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We have a property with a combie boiler for hot water and central heating. The CH is simple enough running from the boiler through the house to a rad in each room and it is controlled by a simple thermostat in the lounge. However we are often away and would like to activate the heating remotely...

We live in a very old building - some parts around well over 200 years old. The original walls are solid and well over 2 feet thick part is made of irregular stones and bricks held together with a very loose mortar. There are no foundations under the walls and of course no damp course - nor is...

We have a problem - Our ground floor comprisies t&g chipboard nailed to 75x50mm regularised softwood timbers laid "flat" ie as 75 wide x 50mm high on plastic "pads" laid loose on concrete oversite bed - does anyone know the name of this system/manufacturer of the pads etc etc., i.e. so we can...

In out semi, there is almost nowhere to wall-mount a gas boiler. The old central heating was by back boiler in fireplace in the dining room but when we had a conservatory fitted, the ventilation issue became a problem and as the boiler was over 30 years old, we opted for a new one. The plumber...

Help please - We have just spent a fair bit of money having the bathroom in a small flat modernised. One of the principle things we changed was having the old metal bath removed and a walk-in shower installed instead - and it does look much nicer. However, when we came to test the shower the...

We have a very old house in Spain (100yrs+) - the wall seem to be made of a type of mud brick and jointed with what I presume is a lime based mortar. About 15 years ago some aluminium patio doors were fitted but after 5 years there was evidence of a strange white putty like material coming...

We have a vaillant combi boiler (es 280-5) in our house, or rather it is outside in a little hut but for the past 14 years it has performed pretty well. For 10 years we had a maintenance contract from the guarantee and several parts were replaced in that time but since then we have had it...

We have a villa in spain. It is of typical Spanish construction from the 1970s having a concrete foundation on which there is a hollow block wall which in turn supports a row of U blocks in to which have been cast a ring beam. On the ring beam are concrete joists and with lightweight infill...

Can't find a better place to post this - mods please relocate if necessary. Hi - our holiday property is in Spain and as it is a little way from the town, like all villas in the area has a septic tank - a two chamber system. Normally this gives no problems but if the property is left...

Help please. 5 years ago we hade custom made aluminium door frames in our kitchen leading to a stairway. One of the door frames now is showing a small area of corrosion right against the joint to the wall. The corrosion takes the form of a soft white dry putty like substance which appears...

Living in Spain I have one largish room with a plaster ceiling - ie boarded with sheets of thick white plaster about 1 inch thick which are suspended from the concrete roof (which provides an outside terrace above) on thick wads of hemp covered with plaster - looks medieval but is only a few...

Recently a pipe to my boiler which is located in the loft area froze due to the tenant turning the heating off while he went away for a few days. Could have been a lot worse as all that happened was a pipe joint pushed apart and separated and so was pretty easy to fix. Whilst in the loft it was...

My last tenants have kindly cracked a panel on my internal doors and partition of my 1960s semi in the UK - alas the glass is "Spotlight" and is no longer made - I need a piece to fit a hole of 8.75 inches by 35.25 inches - does anyone know where I can get such a piece so I can repair the panel...

Having lived with the problems of having precast contrete gutters, some years ago I had them lined with an aluminium liner. At the same time I had the roof re-felted and rebattoned and all the tiles re-hung. The improvement was dramatic and from having really wet interior walls the house was...

Hi - I am hoping someone here will know what to do. I live in Spain and part of my house is on the second floor but the space underneath some of the rooms is open to the elements and there is no possibility of enclosing that space. Normally there is no problem as the climate here is very...

Hi - I am living in Spain in a very old building which has been extended in the 1950s. The extension is of a typical pillar and concrete floor type using clay infill panels between concrete beams for the floors and roof. Part of our house is on the first floor where there is no building...

My system is fed from a Valient combie boiler using 28 mm pipe reducing to 22mm then 18mm or 15mm for each rad depending on their size. The balancing seems ok as all rads appear to heat at the same time with all rads getting hot - but at the tops only. No matter how long the system runs for...

Hi - I am very new to this forum and have looked for an answer but not succeded so hoping someone out there can advise me. I have a system fed by a valiant combie boiler feeding aluminium rads from 22 and 18mm pipes (am in spain) The rads are all connected TBOE with the hot feed and control...