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So could someone spell out to me the problems of running a combi with too little load?

Well most homes have central heating. There seems to be a general assumption that CH is better among people I talk to. So I guess most people do. The more I think about it the more I think individual heaters are better. You put them in the loft for the summer months. Maintainance is nothing...

Why is Gas central heating better than putting an individual electric heater in each room?

So maybe not a problem worth solving? We can just stick the 3kw load on it? Thanks, will investigate. The more I think about this the more I'm questioning if I even want central heating. Maybe all I need is a hot watrer boiler. A fan heater with thermostat on a timer in every room...

I'm having a Condenser boiler fitted. [1] The guy fitting, who seems pretty switched on, has made the point that the total output of the radiators is 3kw wheras the boiler will run far better with a total of 8kw of Rads in the system. The suggestion is that we simply add more rads to take...

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For various reasons we're considering ditching our knackered power shower and replacing our existing heating boiler with one Combi Boiler in the loft at the same time. The idea is we get space, on demand hot water and a stonking uncomplicated shower in one hit. We've had two combi boilers...

Was just reading this article: http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/woodworm/woodworm.htm The writer seems to be well qualified. This is the bit that really struck me: "It therefore does not tolerate relative humidity below 60 per cent or timber moisture equivalents below 14...

[/url] Thanks Richard, that's outstanding. Will read all that carefully.

I'm considering buying a Clearview Pioneer 400. There are instructions with the Clearview price list and it doesn't look too tricky. I'm tempted to install it myself, however I'm a little bit reluctant to literally play with fire. Is it really that simple or is it a job best left to a pro...

I've just had a guy round to quote for replacing my knackered felt flat roof with EPDM. The current felt is supported by slats of some kind (I forget the name for these) and apparently these will need to be replaced by ply or similar to give a smooth job and for the glue to adhere properly...