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I think the answer is down to you. If the existing fill valve is working OK there's no need to change it for a new one. But you'll most likely need to remove the cistern to get at the bottom nut for the siphon, so you'll be disconnecting the fill valve to do this. So, if there's any doubt over...

So how do you think the sludge you say is in the system got to travel to the outside of it? If sludge had been able to get through the o-ring seal around the TRV needle, then large amounts of water would have come out as well. There's just been a small seepage of water around the needle which as...

If it's a stud wall I suspect the batten was screwed into the studs because the cistern fixings didn't coincide with them and would not support its weight if they were just screwed into the plasterboard. With a batten installed, the cistern can be screwed to the batten instead.

If that had been the case, then the other taps in the house wouldn't have carried on working.

If they had then the kitchen tap wouldn't have started working again

I'm sure Canadian heating and plumbing systems have differences from UK practice and this is a UK based forum. You might get better advice if you can find a similar Canadian - or US - based forum

Hive thermostats are fairly complicated devices so must be more prone to failure that simple programmable thermostats like the Salus ones. Salus thermostats are often criticised on this forum, but I have one with a portable thermostat unit which communicates with the wired in switch unit by...

Seems a bit extreme to replace the whole boiler just to cure a leak on a diverter valve!

If it was on the return it wouldn't inject anything so I don't think it would work. Surely, hot water injection into a designer radiator must be on the feed.

But that "correct design" can mean increasing radiator sizes and adding a lot of insulation, putting the installation cost typically to near £20k. The result may be a saving on energy costs of some £100-200/year (although this is heavily dependent on electricity costs which are only going...

And preferably a stainless steel one if you don't want to fight rust seizure when you need to remove the pipe later!

That assumes that the delayed HW is solely due to lack of water flow. With a combi boiler and HW on demand, the water flow is limited by the capacity of the boiler to heat it dynamically. Speed up the flow too much with a secondary pump and the HW will just be lukewarm.

If you really want to position the new toilet 6" to the left you'll need to think very carefully about how you'll connect it to the existing soil pipe. Even if the existing soil pipe is sawn off flush with the floor, you'll need to raise the new toilet quite a few extra inches off the floor to...

When you say "if it leaks it's off to Court" I think you should consider discussing this again with the roofer and getting him back to do a proper job. If he won't co-operate then consider gritting your teeth and geting a better roofer in to fix the issue. This could end up cheaper than taking...

What are you wanting to clean? The visible roof tiles don't look as though they need a clean, but the moss-like stuff/weeds on the solar panels need to be removed. That could be done just by tearing them off, but not sure how you access solar panels without risk of breaking them. If there are...

In Britain, if you waited any time after rain before starting roof work, you'd never get started, because rain is so frequent.

Yup - looks like a pretty neat and tidy job to me. Presumably the slates that were replaced were because the old ones broke as they were removed. If the new ones are actual slate, they'll probably mellow as they age and eventually match the older ones. If they are composition "imitation"...

If I'd done that myself I wouldn't have been satisfied with it - it looks a mess. Where is the leak coming from? If it's that joint, the "plumber" may have used so much tape that it is actually preventing the tail screwing into the radiator fully.

You could try a nut splitter on the rounded off butterfly nut, or maybe just use a mole type wrench done up VERY tightly

Even better is to buy them online and get them delivered to your door free. You can get Stelrads and Prorads online for typically cheaper prices than getting them yourself from outlets.