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I live in a 1905 red brick terrace with, AFAIK, lime mortar. Previous owners have basically done no maintenance and the weather-facing walls are now in a poor state. In particular: - previous motion has cracked the mortar (motion now stopped). - water-proof glaze has gone, leaving the...

I have a Ravenheat CSI85A condensing combi. For a while now the timer has been unreliable, not always coming on. Now it's failed completely. (A quick search reveals that these are notoriously ****e.) Hot water still works fine; the symptoms suggest a sticky relay in the timer module itself...

I've just had the gas in my house replumbed. One of the things I got the plumber to do was to install a bayonet fitting where the gas cooker's going to go; he said that this meant that I wouldn't need a CORGI guy round to install the cooker: it's just a matter of plugging the hoses in (and...

I have said elderly washing machine. I have also recently had a new gas combi boiler fitted, which can produce cheaper hot water than the washing machine itself can manage using its electric heater. Unfortunately, the washing machine seems to refuse to use any hot water from outside. I've...

I'm trying to buy a new combi boiler (as those of you with long memories might remember...). I pretty much know what I want, but there's one final piece of information I need before I can actually decide, and that's how much space I need to leave around the boiler. The space in my kitchen is...

My stop-cock dribbles. (I'll wait here for people to make funny comments... all done? Oh, wait, one more there at the back. Dude, that just wasn't worth the effort. Don't give up the day job.) I have a plumber booked to come round and replace it, as well as do some other work, but in the...

I'm attempting to replace my existing back boiler and indirect tank with a condensing boiler. Unfortunately, I'm having a lot of trouble working out just how big a boiler I need. My house is a 1900 terrace with three bedrooms, six radiators, and one bathroom. So far, the estimates of what I...

I'm getting a combi boiler fitted to replace my existing tanked indirect back boiler system. No tanks, instant heat, decent pressure --- it's got to be good. Does anyone have any advice over a good make of boiler? The plumber has recommended a 30kW Worcestor, at (IIRC) about 800 or 900 UKP...

I'm installing a wall across an existing room to split the room into two. Naturally, I'm going to need to install another switched light. (Actually a two-way.) Looking at all the various reference materials it would seem that I need to find a junction box somewhere in the ceiling space and...

I have an elderly gas CH system and low-pressure cold water system feeding the bathroom. While replacing some radiators, I've noticed that if the cold-water system is switched on, then water continuously dribbles out of the bottom of the CH system (when the stop-cock's open, of course). This...

I've been doing some CH work under the floorboards of a 1900-era terrace. That's mostly been going well, although I hope to all gods both small and large that it's going to be watertight. However, while I was under there, I discovered something rather interesting; some black metal pipework...

I've got this radiator. It's really old, and slightly rusty, but is (as far as I know) sound. I want to fit a thermostatic valve to it. I've got the valve (four pounds from Screwfix...), I've drained the system, uncoupled the radiator, etc. The problem is that the radiator was hooked up...

I've just bought a new house. I think the phrase you'd use to describe the state of it is 'ungg'. One of the many, many misfeatures I've found is that the cold water tank in the loft (which feeds the hot water tank and bathroom taps) is uncovered. What's more, it's been uncovered for a while...

I have a 1900-era mid-terrace house; the whole thing (inside) is just under four metres wide. The front of it is one large room, with the front door opening into it. I hate this. I want to install a partition wall and divide this into a hallway and a spare bedroom. However, the front...

I notice that this post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22315 ...seems to indicate that Part P doesn't apply in Scotland, but it doesn't give any references. Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?