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The flip side of the argument Some tradesman charge an arm and a leg to fix simple things, and would the tradesmen not just do the same thing, minimum cost max profit

Thanks for the tip. Good idea. At this stage, just looking to control the room thermostat. Will move on to TRV's later. My current TRVs are all manually controlled.

I prefer Bluetooth, as wifi isn't always on.

Really looking to have more control over the boost function. Looking for increments of say 1 or 5 or 10 minutes)

Evening Looking to get boiler and central heating cover. Anyone used any of the smaller companies and are they any good: - warranty people - corgihomeplan - heating247rescue - etc thanks

Evening For the home central heating system, I am looking to replace the very basic room thermostat with one that has more advanced features:- - Programmable, ideally have settings for each day of the week. - Bluetooth capability so can be controlled from Android smart phone. - Boost feature...

Why would you want to do it?

This is a known issue and easy to fix.

As the cylinder is not leaking now, it's highly probable that the plumber "fabricated" a leak to "generate" some extra work/income - and they are know for doing this sort of thing. And then did the job properly the 2nd time round. Epitomizes the trust worthiness of many trades and not just...

Would you live next to a mobile phone mast? If not, then why have a router TRANSMITTING wifi radiation in your house? and disguised one

The clues in the caveat "as much as possible" OP says "The gaskets/seals on both penetrations were off-centre" that should of started the alarm bells ringing! But I accept that the OP would probably have wanted that cylinder fitted anyway.

As much as possible by visual examination to see if the gaskets/seals are compromised/cut in anyway.

Or Could it be the plumber just made a mistake in fitting it, and hence the leak. Just a thought. And then blame the cylinder for being faulty. Surely, a good plumber would of checked the seals/gaskets BEFORE fitting the parts. But hey-ho that's the way it goes. I don't think they like it if you...

It's a simple job to replace that, if the access if ok.

@Landycat so what did you do in the end? I believe the reason why they offer free boilers to those that qualify is because the old ones are inefficient. They don't just get a free boiler if they already have an efficient boiler. And, hands up all those who would refuse a free-one (whatever...

@smarty - WHich one did you go for then?

So the general view seems to be that free boilers are bad overall. Tend to be low quality boilers, usually badly installed, etc. Would be interesting to here from anyone who has actually had a free boiler installed in their house. Any how, to open the discussion a bit wider, and forgetting the...

PS - forgot to say, he would be willing to contribute to upgrade the boiler and system in order to improve the current setup. Are there any boiler makes he should avoid due to poor reliability?

Hello My father is qualifies for a free boiler. He wants to keep the system as it is; he doesn't want to get rid of the hot water tank. Which is the most reliable boiler on the market today? Can the new boiler be located in the garage? Can he keep his old boiler connected to the system as a...

This is the design - perhaps you would be good enough to point out any faults or your constructive thoughts. I have some compression fit elbows (22mm) and they will be fitted at the corners marked 1,2, 6,7 & 4 The return pipe would be cut at 1 & 4, hopefully i can get a pipe slice in there. The...