Search results

Does this mean you cannot replace DG units with a single sheet of glass in hardwood window frames? :o :o :o

18 windows that have around 50 units (for example one of the bays has six panes of glass or the french doors have 4 panes). I'd just feel that it would be such a waste to remove all those hardwood window frames. They are all in excellent condition. I agree about the fake diamond patterened...

I live in a house that has hardwood windows/ door frames that contain double glazed units. At least 30 of them have failed with moisture found on the inside of the glass. I'll have to get the lot replaced as the windows have a fake diamond leaded pattern which will prove difficult to match up...

Please forgive me if my technical language isn't quite correct - so here goes anyway. I have a wood burner which is set into a fireplace that's made out of bricks. It consists of two brick columns that supports a steel arch which in turn supports some 'end on bricks'. The brick arch sticks...

Thanks John. It does look like a fibreglass onion. At the top near the manhole cover there are what look like two 4" soil pipes directly opposite each other. It is still in use and I think that I have to empty it once a year. Been quoted around £100 for doing it. Any ideas what the...

I have one of these in my Garden. There is only one rectangular manhole cover with a large diameter pipe (you could climb down it) leading to an even bigger chamber at the bottom. It looks like one of them Large onion shaped things you see on the back of lorries on the motorway. It was put into...

Some major noises this evening. Sat down in front of the airing cupboard and listened to the whole thing develop. It starts off with a noise that sounds like small air bubbles coming up the pipe from downstairs that splits into three with one of them going into the pump. This noise builds up to...

:oops: Fair enough. Tried this and yes the boiler does knock itself off when I turn it down. It then came back on when I turned it up. Last night was fine and I thought we'd cured the problem by turning up the hall radiator to flat out. However, out of the blue tonight it started to bang and...

Tried this by whacking the thermostat down to 5 degrees but the boiler continued to burn. I'm sure the plummer told me that the thermostat was controlling the valve near the pump and not the boiler. He said something like the boiler thermostat turns itself off when the water in the return pipe...

Somehow I missed out the fact that the plumber who came in to service the boler and fit the TRVs also fitted a room thermostat for me. However, the noises were happening before this change. The radiator that is in the hallway (where the room thermostat is situated) has a TRV on it. I've...

Sorry it's a bit wordy, but I've provided quite a bit of info. My system comprises of: A Baxi Solo 2 80PF boiler with the thermostat set on 5 out of the possible 6 settings 14 radiators (3 small, 2 medium and 9 large) All bar one with TRVs Danfoss SET 5 timeswitch Grundfos Super...

I do not have the b@lls to try this! I couldn't really tell you what it is. Just that when I started up the system one evening after emptying the hot water tank during the day I noticed that it took around twenty five minutes before the central heating started up and the boiler had been flat...

I have just moved house and the new one has a nice an shiny central heating system that has both pumped hot water and central heating. Seems that I have a valve that is an 'either' type which means that I either heat up the hot water or the radiators. Not both at the same time. The tank has a...