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Hi all, Am looking to paint the outside of the house - it's painted render/pebbledash - and the colour we really like is a Farrow & Ball colour, Shaded White. So a) What's F&B Exterior paint like? Is it as good as Dulux Weathershield, Sandtex, etc? Don't care how easy it is to put on -...

Hi all, Could somebody explain to me exactly what the "Warmstart" feature on the Vaillant Ecotec 937 boiler does, and what the two storage tanks do if the feature is turned off? My basic understanding is that the Warmstart feature maintains the water in the storage tank at temperature, so hot...

Hello! I am replacing an old, manky radiator with a nice new column radiator. It's under a window, and the new one is going in the same place. There is 700mm between the floor and the window cill, and I don't want the rad to stick out above the cill. The rad I'm looking at (a Homebase...

Hi, We are having our sash windows replaced - well, just the sash's are being replaced, the frames are being rennovated. I have two quotes from a pair of reasonable seeming companies, but the main difference between them seems to be the type of wood they are using. One is using...

Hi, Am investigating some bad smells in our new house, and have come across some bizarre-ness that I'd like to check with someone who knows what they're talking about :-) If we leave our house for a while (overnight, say), when we come back, the hallway smells of drains - there is nowhere...

Hi, Can anyone advise on the difference between the radiator manufacturers? I am looking at buying a column radiator, which are fairly pricy anyway, but looking on the plumbnation website, I have three options : - Myson - about £450 - Stelrad - about £450 - Delonghi - about £330...

Hi, I'm looking to replace an existing single radiator (which is old, brown and rubbish) with a new column radiator, which will be a bit more in keeping with the style of the house. I am looking at the Apollo Roma - can anyone comment on whether it's a good/bad make? And does anyone have...

Hi all, Have moved into a new house, and the current cold weather has highlighted the inadequacies of the current heating system..... :-) Not all my rads are getting hot. By turning off the hot rads, I can get each one to heat up by itself, so I don't think it's sludge - I just can't get...

Hi, The sewer for my house runs from the back of the house, to the main sewer in the road at the front of the house (as you would expect). The end of the sewer at the back of the house comes out in a sandstone wall, and isn't sealed - rather, there is a metal "hood" over it, to stop stuff...

Hi all, Quick question, just to make sure I'm not going mad! I have just moved into a new house - it's got a boiler in about 10 years old, with a British Gas UP1 programmer, and there is a thermostat on the wall in the hall - a REALLY old Honeywell one, with the temperature in fahrenheit -...

Hi, My cooker has stopped working, and, having taken the front off the cooker control unit, I can see that one of the wires between the CCU and the cooker itself has burnt and broken. It's fairly well burnt - the insulation is all flaky, and there are big black burn marks around it. My...

Hi all, I recently (well - May) had a new boiler fitted - a sealed system. Since it's got cold and the heating's started coming on, I can hear what sounds like a trickling noise coming from the airing cupboard, where the hot water tank is. Occasionally, I also get noices that sounds like air...

Hi all, Have had a new Central Heating system professionally fitted, and am generally pretty happy with it - however, I have a question about the three port valve. How loud are they supposed to be? The airing cupboard backs on to the bedroom, and I can hear it whirring when the heating...

Hi chaps, Just had a nice new central heating system fitted, and am really pleased with it! They've fitted the Honeywell CM67 thermostat with Optimum Start, and I have a question about how it works. Now, I understand how it works with the heating - that's all fine - it learns when to come...

Hi all, Am finally getting round to replacing a (very old) GlowWorm Fuelsaver Mk II Boiler, and just want to run the quote past you chaps to see what you thought - have actually had about 6 people round, and these are the only outfit who seem to present themselves as professional, and who...

Hi, Hi all - hoping you can provide some guidance on a rather strange problem! I have a open vented CH system, with a feed and expansion tank in the attic, the hot water cylinder and pump in the airing cupboard on the first floor, and a boiler on the ground floor. The pump is mounted...

Hi all - hoping you can provide some guidance on a rather strange problem! I have a open vented CH system, with a feed and expansion tank in the attic, the hot water cylinder and pump in the airing cupboard on the first floor, and a boiler on the ground floor. The pump is mounted vertically...