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A quick question - like many others I am trying to maximise our CH efficiency, recently replaced the old boiler with an A rated condenser, system has been thoroughly cleaned and flushed and re balanced and is working well. House is 100 year old semi with suspended floors downstairs with a 3 foot...

Is the Wilo Smart A 25 a suitable replacement for the Wilo Gold 50? It was sold to me as such because the Gold 50 was unavailable/discontinued. I can't find any comparison specs and was wondering if this could be the root of my noise problem - see the thread 'Boiler noise is back'

Sorry for the long post, but it's better to include as much detail as poss. Standard fully pumped Y plan with 9 rads, boiler and HW tank upstairs, system is 25 years old, Glow worm fuel saver Mk2 60kBTU. 8 rads with TRV's. Over the years it's had 2 replacement pumps, the original Grundfos...

1910 terrace, brick built with a narrow gap (approx 1.5" - 2") between ours and next door. The gap is sealed with mortar at the front, lead flashing at roof height front and back (except where both chimney stacks are), but open gap at rear. SWMBO suggested having this cavity insulated to...

Just a quick question - having problems with blocked sewer, the contractor for the water authority 'partner' came out, looked down the chamber on our property, said "it's private (not section 24), can't touch it", but didn't look down the street manhole. Had it jetted by private contractor, who...

Does any one know how good (or otherwise) these people:-http://www.buildingcentreofexcellence.co.uk/ are? Or has anyone signed up with them? My daughter's partner is a plasterer (also does other bits of building work) in his first year of business and has been really struggling since...

Just seen a job advert for these, and wondered what they were . . .

Hopefully someone can advise me. I laid a black chinese slate floor in our kitchen about 3 years ago with considerable help from this forum. It was sealed with a couple of coats of Lithofin MN slate seal, and it has lasted very well indeed. Today, an unfortunate accident with a Galileo...

My neighbour is selling his house, price agreed, surveys done, no problems. Due to complete in a week or so. Out of the blue a building inspector called walked in and demanded that the owner knock holes in the plasterboard cladding on an RSJ. This beam was installed when the wall between the...

Hope this is the right forum - I've searched various others in vain. The question - my daughter has just rented an unfurnished house and there is a space in the kitchen where a 500mm gas cooker was removed. She's going to replace it but there is a wall cupboard (part of a run of them) above...

I'm about to start tiling the kitchen floor, using riven grey slate tiles in various sizes, 300 x 300, 600 x 600, 200 x 400 etc.which are of varying thicknesses according to the size The layout is all planned and originally it was going to be done by a professional, but the schedule has changed...

Hi all - Has anyone any idea what current a Rangemaster 1100 dual fuel draws? I've got to install the cable this weekend and can't find the details on the manufacturers website or in the brochure. It has 2 large ovens and a 2 stage grill and will be about 5m from the CU. Is 6mm sufficient...

Conventional vented system, the pump isn't running. I've removed the vent plug and cleaned the debris out - shaft was turning freely. There is power at the pump and I've tried tapping it with a hammer. The only other possibility other than replacing the pump, is that the capacitor has died...

Kitchen rebuild in 1920 semi - taken old ceiling down (filthiest job in the world) and just finishing rewire and re plumbing before re-boarding with 12.5mm plasterboard. I was wondering about insulation when I saw one of those TV house makeover shows where they were doing a kitchen ceiling and...

Kitchen rebuild in 1920 semi - kitchen floor is solid, rest of ground floor is suspended with 3 foot void below. Current water main is lead and was shared with neighbour, actual route of water main unknown (but under solid floor). Gas main (15mm) routing is currently a nightmare - up,down, all...

During current kitchen rebuild I have discovered the existing water main is lead. Original main was shared with our neighbors (1920 semi) with a common stop cock in the pavement outside their gate. This feed ran under their house to the kitchen and then under the solid floor, party wall, and our...

I am thinking of replacing my CH boiler, it's a Glow-worm fuel saver Mk2, 60k btu, Y plan with 9 rads. It's 15 years old and has been regularly serviced, drained, flushed and re- fernoxed every 2 years. Over the past couple of years it's been getting noisy when the heating's on - kettling...