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Htgeng - Many thanks for your comments and explanations, and point taken. I must admit that I'd never heard of the Viessmann range before, but I've been Googling and finding comments from other users (eg. in Germany - obviously - and in the US) who are singing its praises. Re the size of...

Htgeng (or anyone), can you please tell me what you mean by making sure that the boiler has 'weather compensation'? Do you know which other makes would have it? BTW, I've just seen the prices of the 'top of the range condensing boilers' ... :shock: :shock: :shock: (but I know it's an...

Fair point, that! You must be talking serious top end money, then :shock:

Thanks, htgeng. Funnily enough I'd never heard of either of those two brands until I was Googling just this afternoon. Are these both wall-mounted? I was looking at the Viessman (V???) 300 and thought it was a commercial boiler. Also, I'm a bit concerned about servicing and whether the...

Thanks for that COG. I know that Worcester Bosch is one of the more popular makes of condensing boiler ...

Appreciate your help, kevplumb. Looking forward to some balanced views from the other experts here! :lol: Kind regards Jackie

Thanks :D . OK... What do you think of these condensing boilers? (Not sure if the hometec one is a combi, which we wouldn't want). Vaillant Ecomax Pro http://www.vaillant.co.uk/folder.php?folder_default_tree=10324-10330-10473&folder_default_netfolderID=10473 Eco hometec...

Appreciate that, kevplumb. You've been very helpful. Thanks

Thanks for your reply, kevplumb. Just looked on the Worcester site - are you talking about the Greenstar 28e model? I've read that stainless steel heat exchangers are less prone to corrosion than the aluminium ones. Do you know of any brands, eg. Vaillant, that have the stainless steel...

(a) Hot water in upstairs bathroom and downstairs shower room, central heating with eight radiators, washing machine, dishwasher - is this what you mean by 'load', kevplumb? (d) eg. are there any boilers that have a reputation for poor performance and reliability, are there any that have...

Hi We currently live in a 3bed house, one upstairs bathroom/wc and 2 reception rooms with seven radiators throughout. (The washing machine is in the kitchen). Our current boiler must be about 20-odd years old, with a tank in the loft and cylinder in a bedroom. Every so often OH has to top up...

Thanks for your replies guys. Looks like I'll go with hubby's practical solution as it seems to be the overwhelming expert opinion judging by the various posts I've read here and elsewhere. Perhaps I'll try to keep the different flooring the same or similar shade so that it doesn't jar on the...

Hi guys. We're about to have a 3x4m kitchen extension built, and are planning to knock through the rooms downstairs, ie. internal doors btw front and rear rooms, and internal doors btw rear room and dining/kitchen extension. The front and rear rooms will definitely be carpeted, and I was...

Hello all! We'll be having a downstairs extension with shower/wc room very soon (hopefully) and are hearing nightmare stories about the amount of dust there will be. We're resigned to putting everything downstairs into storage somewhere, and obviously we know there'll be a lot of upheaval...

Thanks for your comments so far!

Hello all We've just been given a quote/estimate from a RIBA architect for c£4k :shock: (estimated build cost £25k) for a dormer loft conversion. This is at a discounted hourly rate. He has done a preliminary feasibility drawing at no charge, and the rest of the costs are broken down into...

Many thanks guys (gals?) Spoke to Building Control who said the minimum head clearance in certain circumstances could be as low as 1.9m. One of the builders we had didn't think it would be a problem to achieve this, and one of the 'one stop loft shops' thought it was just achievable (at an...

We were hoping to do the LC under permitted development, as we'll be planning a rear extension in the near future. Also, our road has a slight gradient, and so we'd have to convince our next door neighbour to raise their ridge as well, otherwise there'd be no chance of getting planning...

Hi masona I measured the height as 2.15m. Not sure what the roof span is, but if it's the width (left to right) then it's approx 5m. The depth of the house (front to back) is approx 6.7m. Regards

Hi Dave Just come across your post when doing a search. Did you ever get your loft done? We're in Greater London, my husband is 6' and we think the finished headroom would be approx 7' if we put steels into the floor joists (rather than under) and into the ridge. We're in a quandary ...