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My daughter and partner just moved into their house and seem to have a crazy problem with their hot water system. The boiler is providing hot water but, water takes AGES to actually arrive at the tap after the tap's turned on. I'm not talking about the hot water taking ages to arrive, I'm...

We have an old single-skinned tank that’s working just fine with no leaks but every now and then, when the wind is in the wrong direction, you’ll get a strong whiff of heating oil coming from it. We’ve had the tank inspected and checked for leaks a couple of times but on each occasion, both...

I’m having the usual constant vs timed hot water debate with myself and just need to know how the tank behaves when supplying water. As far as I understand (and I’m probably wrong), if your DHW is timed, the boiler will come on and heat your water to 60C and go off. If you then go and have a...

Hi all, I’m trying to install my Nest E as per the instructions for a 2 wire system there doesn’t seem to any useful labels on the existing thermostat that would allow me to connect to the correct terminals of the Nest E. All I have are 2 wires (blue & brown) and a clipped earth that are...

I’ve finally taken the plunge and bought a Nest E which I’ll install myself to replace my 150 year old Honeywell CM51 thermostat (2 wire). It all seems straightforward but I’m a little confused about exactly which temperature sensor is used in determining the current room temperature. It seems...

These marks appeared several years ago over the period of a few weeks on our Welsh Slate roof. We eventually got fed up of looking at them and asked a roofer who specialised in cleaning to see he could get the marks off. Try as he might, using scrubbing by hand and eventually 2 types of acid, he...