiler looks like its not going to be a viable option, so plan B is to change the old bits of the CH system to narrow down the problems. First job to change the old honeywell thermostat for a digi sunvic one. The problem I now have is the honeywell has 2 cables going to it, one...

Hi Nige, My guesstimate was based on looking at boilers in B&Q which seemed to average £500 then as it was possibly going to be a straight swap out unless I went combi, I guessed days labour or two at most £500 which is where my £1000 came from. Obviousley there is more involved than I had...

The boiler is in the garage at the moment from when the house was built so I thought it would just be easy to keep it there, besides there is no way my wife will allow it in the newly fitted kitchen, I like my dangly bits where they are. :D If the cost is going to be too much I will just...

Thanks for your replies, looks like I under estimated, :shock: looked in B&Q and prices seemed to average about £500 for a boiler so I reckoned same again for fitting. Oh well such is life. Looks like a heat only may be the way forward, but I like the idea of getting rid of the hot cyl, if...

Hello My boiler is playing up yet again and I have decided its better to be rid of it as its 25 years old and I hate spending money on it. At the moment I have a GLOW WORM FUEL SAVER MK2 it heats hot water / central heating and has an immersion heater attached. Can someone advise on the...

Best take precautions :D ...

Make sure your hot water is not hot before you start!

Thanks for your replies, I forgot to say it was economy 7 and a strange layout, it appears to have an immersion heater then what looks like another immersion on top. But it only has one cable that goes from the element into the programmer. I checked to see that no cables had come loose. I will...