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Hi, erp 2015 is coming up 26th Sept and the legislation means that if (when?!) my current heat only boiler and water tank set up (an old Thorn) goes pop we will not be able to fit a new gas boiler due to the flue and will be forced to go electric. We cannot get a gas combi due to the flue. So...

Hi, I have another thread here (//www.diynot.com/diy/threads/noisy-hissing-radiators-hissing-noise-in-new-rads-or-trvs.420484/#3265881) which explains why Im asking. I'm not trying to be greedy or selfish starting new threads but I thought this new thread with its title would be a better...

Hi, I've done a search and read some around the subject but unsure how to proceed. We've just had a new boiler and new rads fitted (except one in the bedroom which was already newly fitted within the year). The new rads, especially a vertical one in lounge and towel rail in bathroom all make...

Hi, was reading about these with interest. Seems like they have a few very stout fans on the forums but also some detractors- mainly that they have faults too (eg PCB, error 4) but hardly any support, after-care or customer service as hardly anyone in UK has them. I went on website to find a...

Hi, I'm replacing my old unsleeved airbricks with sleeved ones to try to improve ventilation to help with damp. I'm placing three underfloor and one (double one) at just below ceiling height. I've read up on it a fair bit and the consensus seems to be that it is within my basic diy...

Hi, I'm installing some airbrick's at the moment to help ventilate my subfloor. When I took out a brick I found that the cavity below the DPM is filled with damp mud, sand, bits of bricks and pellets of old cavity wall insulation. Does anyone know why this would be? It would seem to be...

Hi, hope you can help. I have tongue and groove floorboards held at the joists by these big rectangular nails. They have a rectangular head with a kind of slight notch in one end creating a little "hook". I've never seen them before (hence the overly long description) but the same things held...