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I made a cardboard model first to make sure it'd go. It was a tight fit and involved lifting and twisting quite high over newel posts from low down on the stairs - something I wasn't confident doing with friends considering the unit's weight as even the cardboard model was tricky.

For those interested or for others coming here in the future, I took Matz's advice and found a professional removal firm. Mortimer removals of Greenwich took about 2mins to move it and were worth every penny, it's now in place and looking good.

So I could get the box upstairs... But it meant elevating it to head height to rotate over the newel posts, so holding and turning. Even if I took off the doors it's still a heavy piece of furniture and it was a tight fit. Is it likely that removal teams would have the skills to do this? I...

That's not a bad idea Ian, I have taken off part of the back panel and could do that too.

The rest got up by backing into the rooms at each landing or swivelling into a new position on the landing, it seems that all the other furniture, even the bulky bits, seemed to either be just the right size or have the right gaps in them to allow tilting around the awkward spots.

Thanks both, yes I have the box planned once I get myself enough. I would lift over the handrail but the upper staircase comes down too low and prevents this. Tigercubrider, apologies my post probably wasn't clear it's not so much that that the stairs are tight it's that the landing is too...

I recently bought an Edwardian cabinet to put upstairs. I measured the doors, space for it to go into thought it'd work so bought it... but hit a snag on getting it around the first of 2 corners (and that's the easier corner). Is there any advice on what to do? The unit is beautiful workmanship...

We're looking to replace our wooden kitchen sink worktop surround with a solid surface. Stone seems pricey to cut and fit but Max-top, a manufactured quartz worktop, keeps coming up but I can't find any reviews. It claims to be easy to install but has anyone used it and have any thoughts to share?

Thanks Footprints, no local indies but there is a Carpetright so that'll have to do, they do seem to offer a home visit service.

We're extending our house and want to match our existing carpet colour. I've got some samples online but none match so it's a bit of a guessing game. Before I order the next batch (which now I have a baseline to compare based with what I see on screen) are there any tips on matching carpets to...

Thanks Flameport, should have remembered my physics and that pressure and temperature are related.

Hello, we had a radiator temporarily removed while builders did some work last month. I'm just not sure if I am being more alert because of this or if I'm misreading normal behaviour for the time for pressure to drop in a combi boiler. We had some building work and the builders removed then...

Thanks both for your advice. Thought I may have to do a proper job rather than a quick fix, but you can always hope... Thanks Ree for clarifying - the DWP is to the far left of the bay so assumed I'd need to make the far right the highest point. It's not sunk 6", luckily, and I suspect there...

Hello, I replaced my bay window guttering with a new set but left the existing brackets. I expected as a straight swap to have no problems, other than the fact that Wickes guttering is a pain to fit. However one of the 130 degree bends is now accumulating a fair amount of water (as in around a...

Thanks, as it didn't work the PCB could be returned but yes the time and effort is a drag, as is the checking to see if it is working or not. I didn't know that about the fixed repair price, thanks for the tip I think I'll be giving them a call then. Funny they never mentioned that when I got...

Now it's just driving me crazy... Changed the PCB but it gave a failure error so I returned it and put the old one back in. Worked well for a couple of weeks, heating to the thermostat temperature. Now it's back to barely heating at all and whereas before it at least tried to flame now it...

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Thanks 32pandh. When the RGI came over I think he asked them if it could be the thermistor and Vokera seemed adamant that it's not and insisted it could only be one of two things (dial not working or PCB). I must admit he seemed dubious it could be the PCB but he did tests with his multimeter...

Well, the RGI came over today and he couldn't fathom it either. Called Vokera and they were more concerned about getting him off the phone so the call centre could meet its targets than helping. Said it could be a faulty PCB or the potentiometer. I'd not heard of this before, but says it...

No, I'm not sure :) I think I was premature is saying it was the outlet. Looking elsewhere it may also be the inlet fan or the thermostat (though with no error message I suspect you may be right). I don't like the idea of playing about inside the boiler so have now done the sensible thing...