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Hi Folks, I have a really weird intermittent thing going on. It happened again last night. I have 3 zones of UFH downstairs currently running 24/7. Upstairs I have 6 rads/towel rails on 5 zones (8 in total). All the rads have wi-fi controlled TRV's or 'Actuators'. All rads are programmed to go...

Hi Folks, First winter in my new house and every morning I find lumps of mortar on the patio that have come from the roof verge. (see photo). The mortar is soft and crumbly and like an OXO cube (for the cooks among us). Very little if any cement content. I'm happy to go up a ladder or get a...

Hi, I have moved into a new house that has 2 Lithe Audio Ceiling speakers in the lounge. At the moment they are powered by a switched fused connection unit off the ring. The switch is in the middle of a wall at eye-level and looks ridiculous. I'd like to power it from a nearby ceiling rose. I...

Hi Folks, I moved into a new build a few weeks ago. Built by a local builder as a one-off. Alarm bells started to ring on day one when none of the TV points worked and the wiring of them could have been done by a 5-year old more neatly. Bathroom lights would go out whilst having a shower and...

Hi Folks, Just bought a brand new house which has a Viessmann Vitodens 222-F boiler. The heating (underfloor downstairs, rads upstairs, 8 zones in total) is controlled by a wi-fi system called TECH from Poland. Talk about complicated. Not even the builder knows how to set it up properly. The...

Hi Folks, I have a 1988 mk2 Golf. For no apparent reason, the engine cuts out, whether moving or stationary and when I try to re-start, the battery appears to be totally flat. After waiting a while it will decide to play again. This evening, I was driving in the dark, the lights went incedibly...

Hi Folks, I'm sure this question has been answered many times before but my CH system doesn't seem to be like anyone elses. Air is being sucked into the system via the vent pipe. If you hold a glass of water over the end of it in the loft and turn the system on, the water gets sucked out of the...

Hi Folks, My elderly mother lives in a 3-bed semi in London. She has the usual clay tiled roof in good order, but there is no felt. The main problem is the amount of dirt that gets blown in, as you can imagine living in London. The worst part of it is that in the snowy season, it blows in and...

Hi Folks, I have an ordinary indirect heating and hot water system. The hot water system supplies the two upstairs rads in the bathroom and en-suite. Every morning when the hot water comes on, the two rads gurgle like mad and have to be bled everyday. I've had a new copper cylinder fitted in...

Hi Folks, This is my first posting so be gentle with me! With the CH off, two upstairs rads get hot (just as hot as if the CH was on). Also, when the HW starts up in the morning, it sounds like air is gushing through the pipes in the airing cupboard and the two mentioned rads start to gurgle...