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Morning. I have just had Hive installed by British Gas, and I must say, I love it. Easy to use and actually useful. I have invested in a few light bulbs and a plug socket. I am wondering though, does Hive have any solid plans for future products other than light bulbs and sensors? It is very...

Dont worry, i am not going to get started on best removal and application methods etc. Basically, i am too impatient, and rubbish at the task from start to finish, and so i am going to get someone else to do it, better than i ever could. I have been quoted £50 for a tiled shower enclosure with...

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My central heating system has a separate hot water cylinder to store hot water, along with a red expansion vessel above it, typically around 1 bar. I only noticed the other day, but when using hot water, via a tap etc, the pressure can drop on the dial by around 0.2bar. Then when the heating is...

In our house we have a loft access with a plastic hinged door that drops down when opened. I have been looking at loft ladders from wickes, around the £70 mark. Does anyone have any experience of them and are they easy to fit? Do they screw onto the wooden frame?

UPDATE. The Central Heating Engineer has just attended and concluded that it is not the PRV. He has now switched the boiler off, filled up the pressure on the gauge to 2bar, and put a bucket under the condense pipe. Apparently this will give more of an idea if it is the Heat Exchanger in the...

How do you mean? I am trying to find out what the problem is before stuff gets replaced at a cost that might not need doing? An engineer is coming tomorrow.

Update. I have had a clear food bag over the PRV termination pipe outside, and no water has been collected in the bag. So what could it be? There are no visible leaks, i have checked every bit that is accesible, obviously i cant get into the walls. Could any other valve be faulty or the red...

More a question out of interest, but, Are Pressure Relief Valves REALLY so unreliable once opened? I have read quite a lot about them never closing properly after been operated, either manually or by true build up of pressure. I think I may need a new one as it was operated manually, and ever...

After looking at the outside of the house, where the black pipe comes out, that is infact the PRV termination. There is evidence of it been used from where i have opened the valve upstairs (to try resettling the valve shut) as the gravel is wet. So i am going to give it a few hours to dry, and...

On reflection after looking at a pic of my house, what i thought was the gas inward pipe in the black cover could be the prv termination exiting the wall at low level, perhaps? The boiler is upstairs directly above this little black pipe. As on reflection, gas will enter the house where the...

Im wondering if it might go into a soil pipe within the wall or a down pipe for rain water to the other side of the wall, but not at home to check just yet

The pipe does go into the wall. To the other side of that wall, is outside/external wall. The only thing that comes out of that wall on the outside, is the vent(?) from the boiler/where the steam comes from. And, the gas pipe at wery low level where the gas enters the building.

The pipe from the prv definately does not go outside, i think it may be plumbed into the internal plumbing of the house(?) there is no evidence on the external wall of it appearing outside. Could it go into the white discharge pipe from underneathe the boiler into the internal house plumbing?

:mad:Update. After interogating the other half, it would appear that in her wisdom she tried topping up the heating system to 1bar by turning the red valve seen in picture 3 which i believe to be a pressure relief valve, which would explain why the pressure went even lower. After some reading on...

Appologies, I have made a right pigs ear of attaching the images and somehow ended up with my text right in the middle. Sorry.

Morning, now im sure this has been discussed many times but I cannot find anything specific to my case. I have an Ideal Logic Heat 15, just a year old, as is the whole system. It had its first service in August, and all was fine, until Monday when I wanted the heating on for the first time this...

Don't suppose anyone has any recommendations for anyone who can do both in the Pontefract/Wakefield area?

Thanks, I have only ever had a combi before, so this is new to me.

Hi I have lived in my house for a year now, and the boiler needs servicing, which is fine. But what about my hot water cylinder which is in the airing cupboard along with my 'ideal' boiler. Who do I go to to get the cylinder serviced too, or will a good heating company be able to do it at same...