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My neighbor has over an acre but stupidly put leylandii saplings right on the fence line. What an idiot! A complete lack of foresight.

I can not cite case law but it was my understanding that boundary lines are slightly fluid because land can move, be eroded or deposited. As a consequence boundaries are not defined by title deeds but by natural features and existing fences. My neighbor was the foreman of the groundwork...

The old 3ft picket fence was built using notched posts with arris rails. I would be grateful if someone would explain the advantage of using a notched post versus a plane post. For example, do they add strength to a 6 ft close board fence? Is it necessary for a 3 ft picket fence, which will...

Hi Terrywookfit, Thanks for the comment. I don't like the sound of a spring loaded lid in the middle. I took a photo and wondered if you can tell which type I have. Thanks, Ronnie.

Hi John, OK, 3mm sheet steel it is then. The baffles were probably burned as well as corroded. I'll probably make it a project and bring this system back up to near to full working order. Did you need a pressure gauge to adjust the pressure? Another issue is that we used to have control over...

Hi, thanks for the informed advice, I'll investigate tomorrow. I already tried to get an engineer to service the boiler but they took one look at it and said that it needed replaced along with the flue. However, I am pretty competent on the car mechanics and domestic electrics so I am more...

Hi, I would be grateful for help with a diagnosis. The boiler stopped working and the red reset was lit. When I press it, the fan starts up and I think I can hear the ignition spark behind the noise of the fan. After a few seconds, I can see an electric. blue star through the dark window you...

We are going to replace a 1950's vented heating system in my dads house with a combi. Somebody said I should get a pumped system because the our water pressure is low, which will be a problem if two taps are opened at the same time. I told them I wanted to keep the loft free of pipes (ie...

Now the smell is something I never thought of. A well installed pipe should never leak but if it did you could have gallons of the stuff permeating into the ground below the house at which point the only thing to do would be to set it alight. Only joking, so don't tell me off.

I am thinking of building an extension and having the oil boiler moved at the same time. Can I run the oil pipe under the floor to the new location or do I have to dig a trench round the house? It is a suspended wooden floor with a crawl space underneath. Ideally I would like to run plastic...

Hi, The handle on this Schuco PVC window rotates freely and seems to have come adrift of its mechanism. It looks like I would have to pop out the pvc strips round the inside of the window and then remove the glass to access the mechanism. Am I correct, and is this something that is within the...

I replaced a 50 year old Honeywell with a new Honeywell and the internal mechanism is identical. If it 'aint broke don't fix it. I was surprised that the stat needed to be powered until I saw that it had a little resistor that generates heat to keep air flowing through the casing so that the...

Got it ! That makes sense. One terminal is the reciprocal of the other so you can use it for heating or cooling applications. Exactly. I see, the strange symbol is for a pump. OK, it all makes sense. *************** The other end of the wire from the thermostat goes to a pair of 24V...

Hi, I am fitting a simple room thermostat to my combi boiler. https://www.vaillant.co.uk/downloads/vrt-15-2018/vrt-15-supplement-261436.pdf The wiring diagram is simple enough but I have questions nonetheless. 1, If the top two terminals are both neutral why have two terminals when they could...

I may not be remembering correctly, but I think that the towel rail in the bathroom of my parents' old house was permanently on and that this was some kind of a failsafe for the operation of the boiler. That made me think that a workaround for the problem you describe is to take the valve off...

OK, so that means I'm voting for Brexit if there is another referendum. :( I mean what cant you do? The Vaillant wireless offering has ten 1 star reviews on Amazon: "I have been a Heating Engineer for 15 years and have installed no end of Vaillant boilers, but regrettably their controls are...

Does that mean you can't have a boiler installed with a simple pin wheel timer? As far as I can see boilers are supplied without control gear, giving the customer the option. Does this mean that this Vaillant timer is not compliant...

BTW, I just saw the reviews for the Vaillant RTF350f on Amazon. I am definitely not going to fit one, I need something else. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vaillant-VRT350f-Wireless-Programmable-Thermostat/dp/B07H3J7N37/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=vrt350f&qid=1557391634&s=gateway&sr=8-1#customerReviews...

Thanks for the info. Great, the installer will sort out the terminals. Meanwhile, can you tell me what is the advantage of this extra information on the eBus that the Vaillant thermostat is exchanging with the boiler? The reason I was looking at the simple on/off device is that all the rad...

Hi, We want a Vaillant combi because it is by far the quietest and will be located near the bedroom. My gas installer usually does Baxi and told me to make my own choice from the Vaillant range I have selected an ecotec plus 832...