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Hi, My boiler is playing up. During the day it runs OK but I think I have a sticking relay in the control unit which can usually be overcome by tapping the unit or cycling the hot water round the timing options. This may be related to the problem but I'm not sure. This morning I thought...

Hi Jeds, Thanks for your comments. When you say "In modern construction" does that include the 60's? If so then adding drainage should eventually dry out the floor. During the summer, before we carpeted there was no surface water but now we can't check unless I buy an endoscope (£10 ebay)...

Hi All, Another post regarding damp but with a few other points. We live in a bungalow which was built in 1964. It has an under floor void of about 24" and this is screeded. The house is built on clay where the top of the foundation is level with the top of the clay. I suspect they filled...

Thank for the answers. It's the one required to screw the valve into the radiator. I think it's about 10mm. Only changing two raditors and moving some around. Just bought a house that I found had a single pipe system and some massive radiators (probably because of the system). I'm changing...

Hi All, I'm fitting new radiators and found that the lockshield valves I bought from Screwfix need a smaller alan key than the one in my tool kit. Does anyone know what size it is. It their product 33920if that helps. Cheers Andy

Hi, I'm in the same position and I've bought "Practical Guide to Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations" as well as the regs. My premis is that if you can satisfy the installation and testing then your installation should be OK. Obviously common sense should...