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My boiler is running even though Nest is not calling for heat, only way to turn it off is via the boiler controls.

My home is extremely cold during the winter time, while I have floor insulation in the loft space and the dreaded spray foam at the top, the roof has no felt at all. With the design of the roof everything below the red line in the prictures is inaccessible, would it be worth lifting some tiles...

I have two column radiators that take longer than standard ones to heat up plus are not producing enough heat for the size of the room, I'm limited with space so can only fit 600 x 1000 K2 rads, the output is 8020 BTU @ DELTA T60, the column rads output is 7093 BTU @ DELTA T65, Is this much of a...

Hi Everytime it rains the water pours down the windows and cladding from the dorma roof at the back of my house, The plan is once the weather improves to fit some box guttering, I just wanted to ask if the condition of the flat roof looks ok, also would all the moss on the tiles be an issue at...

I live in a 1960s/ 70s detached house by the coast, I've recently increased the loft insulation to about 350mm the house can be drafty at times with air coming from behind light switches and under bedroom doors, can I fill the void under the bedroom floors with something like glass mineral wool...

My BG 330+ boiler is factory set at 18kw is there any reason why I can't adjust this up to say 20/22kw the boiler has a 15mm gas supply.

Just wanted to ask if you think this insulation thats been tacked on blocking the eves should be removed, it runs over half the length of the roof on one side. Thanks.

Moved into this house 3 years ago and its always taken about 3 hrs to get the house upto temperature, I found that the pump was connected to the return pipe so had that changed with a new pump and fitted to the flow side of the system but that has not improve things, not sure if 12 years with...

Any reason why a boiler would just turn off without any error messages, it was running fine chugging along at 70 then a sound from one of the rads, on checking the boiler it was off even though the thermostat was calling for heat. A few minutes later it fired up again.

I've recently had a garage conversion done and have an issue with one of the radators not heating up at the bottom, having read some of the likely causes my problem might be that the builder has connected 4 rads on the same 15mm run of pipe, The question is if I'm able to change say say 3/4m of...

My sister is in the process of getting quote to replace her old boiler in the kitchen, the new boiler is going to be fitted in the loft,she currantly has a copper tank in the airing cupboard next to the bathroom. Is it common practise to add between £300- £500 to the price boiler listed on the...

I have a 3 bed detached house with 12 radiators, the boiler is a British gas 330+ that was serviced this year and a new pump fitted. I have also flushed the system with sentinal x400 and x800, all the radiators are new. This morning at 8am the Nest app had the house tempreture at 13 now at...

Hi I'm in the middle of having a new Howdens kitchen fitted and we have an issue with the fridge door pulling the freezer door open, It looks like the fridge needs to be raised up by about 2 inches and the doors adjusted. Can anyone see what the problem is the door fronts line up with the units...

Hi I need a new tap for my kitchen, the cold feed is mains and the hot supply from the copper tank on the first floor, I'm finding it vey difficult to find a low pressure tap that I like or is the correct size and style. I know this says its not suitable for low pressure but as its 0.3 bar...

Hi I'm having issues with my shower, when you turn on the shower nothing happens you have to mess about with the controls for 10/15 minutes to get it working, it will then work fine for the rest of the day then in the morning you have to go throught the same palaver. Any idea if this a water...

Hi this is my first winter in my new house and I'm trying to work out why it takes so long for the house to get warm. When I put the heating on going by the nest thermostat in the hall the tempreture increases by 1c per hour, It's taking 4/5 hrs plus to get from 14c to 18c. is this normal ? The...

Hi I'm just in the middle of moving house and wanted to know if its possible to find out the age of the boiler fitted to the house, plus as the house has been empty for at least 8 months would this be an issue, I would get the boiler serviced once I had moved in. Thanks all. PS serial No of...

Cant seem to get any hot water from my shower even though the bar gets hot, Looking on Bristans website you cant get any spare parts for this so it will have to be replaced ? If i buy another make will it attach to the same fixings.

Hi just had the wall removed between the kitchen & back room, this has left a gap in the middle, the floor to the right is also about 4mm higher than the kitchen. What im after is some advice on the best way to fill this gap & also make the floor level, i plan to have the kitchen tiled & at a...

Part of my back room celing has come down due to a water leak, what is the best option to rapair this, pull the whole lot down or just the palsterboard over the old lathes. The room is about 15x13ft what sort of cost would i be looking @ thanks.