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I have a Big One radiator as seen here. It was installed maybe 15 years ago, and I've asked for info from the main supplier in UK and also Raganradiatori who I believe to be the manufacturer in Italy. Nothing so far. My problem is that only the central column gets hot, the others hardly at all...

Many thanks. What I was really looking for is the reference to the voltage pen, so now I know what it's called I can order one.

I'm installing a diverter to send surplus solar electricity to my immersion heater. The best location for this is in my garage, but I have to identify which cable to splice into. I can find the cable at the fuse box but it then turns into a mass of cables in the loft which are not labelled. Is...

This is short term because right now I can't face the expense or the mess. I've been quoted £4500 for the job, that's before decorating and cleaning up. Eventually I have to bite the bullet I know. The chimney I'm referring to is in the house next door and goes up 3 floors. It's not in use at...

I have a damp problem which I've been advised is due to salts from a chimney coming through a wall and causing the surface to be hygroscopic so damp air condenses on it. I've had window repairs so hopefully have reduced the level of damp air getting in. The advice I was given was to have all the...

Well I went to see if I could undo the hinge This is what it looks like. The screw head turns the threaded rod below which has a tapered nut on it. To hold the nut still it needs a square ended box spanner, or in my case I jammed a screw driver in alongside...

Thanks for the quick replies - I'll get in as soon as the bathroom is free (and give it 5 minutes to clear the air).

I want to replace the seat on my Azzurro toilet. The new one i've got has what i recognise as conventional fixings but the old one has a threaded rod and what seems to be a nut buried inside the porcelain and I can't get anything on it to undo it. How do I get it off? I see some seats have a...

That's good to know. Many thanks

I'm about to have a shaver socket fitted in my bathroom. I've got an MK K701 unit. It's big and chunky with an isolation transformer which I'm not that keen on. There are smaller units which i've seen in continental hotels which i believe are unacceptale in UK. I'm concerned that the tranformer...

Thanks for the responses. I know gas appliances should only be serviced by qualified people, for obvious reasons, but I have had various experiences of people coming along and fitting random parts to my fridge, washing machine, TV, car etc that I try to at least get some idea of what's going on...

As you can see it's a while since I posted on this topic. The problem remains as the boiler is in a house I only visit on the odd weekend so I've never got round to sorting it. However on the weekend of 23rd March it was very windy and the boiler wouldn't fire up, though the pilot light stayed...

Many thanks. It's kind of what I expected. However I'm curious as to how the boiler works. I presume it's designed to withstand gusts of wind by having a fan which matches the wind pressure. Just how strong a wind will a well maintained boiler stand before it gives up?

Is it your frost stat kicking in? My CH system is set up so that if the temperature in the boiler cupboard next to the garage gets too cold it will light the boiler. In my case it sets the whole heating system circulating which wakes me up at 3 am. It would make better sense if it only...

My combi boiler periodically refuses to heat up when it's windy. My house is right on the coast with the vent sticking out of the wall on the 2nd floor, so the last couple of days have been problematical. Once the weather is OK it acts normally and relights automatically. I know that there...