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I've got a 5 year old Houndsfield oil boiler, conventional floor standing unit. It's leaking flue gases now and I can't quite pinpoint the source. I re-roped the inspection door with some fibreglass rope and that now seals very well. The stainless inspection door on the condenser was also OK and...

Just a quick question. I've got a side entry immersion on an unvented tank There's actually two elements but just one in use as there's no E7. The immersion thermostat is of a type with spade terminals that push onto the heater element. I'm aware that a replacement must have an over temp trip...

The wording on my ''conditions'' letter from building control state this: ''Heat producing appliances to be installed by HETAS competent person OR alternatively the work carried out by a person technically competent to undertake the installation and complete the Building Control Approved...

Do we have any experts reference the regs here? Just finishing off our barn conversion and the inspector has snagged a few things, nothing serious, just nonsense like restraints on the upstairs windows. Anyway, he wants me to install an electric extractor fan in the kitchen. It is a huge...

I'm soon looking to purchase an oil fired (not a combi) conventional boiler, floor mounted inside a utility room to heat our barn conversion. Probably something fairly small as the house will have other heat sources. I'd be very grateful for any recommendations regarding manufacturer, good, bad...

Just a quick question: If I wanted to couple up a thermal store and a solid fuel Rayburn, would the thermal store need to be sited higher than the Rayburn so that the hot water it produces can circulate by convection? Julian

My local rag, the South Lakeland News carries an advert about a new form of heating from Germany. Loads of hyperbole in the advert - ''a very special form of electric heating'' etc etc. To me these heaters look like (what are probably bloomin expensive to buy) electric radiators? Now...

In purely general terms, would I be correct to think that a property survey demanded by the bridging loan company would be to establish that the property value was equal or in excess of the loan value? The loan therefore being secured. ie for a loan to value ratio of (say) 25% on a property...

I'd appreciate any suggestions regarding likely costs from anyone with any experience in such matters. I understand that with the information given only very generalised approximations are the best I could hope for, but don't let that bother you as I'm only after ball-park figures at the moment...

Hi to all as this is my first post on the forum. My wife has inherited her grand parent's (deceased) house recently. It's a very solidly built (probably) 50's built 3 bed semi. It's in a time warp and needs a new kitchen and either central heating or maybe storage heaters fitting as it has...