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I was up in the loft today and noticed a few tears/holes in the roof lining. Havn't noticed any water coming in so the tiles appear to be doing their job, but want to address this before we head into Winter. I found this video which looks doable: Is that the best way to repair something like...

I am boarding some of my loft for storage and am a bit confused on the best way to strengthen the existing joists. I have read conflicting advice, some say you can add additional joists on top and perpendicular to the exsting ones. Others say do them parallel and some say increase the height of...

We are attempting to change the light fitting in our lounge that is connected to two light switches. It has two brown, two blue and an earth wire. However the light fitting we have purchased only has room for 1 of each wire. We have looked at a number of guides online and some say it is fine to...

We have a range master oven cooker hood that has an extractor fan venting outside. I have confirmed there is no blockage in the ducting to the outside and I have made sure the ducting is fully secure to the top of the hood exit hole. But for some reason the fan seems to be partially blowing...

I have a Heatrae Sadia premier plus PP250B unvented hot water cylinder and a Vaillant ecoTec plus 618 system boiler. I want to adjust the temperature of the hot water cylinder to save a bit of money, but the controls appear to have no effect. I want to set the temperature to around 50/55ish...

I have a Grundfos UPM3 Flex AS pump for my UFH system. The lights on it are as follows: LED 1: Flashing green maybe every second LED 2: off LED 3: Solid yellow LED 4: Solid yellow LED 5: off I understand the yellow LED's indicate the speed/performance setting it is set to and I can change this...

I purchased a infrared thermometer to monitor the surface temperature of my floor with the UFH turned on. I have been monitoring it for a few days in the same spots and recording the data every 2 hours during the day. It seems I have a few hot/cold spots in locations I would expect there to be...

I have a Vaillant ecoTec plus 618 boiler. The minimum heat output of the boiler is 4kw. I have UFH downstairs with 5 zones. Some of these zones are very small, like the utility room and the study. I think the UFH manifold is set to around 32/35°C. The house is a well insulated new build and...

I have a Vaillant ecoTec plus 618 boiler and a Heatrae Sadia premier plus PP250B hot water cylinder. I have central heating radiators and underfloor heating, I want to reduce my boiler flow temperatures to make it more efficient. I understand hot water cylinders should store water at atleast...