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I want to fix a coat rack to a hollow plasterboard stud wall using hollow wall anchors and I'm unsure about the size and length of anchor to use. Both the rack and the plasterboard are 15mm thick. The pre-drilled holes in the coat rack are 5mm. What would the recommended anchor size be? Any...

Hello John Thanks for your reply and yes the flue has gone to all intents and purposes. I put a post re closure plate on yesterday but somehow I screwed it up and put it on a different posting I put on last week for tips on covering the hole in the roof if had to take the whole flue out. I...

I want to put an Electric Heater in our fireplace to replace the old log burner I've recently taken out. I had to break the old register plate to get it out and I now need to put a closure plate in place, (not sure if closure plate is the correct term). What is the best material for this ? The...

Thanks for all the helpful info fellas. I couldn't find a cap for the flue anywhere, I could possibly have had one made but I had a chat with very helpful "fluesystems.com" and, over the weekend, i took the burner out (two man job), took the top two of the three sections off the flue and and...

Thanks for all the helpful info fellas. Does anyone know where I can get a Cap for the Flue, (pic attached? Lot of info on YouTube and elsewhere for terracotta flues but I can't find a Cap that is designed for or can be used on S/Steel (or whatever metal their made of) Flues. Thanks, Mick

Thanks for the useful info John. Flue is lined and sensible to have it swept before taking burner out. I'll use the register plate and the hole can serve for a vent as you suggest. My main concern was not knowing how the flue was "supported", was it sitting on the top of the burner ? Hope to get...

Burner is old and beyond repair and we want to take it out and replace with a simple and quick to put heat into the room Electric Fire. I've done all types of diy but this is a first and I would welcome any guidance please on the order of work etc. We're in a bungalow so I can cap off the flue...

Excuse my lack of tech talk but if the vertical discharge pipe is the prv outlet then yes I check it often and its dry.

Thanks for the reply. I've checked all rads and pipework that is accessible but most of it is in/under the concrete floor over the bungalow and can't be got at. The probs been there for some time and if there was a leak somewhere under the floor I would have thought that it would poss have...

Any C/H Engineers "stuck at home" able to assist please ? I've got an oil fired Worcester boiler in my bungalow that supplies the c/h rads via a pressurised c/h circuit. The dhw is gravity fed from loft tank into the hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard. All controlled via conventional...

Thanks for your reply rochdalegas. Are there any internal parts of the copper cylinder that can corrode causing contamination of water? Cylinder is about 11 years old.

Evening All. Apologies if I don't get the terminology right. Thinking the brownish specks of gunge stuff coming from my hot water taps was due to the thin layer of gunge on the bottom of my plastic header tank in the loft I drained and cleaned the tank and drained the indirect hot water...

When the conservatory was built, I consulted Ideal Boilers and they assured me by email the flue needed would fit a new Ideal replacement boiler should one be needed at any time. So I bought the parts needed (as advised by them) and I "eventually" managed to get a gas safe guy to fit it in sync...

Sorry, I should have mentioned, that the boiler will serve only two of us in our two bed house and we only have five rads.

Taking into account all the helpful comments and reading the Ideal t & c's re a fixed price repair we are going for a new boiler. I would appreciate any comments re a suitable replacement unit which I understand has to be an Ideal boiler for it to be compatible with the extended Ideal flue...

Thanks for the heads up and useful tips etc. Ideal are quoting less than £290 for a fixed price repair with a warranty on parts fitted etc. At this price would they be cutting corners ?

Thanks for all replies. ianmcd, I understand your comments, and those read elsewhere on this site but one can only say as it is and apart from this current problem the Boiler has given no problems over several years. What I find most disappointing is the lack of honesty from Gas "Engineers" by...

Can someone please help with this? My Ideal ISAR HE 30 Boiler has got a couple of minor water leaks, one from the pump 'flange' where it joins onto the body of whatever it is behind it (excuse my lack of pro knowledge) which is evident only by the scale that has built up around the 'flange'...

Thanks for your replies. "Screed" is the word used by the conservatory builder, which is of sand and cement four to one (or it may be five to one, I`m not sure). This was 50mm thick on top of the 100mm concrete base he laid, with two weeks drying time in between. From searching online for this...

New conservatory with 50mm screed laid 4 weeks ago but floor still looks very damp. Condensation appearing on the windows overnight makes me think the floor is still too wet for tiling even though it looks dry. During the day the windows are kept open to aid drying out. I appreciate it`s...