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Thanks Growler - I wondered what was making me feel so ill. I guess I am worrying about nothing. (not major anyway)

Have painted new skirting and architrave with undercoat without putting wood primer on first. What likely problems am I possibly going to have?

That sound quite alarming! I,m paying about £600 per year to heat it. On those figures I could be saving, say, a good £200/£250 per year? Its a 4 bedroom detached. I was quite happy with £600 per year. Now I,m starting to hope the boiler packs up sooner rather than later! Still, I dont...

Oh yes, meant to give the output/input details. Input 104,000, Output 80,000 Then it has some other figures that says input 78,000, output 60,000 I,m guessing that means its only 77% efficient (80/104)?

Thanks for your advise - I am very much in agreement with the 'if it aint broke dont fix it' school of thought. The boiler is an Ideal E type RS Balanced Flue 80 N and looks like a bit of a dinosaur - but seems to work well. I cant ever recall it having to work flat out. The house is well...

I am having an extension built to include an ensuite bedroom/ bathroom. My existing old style boiler is 27 years old but very reliable. When it was serviced last November the the plumber said he could still get all the parts for it. He said there's only 3 things ever to replace -...