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Thanks for the reply. Which is a good brand of LED downlight to go for? Something like Osram i'm assuming?

Afternoon all. We're in the process of having our loft converted. The builders want to know what lighting we want and are suggesting spotlights. TBH i've never really been a fan of them and am trying to find any other solutions. The ceiling isn' that low but I think this is an occasion where...

Thanks. I'd assumed that the water in the CH system would want to escape but our boiler is upstairs anyway so actually I shouldn't lose too much water. Will leave the ISO valves alone. I wasn't sure on the cold feed for DHW which was why I was going to do it but if I can skip that step too all...

It's outside its 2 year warranty sadly. Thanks Ian. That looks like the same part I found last night online. I figured for under £15 it's worth a go if it's an easy fix. So a case of electrically isolating boiler, shut off flow/return valves for the CH and isolate DHW feed to boiler also...

Evening! We had a Main eco elite 25 installed in November 2014. It's always worked well but recently it has developed an annoying whine when the central heating is on. It doesn't whine all the time and takes a few minutes to get going but I used to be able to stop it by a quick run of the hot...

Thanks. This was the friend of the architect so wanted to check.

To those with experience, does a quote of £600 sound reasonable for a structural engineer to complete calculations for a loft conversion? (London prices) It doesn't sound too unreasonable but would be interested to hear what people think/experience.

Well I'm sure I could specify materials, standards and design with some work. But no, I can't draw plans... :lol: I'd assumed the drawings that have been done would be used for the building regs as well but do they need to be different? Maybe it's just less grief to get the architect to do it...

Cheers for the info guys. Is a full plans submission something I can do myself or something I'm best to leave to an architect?

Thanks for the reply. Having actually got up there now and started looking at the work that needs doing I can see calcs are going to be needed. So drawings will be as well. My LABC seem to charge the same for full plans and a building notice. Does this sound right? If this is the case then...

Thanks for your reply Woody. Is the preferred method to do it on a Full Plan submission then? I think it costs around the same as a building notice in my borough anyway so happy to do it under full plans if required - obviously this will then require drawings then. When you say calculation will...

Afternoon all! We're looking in to getting our loft converted. We want to have a dormer with a couple of roof lights. Stick an en suite in and it'll basically be our master bedroom. The house is a 3 bed 1930's terrace in London. I've made a request for a Lawful Development Certificate to save...

Ok so an update. Ive turned the hw temp down, cleaned the shower head thoroughly (we live in a very hard water area) and had also removed the water saver thingy. At the moment all is good and there have been no further problems. Many thanks for the advice. One final question - does anyone...

The water saver was put on several months ago - prior to any problems. It off now, worry ye not. When i last used the shower (after turning down the boiler hot water) it didnt go cold. Ive only used it once since then though so will see what happens tomorrow. The mixer shower is a Bristan...

It is the model with the annoying preheat yes. Im not sure how to turn that off (doesnt seem possible on this model?). Im not sure we ever get much hot water from other taps in the house but I am impatient! Cold feed d/w does all the washing up and the pipe run for the combi is so long to the...

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Yeah I should add - it wasn't a dig at the engineers. They were as frustrated as I was. One guy spent ages on it and did get it working for a few days but then it went again. By this point he said he could start replacing parts but it might just be wiser to get a...

We have an 18 month old Main combi boiler and over the last few months the hot water has been intermittent when using the shower (mixer shower). Its getting progressively worse and now goes cold after being run for a couple of minutes then eventually warms up again before goung back cold...