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Foxhole, I don't know what happened to my "quote" (the above looks very different to what I intended to paste in), but you know what I'm referring to. Thanks very much for the information/link that you have supplied. I shall probably have a go at doing my cistern with that stuff, when the...

Thanks for the information, jj4091. I didn't know that drip-trays were on the market for this problem, either. L.L.

Thanks, foxhole. I didn't know that there was any self-adhesive insulation film. I suppose you mean heat-insulation film? What is this stuff usually used for? (I doubt whether it's made especially for lining cisterns.) Can you give me a brand-name (or better still, a link) so that I can see how...

Hello. In posting this question, I am revealing my ignorance, but I found that trying to find the answer on the Web produced only more confusion, so to be able to ask a simple question and get a straight answer is worth seeming to be an ignoramus. I am trying to cure a lavatory cistern that...

Yes, it's easy to overlook something, so it's better to be over-cautious, rather than assume that everything will be OK. The washer that I ordered is just right, I'm relieved to say. L.L.

No, Freddymercurystwin, because I did not make up my mind which machine I should buy, anyway. Re the worktop, it's not lower than normal, since underneath the other end of it, there are a fridge and a freezer installed. I day later: I realised (after reading your input) that I was being...

Today, I was ready — even eager — to order a washing machine (from John Lewis). The space into which it would have to fit is quite limited, so it was important that one that was not too big (in any direction) was ordered. I came to look at the specifications and, though the depth and the width...

Unfortunately, I am not very mobile, for one thing. Also, I don't think there are any such shops within miles of where I live. I appreciate your interests and your comments, friend, so thanks. I shall need to consider buying an entirely new set of fittings and a new rail to suit. It will be...

Thanks, FreddieMercurystwin, but they are not the ones. I just posted new photos of the bracket (3 views of one bracket) I require, which you may have missed, being so recent. L.L.

Hello, DIYers. Many years ago, I fitted a curtain rail to a wooden rail that was screwed to the wall over the window. The sill is wider than usual, so I fixed extended-length metal brackets to the wooden rail, then affixed the brackets that clip onto the back of the actual curtain rail to the...

I read the contributions by Mottie and Madrab with interest (also, with some relief), and I thank them. However, you have explained things more fully, Harry, and I thank you for that. (C.H. is a very arcane subject to me.) On the basis of what this forum has told me, I shall buy the EcoTEC Plus...

The contribution above, by Madrab, seems to be a good point at which to come in on this conversation once again. After obtaining an answer to a question about the Vaillant EcoTech Plus 826 26kW boiler, I asked the people that told me (see a little earlier in this thread) that that boiler is...

Lucid, you bowl me over with the wealth of your information (and your experienced advice). So thanks a million for going to all that trouble for a bonehead like me. I am not ready to buy anything just yet, but if I could have the address of your website, I should certainly be looking at it in...

For anyone else besides Harry that is still interested, I enquired of a firm that sells the boiler I was enquiring about, and this is how they replied: The newer ecotec Plus models are self modulating (this means they modulate the output to suit the temperature set on your thermostat as well as...

Ah, Harry is a good hearted chap, but I had an impression that he was also a C.H. tech wallah. You do have a point, Mottie, but Harry was quoting specific figures, and that implies that he knows a thing or two about that boiler, regardless. L.L.

Thanks very much for that, Harry! I can now order the boiler with confidence. L.L.

Lucid: I hope you will not mind a further question. Here it is: On the Web, I see "Freeview boxes" for sale, but there are two things that don't seem to be made clear. What I need to know is whether these Freeview boxes/recorders to hard drive can receive BBC channels. If they there are any that...

Hello again, C.H. pundits. Our house has only three radiators (that's how we chose to heat it, mixing gas "fires", electric convection heaters and radiators, and we are quite satisfied with this). The combi boiler currently installed is a Vaillant EcoTEC Plus 824, and I am on the point of...

Lucid, as usual, you astonish me — not only with your knowledge, but also with your willingness to help others with it. What you wrote has been MOST helpful, and I thank you very sincerely. L.L.

Hi, Audio Visual savants. Our DVD recorder/player has just ceased to function, and I suppose that now, DVD players belong to the past, so I thought it would be good policy to buy a blu-ray recorder. I see lots of these on Amazon (I went there just to get some information) but, although it...