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    Combi boiler takes aaaaages to heat the radiators

    Hello, I thought I’d give an update in case it helps anyone reading this post who has the same issue. The installers came round and said that the boiler’s default setting was to increase the temperature very slowly and that installers normally change that setting when fitting a new boiler. So he...
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    Combi boiler takes aaaaages to heat the radiators

    I haven’t managed to get hold of them so I was trying to figure out if this is normal with modern boilers before I persist on getting hold of the installers
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    Combi boiler takes aaaaages to heat the radiators

    Hello everyone, A few months ago I had a new combi boiler installed to replace the old, traditional boiler. New boiler is Vaillant EcoTEC pro 24. The house is a 3 bed terraced with 1 bathroom and 7 radiators. The hot water works fine and comes on quickly, but the radiators take ages to heat...
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    Meant to say I am now* stressed. I am really stressed
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    Thank you Blup. I haven’t paid the electrician yet and everywhere I read the answer is the same, ie that one should absolutely not drill through a lintel. I intend to get a structural engineer to advise me and pay him from the money I own the electrician who will only get the rest. I feel bad as...
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    There are 6.5 cm from the hole to the bottom of the window so if a lintel is aprox 10 cm thick, then the bottom half of the fan has been drilled through the lintel (considering the layer of plaster etc). I am certain that’s what he’s done as it’s taken his hours to drill and I could clearly see...
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    Material at the bottom and half way up is Concrete, material at the top of the hole is brick
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    Oh, I don’t think I know what all these words mean but I think the fan exits through the wooden overhang
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    The hole is to accommodate a typical 100 mm extractor fan
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    thank you for your prompt replies. Photos attached. Electrician is still here. House covered in dust.
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    Is it ok to put an extractor fan through a lintel?

    Our electrician has fitted a bathroom extractor fan above the bathroom window. The hole for the fan starts a few cm above the window, which means that the bottom part of the hole (about half of it) has been drilled through the concrete lintel. The electrician says this is ok and there's no risk...
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    Blocked air vent - mould inside the cavity wall?

    Haha, how I wish this was the problem! nope, there is nothing behind the radiator :(. I think i have no other option but to break inside the vent and see if there is anything smelly in there. I am really not good at DIY stuff so i hope I wont end up with a big hole in the wall.
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    Blocked air vent - mould inside the cavity wall?

    Hi there, I hope you can help! I live on the top floor of an ex-council flat built in the 50s. The building has cavity walls and the windows have upvc double glazing (of poor quality). There is gas heating in the flat with the boiler in the kitchen. The living room has a vent in the old fire...
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