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Hi all, I have a hardwood frame conservatory that is coated with a hideous mahogany Sadolin varnish or similar. I hate the colour and want to change it to white. What is the best and most robust, long-lasting paint to use inside and out. The outside is worn in places but the...

WOW that's old! I have the heating on from 5.30am - 6.50 am then back on at 3.30pm - 9.40pm. The thermo is set at 21 degrees. This temp gets the radiator hot enough for the room, though it's only climbing at about a degree an hour. I just worry that I am wasting money here. I have...

That's what she said! I only renewed the system to stop her moaning.

You misunderstood me entirely. I was quoting my thoughts to my wife after she moans about being cold. Please excuse me if I accidentally offended in any way. It was in no way aimed at you and I am mortified that I foolishly risked you thinking so.

My house has 4 seperate ( 2 pipe ) drop-downs from upstairs. One to my conservatory - always hot. One to my kitchen always hot - one new one to my middle room - always hot and one to my hall and frontroom ( back to back). These 2 are the slowest. The frontroom 700x2000 single is the one I...

Yeah, put a ****** jumper on then ya' silly ***,your gonna be cold,it's February you ****! .......... I want to say to my mrs.............

Which to a layman, means what? I do recall the plumber moaning because he had original 18mm pipe to join to about 2 metres away from the boiler. But every time I lifted the floor to fit new rads upstairs I just saw 15mm

All the rads are brand new and upto 1 year old.

The original system was installed God knows when. I noticed on the old system that this big frontroom rad was where all the sludge collected, was always the last to warm up which suggests' it't position is as much the problem Only a kitchen hob on the gas but problems not related to that...

Another thing I don't understand is what temp you set the BOILER radiator temp dial to - maximum 75 degrees?

Thank you all so much for your input so far. The hot water is ok I suppose, but I wouldn't say it blasts out and if you turn on the cold, the hot flow reduces.. The gas supply was fitted new at 22mm. It travels under the floor for about 18 feet - 3 elbows then upstairs to the boiler at...

Hi All, If my new Vaillant programmable room thermostat has it's target temperature set at say, 20 degrees, does this mean the boiler fires-up and stays on burning gas untill that room reaches that temperature? Also, what do you set yours at?

No, it's a 2 pipe system. Each radiator has each end going to 2 seperate pipes running along side eachother under the floor. TRVs on every rad apart from the big one in the room where the thermstatic programmer is. What temp would you set to in a living room with a patheticly "I'm cold" mrs...

WHAT?????????????? So how does that leave me with my new boiler and rads? Is balancing then a waste of time? Where should the 22mm pipe begin and end and should I consider having it changed. My total btu output of the rads is about 48000!

No. I have a 2 pipe system though it is all 15mm. apart from the immediate pipe near the boiler.

Hi all, Can you still balance rads if the valve is on the HOT WATER IN pipe and the TRV is on the other? Do you need to balance with TRVS on rads?

Well done on the no smoking. I did it 2 years ago. Best thing I did! Thanks for the reply, please tell me, how do I balance the system?

Hi all, I have just had an old backboiler system replaced with a Vaillant Ecotec plus 837. Lovely! It feeds 9 radiators. The largest is a 700x2000 single ( 7900 btu). Above the reccomended for the room size. This is in the room where the remote thermostatic control is. I have the...

Hi, I have some newly plastered walls that I whish to emulsion white. The product used was Multi-finish. Do I need to prime them with anything or can I paint straight away?

Hi, In the autum, I painted some newly rendered exterior walls with masonry paint. The winter's snow sitting on top of the has caused the tops to bubble and split, lifting from the render. Is there anything I can do to get a better, stronger and more weatherproof result when I re-do...