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Photo of current cooker/area around it. Floorboards and fuse unit isn’t too far away.

I'm looking to get a new gas/electric range. For now we're planning on leaving the kitchen as is. I also don't want to move the current cooker (positioned in old fireplace) until the new one is here if you see what I mean. How easy will it be to instal a new circuit and fused spur around the...

So basically the boiler will just keep the tank of water warm whilst we’re away? The mains supply being off won’t make any difference cos it has that water in the tank to heat? What are the negs of just turning the hot water off and presumably leaving a tank of cold water there the next two...

But if I've turned off the stopcock could I not damage the tank if it has no water to call on? Had a leak when getting a new bathroom a while back hence now terrified of leaks so want the peace of mind of only a finite amount of water being able to get out!

Perfect. I presume turn off the hot water on my Salus app thing?

Hello! I'm going on holiday tomorrow. We have a sealed pressurized CH system with a Vaillant ecotech plus boiler. We then have an RM Unvented Cylinder. Had a leak recently in our bathroom pipes so now terrified of leaks whilst we're away. So if I want to turn the water off before we go away...

So I'm pretty sure it's capped. So no rain but a bit of air can get in.

We have a mystery damp patch on one of our upstairs chimney (unused) breasts. Have had the chimney repaired/repointed by various people but the damp remains. It's not really getting any bigger over time so don't think is water ingress. Directly below it is a cooker installed in the closed up...

Brilliant thank you. We’re getting a Valliant eco tech plus. Not sure what cylinder, was going to let my plumber choose. He wasn’t keen on the mega-flo ones due to the bubble. Is it worth me pushing him to get a really good tank with best recovery times possible?

So properly controlled means what exactly? Just concerned about spending 5k on something not absolutely spot on.

Looking to install a new boiler and unvented cylinder in our airing cupboard. Space is fairly tight especially as the flue has to slide past the cylinder and out the wall. Hence thinking we might need a slimline model. Seems these only really go up to 210l (bar a couple of lesser brands). We are...

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Thanks guys for all your help. As you say does seem like a bells and whistles sort of quote for a large commercial entity. Bit like me going to the Ivy with Richie Rich but having to split the bill. FWIW to my untrained eye if there is anything visually wrong with the chimney it's defo on...

In what way might it save me money?

Lol that all sounds complicated! Have already suggested the first point. What's the angle with asking for all the other stuff? Just to be difficult or chance they just fix it themselves?

All three tbh! I don't believe the chimney is about to fall down and this feels like a roofing company have spied a potential job and opted for a play it safe comprehensive quote. I personally don't have the odd 3k knocking around to fix something that possibly doesn't need fixing.

I do remember reading about that somewhere but not the issue here, I hope! This falls under the party wall act I think.