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Thanks for replies chaps. That's a good spot, but I've tried turning off the 'Intelligent' function and the same issue is happening. Maybe I do need to leave it on auto mode for a while. It's only for one room (external home office ~3m * 6m). If I have told it to be on at 7.30am to 9.30am at...

I have moved into a new house with one of these thermostatic controllers for electric underfloor heating https://www.toolstation.com/underfloor-intelligent-control-digital-clock-thermostat-with-sensor/p51026 http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/pa_790712.pdf It works all fine except...

All of the advice on here has been useful until this. I don't think I've been hasty to pin any blame at all, I just came on to get some independent advice on whether the fitter should have caught this fault. I came to seek advice and you've called me out for having an American style litigious...

Sugar OK I hadn't realised that. At least it won't be firing again until BG come and sort it out so I'm sure they'll put it back on properly. At least I've learned something! Thanks all for the advice, I've paid the guy in full and will call BG now to schedule a callout. One last question...

I sort of see where you are coming from, but boiler works fine for years without any issues and plenty of on/off switches (I did a LOT due to central heating controls playing up for ages), then gets water leaked onto it and all of a sudden it's blowing fuses. Will BG not raise eyebrows if...

Hi Gasguru, thanks so much for the response. That's interesting about the valves, quite awful that it's a regular failure point. Really annoying if I've just been unlucky, I suppose the way forward is to bite the bullet and called BG and it should only cost me my excess, which is about 90 quid...

Had a bit of work done in the bathroom upstairs including a new sink put in. The cold water in feed valve under the sink has been fine in the 2 years we've lived here so far. It turned off fine to shut off the supply to fit the sink, and appeared fine immediately after installation and being...

Looking to replace my existing bathroom central heating radiator with a nice vertical towel radiator Current radiator looks like this The pipe centres where they come out of the floor are 550mm, which I see is a standard width for towel radiators. Someone in the past has put a kink in the...

That looks like a lovely solution but don't think I can justify the extra 280 quid. Sounds like best sticking with the one I posted in the OP. Thanks all

How do I know if my cold is gravity fed or not? Installing an additional pump sounds more expense and faff than just getting a power shower?

I'm getting the bathroom retiled and it's probably time to replace the shower unit which although it still performs just fine isn't fantastically well plumbed in (pipes showing) and looks fairly old. I think it's an old version of this...

OK thanks, paste on the paper it is then. Best go and buy a table for it. On another note, my house was built in 1897 and the room has lime render. We've started peeping the wallpaper back, in some places the old vinegar and warm water does the trick nicely but in others it's still a right...

Going to redecorate the bedroom, I'm stripping existing painted lining paper and going to hang new lining paper and paint again. Planning to do paste-the-wall method as it sounds simpler and easier on all accounts. Wife went to wickes today to get these two...

Legend thanks mate

Thanks very much both. I think the safest (top priority) and easiest option is to simply place the old receiver unit back on, much as I'd probably prefer to put it in the bin! Cheers.

OK great thanks. Currently I've attached the 1 and 3 like you said with a small connector as below. So I can just do the same with the two in the N and the two in the L? Fine to then just push them into the wall then and put a plate/cover over it like the one to the right?

OK I installed all the hive stuff and it's working fine now, which is a huge relief. It works like clockwork so I'm convinced for now my woes are over. It must have been that both the 3 way valve actuator AND the old receiver were conking out, because it really did work fine for the 3 weeks...

@stem Hi, the new setup was going great until the other day when I tried to lower the minimum temp on my thermostat, and the system just stopped working again. It might be a coincidence, as it's the same 'symptoms' as before, everything appears to be saying 'go' but the boiler just doesn't fire...

Thanks for the info Ericmark. Swapped out the motorised valve actuator tonight using a 5 point connector, was a fairly simple job with no hiccups and all working well so thanks again @stem for pointing out that that was the likely culprit. It's now hard to justify dropping the cash on a new...

Yeah, yet more evidence of how little the previous owner cared about getting stuff done properly :rolleyes: In two minds now as to if I get that connector which may or may not solve it, or just splash the beans and get someone in to replace the actuator and install the hive stuff. Have been...