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Hi, i am installing some loft insulation on top of the old vermiculite in between the rafters up in the loft. I know the instructions tell me to move electrical cable above the new insulation but this is not really possible as a. many cables are clipped to the sites of the rafters (other...

Hi everyone I have an old Myson Apollo wall-mounted boiler which is nearing the end of its life and I don't want to trust it for another (never ending) winter! Its air source is the kitchen itself with vents in the door. My question is if it is possible to replace with a new Boiler that...

Hi, I am going to lay some more loft insulation over the top of existing Vermiculite. The Vermiculite is about 2in and the rafters are 4in. I intend to lay some 2in timber directly on top of each rafter to create a 4in gap, lay 4in loft insulation in this (to make a total of 6 in) and then board...

Hi All, I currently have a 50,000BTU (pretty old) Boiler with 10 Rads on it. All single except for one Double I have estimated the BTUs of each of these (using ratings for new ones of a similar size) and the total comes to 43k I want to add bigger Rads to 2 rooms but this would take the...

Hi everyone. I moved into a new house before Christmas and typically, the previous residents left me no instructions for anything at all. The central heating appears to be a pumped system consisting of boiler, hot tank, 1 valve (that i can see) , central heating pump & radiators. The...

Hi, newbie here! I have just had a new boiler fitted. The plumber would not wire up the Immersion Heater as it 'did not have a fused socket' and obviously could not wire it up as he would then take responsibilty etc etc. All perfectly reasonable given the circumstances. I like to think i...