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Thanks for all that replied. The existing radiators are a mixture of type 21 and type 11. Looking back through the quotes one of the plumber's has specified the brand 'K-RAD' - how do those compare to Stelrad? Just taken a look at prices on a random website and it seems Stelrad and K-RAD...

Hi, Our central heating system is now 20 years old and we are having the boiler replaced. At the moment we have bog standard white convector panel radiators that were put in when the original boiler was fitted. Some of them are looking a bit battered, have paint on them and chips in the enamel...

Hi, I am looking buy a new TV and want to wall mount it and hide the cables as much as possible. The problem I have is that the cable box etc will be at the other side of the room. I could do what I have done for my existing TV which is just channel out the wall and feed them through a plastic...

Hi, My neighbour recently replaced his fence between our properties. The fence has concrete posts with grooves into which the panels have been inserted. Unfortunately his back fence has been erected about 2 feet closer to his house, I now have a two foot gap between the new rear fence and the...

Hi, I have a Worcester 28CDI combi boiler. When the central heating is on the water from the taps in the kitchen and bathroom comes out hot no problem. But when the heating is not on it is very difficult to get the water anything more than luke warm. When the hot water is running the boiler...

To add a further update had another electrician in today and it was an interesting contrast in approach. Where the first guy spent about 45 minutes with me going through all sorts of stuff this guy spent only 5 minutes and just sugested that he put in another small CU next to the existing one...

Just wanted to follow up in case anyone is interested. I had two electricans booked to come around on Saturday to give me a quote, one did not turn up but the other guy did and he seems to realy know his stuff. We went through various issues with the wiring in the house which comes down mainly...

Hi, Thanks for all the advice. Sounds like I should not be doing this myself. My main worry is what the electrician is going to discover when the check our electrics. If there are problems are they likely to be easily resolved? I guess this is hard to say when you can't see the electrics...

Hi, We are having our kitchen gutted an replaced in a couple of weeks and as a part of that we are having a range cooker installed. This means we need to have 30A cooker switch installed as the current built in cooker is just using a 13A socket. Idealy I would like an electrician to do...