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For what it's worth, I e-mailed Vaillant about this directly, and this was the response: "You are correct. The ecoTEC plus 938 is able to give a blended flow rate of 20 L/min for 10 minutes after that the actoSTOR will be depleted so the boiler flow rate will drop to 15 L/min, all Vaillant...

We're looking at replacing our ageing combi boiler and are weighing up whether it's worth getting a storage combi versus a conventional combi. (We've considered a system boiler and cylinder, but we don't think we can make it work from a space perspective; in any event, a combi should be...

Thanks very much Tel. Ah well. Good to know for next time!

Thanks very much for responding Tel. Here are some pictures. The old hearth was under what is now covered by the piece of plyboard. There was an old piece of concrete in the fireplace itself which I took out at the same time I took out the hearth. Underneath that were a few broken up/uneven...

I want to remove the fireplace in a first floor bedroom in a Victorian mid-terrace house, and seal it up. I've removed the fireplace-surround and hearth, and have got the bricks (including air brick) to seal up the opening. However, it occurred to me that it's not immediately obvious what the...

Thanks Woody. Yes, I think it is probably a hangover from when there were no airbricks installed into the external walls in the sub-floor area. There were none when we moved in, and we have subsequently had some installed. As such, I think it should be ok to remove this vent, as the sub-floor...

Thanks Stem. It doesn't look like it. The room is a living room and the grill/vent shaft basically just exit into the void 20cm or so below the grill - there doesn't appear to be any connection to anything. There is a fire in the room, but it is nowhere near the vent, and doesn't look like it...

Hello, We have a suspended timber floor, and that suspended timber floor contains an air grill (see picture attached). The grill attaches to a plastic ventilation shaft below the floor which is about 20cm long. It's a bit odd, given that most guidance on ventilating suspended timber floors...

I've just removed the wooden fire surround and hearth from a first floor fire place which we want to block off. The next stage in the process would be to seal off the fire place before plastering. I presume that the best way to do this is to brick it up (using an air brick to keep some...

Noted, thanks for the advice endecotp.

Thanks both, appreciate the views. Yes, given no-one on the street has them (and the theft risk) think will give it a miss. Worst case scenario can be added as required.

I'm having the front roof re-done on a Victorian terraced house. As part of the quote the roofer suggested that I might want to get the coping stones capped with lead: apparently they (or rather, their joints) are not in amazing condition (which seems right) and this would be cheaper than...

I have a couple of questions in relation to a plan to re-lay the floor of a first floor bedroom. Firstly: I'm planning to remove the existing floorboards and re-lay with bigger sheets, in the hope that this makes the floor feel a smoother/flatter, with less (hopefully no!) squeaking. I've...