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Hi all, I posted about changing two leaky radiators and valve recently. Going to have a go tomorrow... The problem I'm noticing a bit more, as the weather gets a bit cold, is that the is not really heating up well at all. I'm not entirely convinced it's a radiator balancing issue. All...

So we had a new combi boiler installed. Worcester Life 8000 35kw (so a half decent one then). The installer did a flush of the system and 2 of our radiators are leaking. One of the lockshield valve is a bit leaky also. I was going to get my usual plumber to sort it out but after a few no show...

Hi all, Not sure if this is the right place to ask, and I'm sure the answer will depends on my property etc... So I live in a 40 yrs old detached property, with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. We have a Baxi boiler which I'm sure came with the property, uses water tank in the loft and a hot water...

Hi all, Can't work out how to delete the thread so I'll just edit it. I think I have some sort of C plan system. How much would it cost to covert to a S plan and it is worth the cost? I have a Nest (edit: not Hive) installed if that makes a difference in terms of cost saving energy-wise...

Hi all, My old Drayton MT721R somehow broke, so we decided on upgrading to a NEST. I have looked at this forum posts, and have followed all the advice here. I got the hot water to work, but the heating doesn't seemed to be. So I have a Baxi 100/2HE Plus boiler, which has been working fine...

Hi all, I'm not an expert in alarm system and I inherited the above in the house we bought 2 years ago. It has been mostly problem free until recently. It tends to set itself off when there's a power cut, and when it started beeping I swapped the battery. Still goes off in power cut but at...

Hi all, Not sure whether this goes to tiling or plastering... Getting my bathroom done starting next Monday. My wife wanted a wall recessed storage for the shower area but I thought we needed to increase the depth of the wall to do that. Looking at the net I now realise that plaster walls...

Hi all, My wife wanted an "automatic" light switch for our (to be installed) shower room after seeing one in the toilet of one of the bathroom shop we visited. Now I don't see a problem in a toilet only setup but would it work in a shower room? I know there are IP rated PIR so that's not an...

Hi all, Just as a rough estimate, if I have a 1.7m x 2.4m shower room, to be gutted (floor and wall tiles) and install a new shower tray, move the plumbing a bit and re-tile the bathroom, how much should I expect labour cost to be? I have been quoted around 1.8k for labour so far, but one of...

Hi all, I want to fit an electric shower in one of the bathrooms. My consumer unit is in the garage and one side of the house and the bathroom in question is on the first floor at the opposite side of the house. There is no wiring for it at present. There is no room on the consumer unit for...

Hi all. Hopefully someone knowledgeable can help me. I have a condensation boiler, for a 4 bedroom house. The hotwater tank (about 3.5ft tall) is on the first floor and I have a large header tank on the top floor. I have a water pump for a "power shower" for my en-suite shower room. I have no...