Search results

  1. ServiceNumpty

    Whole House boiler installation

    The boiler does sound a tad oversized but it does sound like a newbuild project.
  2. ServiceNumpty

    Need advice on 'extras' we're being charged for fitting a bathroom

    3 days in and already being charged extras, that the op didnt agree to, nor know about until about after the work was done, then being dictated to about what the builder fitted against their wishes. I know of a builder based in the Retford area who used the same tactics who was thrown of a...
  3. ServiceNumpty

    Should I just go Gas or look at renewables?

    On a properly insulated and properly sized system. ASHP running costs would be comparable to gas. However installation and material costs outweigh the advantage especially as no RHI would not available to self installers.
  4. ServiceNumpty

    Ideal logic Combi 30 any tips

    I think the enfineer might have meant the vogue, rather than the logic.
  5. ServiceNumpty

    Electric heating

    You have a GEC Nightstor, there is a guy near Stoke on Trent that repairs or can remove for you.
  6. ServiceNumpty

    Silly questions!

    If you only have the heating on in the morning for a couple of hours and a few hours in the evening try turning your boiler up to 72.
  7. ServiceNumpty

    Boiler relocation to loft?

    Nothing wrong with locating it all upstairs in the loft, as long as there is plenty of support for the cylinder. I've got all mine in the loft with the cylinder placed between some load bearing walls. Ensure plenty of maintenance space, well boarded and well lit. And strong loft stairs not the...
  8. ServiceNumpty

    New Boiler - Poor Heating - No Hot water.

    I've got to ask, how was the boiler ever commissioned without the heating and hot water working.
  9. ServiceNumpty

    Getting rid of the Rayburn - which premium brand of boiler?

    This part of the forum is full of Worcester Haters and Intergas Lovers. They both heat water, some have better aftersales service than others, as for reliability, its all about the way its installed. I've fitted several hundred Worcesters and breakdown rate is very low, I can count on one hand...
  10. ServiceNumpty

    Been told I need a new boiler...?

    29cdi classic all day long.
  11. ServiceNumpty

    Some help with a Nest, Hive installation...

    Just follow the orange and you will be OK. :mrgreen:
  12. ServiceNumpty

    Change rad for towel radiator on tiled floor.

    What about a 650mm wide towel warmer, with a smaller pipe offset.
  13. ServiceNumpty

    End user boiler choice advice please

    Or alternatively Worcester Bosch Greenstar 30cdi Regular Open Vent - 10 Years Parts & Labour Warranty Via Accredited Installer.
  14. ServiceNumpty

    American Solutions - Combis - Discussion

    A lot of US homes use air heating or cooling with unvented cylinders utilising immersions. Some of my wifes family live in Nashville, her aunt doesn't have a NG supply so uses LPG for cooking, my wifes sister has a NG supply for a warm air heating system.
  15. ServiceNumpty

    Combi Boiler or Conventional?

    Something to bear in mind. As you say you will have a small loft space, and you want to put the cylinder up there, remember the cold water cistern will have to sit above it. And if you wish to use pumped showers you will need a big one.
  16. ServiceNumpty

    fittings for minidue leaking

    Loctite 55 for the threads or http://www.loctite.co.uk/loctite-4087.htm?nodeid=8802627256321. Cause I'm still confused where its weeping from, Flat faced fibre washer part or male threaded part as per original image with pointy finger.
  17. ServiceNumpty

    RHI only eligible through MCS installer directly

    You should have received a commissioning pack with the MCS Compliance Certificate and the Gem Serv MCS Notification Certificate included. The builder would have received a copy of these plus all the other bits of paper this scheme requires. The compliance certificate and MCS Notification...
  18. ServiceNumpty

    New stove install

    He's looking to fit the stove in that little alcove between the rooms so its accessible from the Kitchen & Lounge, but the chimney is about a 1mtr away to the side of the little alcove. So to me he has to build a false chimney alcove with twin wall coming off the stove to the chimney stack with...
  19. ServiceNumpty

    New stove install

    I feel old, I remember the times when everyone wanted a gas fire installed before Christmas.
Back
Top