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    Upgrading central heating for old stone cottage

    There is a motorised valve to be able to operate central heating and hot water separately but otherwise as you said yes
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    Upgrading central heating for old stone cottage

    I have been going round in circles trying to decide the best way to upgrade the CH of our 2.5 bedroom single glazed cottage. Currently we have a conventional system with tanks in the attic and HWC in the bathroom cupboard. There is an approx 30 year old AGA oil fired boiler which has not put a...
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    Another hot water in the cold water storage tank question...

    Hi all. I am fully aware that this question has been asked multiple times and I have trawled through a lot of threads on this. I am trying to diagnose an issue and was just hoping someone could confirm if I am on the right lines here. The set up: 2x large storage tanks at same level in loft...
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    EICR for home owner

    I would like to get the electrics in our flat checked out by a professional. Mainly just to have piece of mind that they are safe and not going to cause a fire in our building. I asked an electrician for a quote over the phone and he recommended an EICR. Having googled what this is, it appears...
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    Oven cut out. Slightly odd smell when switching back on.

    We have a Hoover oven that is probably fairly old (maybe at least 10 years). We moved in a couple of years ago and the oven has tripped the breaker a couple of times but otherwise no issues. Today the oven cut out while we were using it. It was still on at the display but the fan and light had...
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    Switching off bathroom light sometimes dims living room lights

    Ok good to know, thanks. I wonder if this would be easily fixable by someone who knows what they're doing. I'll monitor it and see if it gets worse
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    Switching off bathroom light sometimes dims living room lights

    Thanks. Is this something that I should get looked at in your opinion. As I said, it is quite a rare occurrence. But if it is a potential safety issue, I will definitely get an electrician to come and have a look.
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    Switching off bathroom light sometimes dims living room lights

    Every so often, when I switch off the bathroom light (which also switches off the extractor fan) the 5x dimmer spotlights in the living room dim (quite significantly) for a split second before brightening again. Seems to be the only combination of things to cause this - no other lights affected...
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    Leaking tiled bay window

    Thanks all for your suggestions. Ken, that is interesting that the moss roots are extensive enough to do this. I'll look at getting the moss cleared and a proper flashing installed. Obviously, it is a bit of a concern that the timber frame of the bay roof could be rotting.
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    Leaking tiled bay window

    It is a share of freehold flat so the owners collectively look after the maintenance. Out of interest how does the moss let the water in?
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    Leaking tiled bay window

    In the 18 months that we have lived in our flat, we have had some visible damp on our ceiling adjacent to the bay window (3 separate times altogether). It seems to happen after particularly heavy rain when it is also windy. The photo shows the alignment where the damp patch is occurring. The...
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    L3 fault - Ideal boiler

    Thanks sbgasman. Is this likely caused by limescale build up inside plate heat exchanger?
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    L3 fault - Ideal boiler

    Anyone have any ideas what this fault is? Will run the hot water for a little while and then boiler will lock out with L3 shown. Can't even find this fault code in the boiler manual that I downloaded. Ideal independent C24. Cheers
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    Removing and replacing asbestos insulation board

    Thanks mate. I would have thought one hour as well. I would have thought whatever Supalux product I get, the performance surpass the old product but will get minimum 1 hour to be on the safe side.
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    Removing and replacing asbestos insulation board

    Asbestos insulation board. The piece of it in the cupboard backs onto a service riser I believe, hence why it is there in the first instance.
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    Removing and replacing asbestos insulation board

    I am getting some asbestos insulation board removed in my flat but the company doing the work do not replace the board with a modern alternative. The board is in two locations - under the electric hob and makes up one of the wall panels of the inside of a kitchen cupboard. I was planning on...
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    Slightly fizzy water coming out of radiator

    Thanks Bob. Hadn't even heard of neutraliser and after reading what they do, I feel like I should have done this the first time round. I think my issue is that the drain cock comes off the side of one of the radiators so even though I've tried to dilute the water that is in the pipes lower than...
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    Slightly fizzy water coming out of radiator

    Drained down system a couple of weeks ago after having some cleaner in there for a couple of weeks - drained down system, re-filled, drained and topped up with Sentinel X100 added. Unless I was mistaken, I thought that the pressure had maybe gone up 0.05 bar over the next couple of weeks...
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    Avoiding air locks in boiler when draining and refilling sealed system

    The engineer who came round to service my boiler added some system cleaner and instructed me to run the boiler every other day for a couple of weeks before draining down and refilling. The below is the process that I aim to follow: 1) Isolate boiler (electrics) 2) Attach hose to drainage point...
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    Tiny black ants in 1st floor bathroom

    pretty sure that they are ants by the look of them
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