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Ummm I hear what your saying but I have over the last 4 weeks been turning off the power suply over night and during the day when I am at work and only switching on for 15 minutes enough to give me a hot water supply. My gas units used has reduced by two thirds while doining this. Before...

The boiler is a Gledhill Boiler Mate II. I only want to run the system on timer during the summer and as I do not have the central heating running it shouldnt effect anything else, should it ??

Thanks guys. Got an engineer coming at the weekend. Will let you know how I get on. Thanks again Sacko

Hi on my hot water / central heating system I have a fused isolating socket. As I do not have a timer switch for my hot water (only a timer on my central heating) I would like to be able to time when the boiler operates for the hot water. 1. Can I simply change the fused isolater for a...

The joist run in the oposite way the the wall. The wall is supporting cut ends. What I dont understand is that my garage next to the kitchen (where I want to remove the wall) is a mirror of the kitchen same size but minus the wall, it also has a bedroom above the same size. The joist are the...

Hi Ive just found out that the wall I need to remove is a supporting wall( i.e there is just a floor above not a wall). the span I need to support is 12' what do I need to put in place RSJ or Catnick etc. I want to achieve the least amount of protrusion as possible. Any advice would be great...

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Thanks Static, I will take some phots tonight (my sketching is rubbish) will post them tomorow. sacko

How can I tell if a wall is load bearing. at the end of my kitched I have an opening wich houses a small utility room. The wall is about 4' from the end wall and is only single block. The joist above run from one end of the kitchen to the end wall running over the wall in question, but it...

I have a bath mixer tap set the type that has a flexi shower attchment that sits on a cradle. I have seen on the web converstion kits that changes the shower from flexi to Rigid Riser. However these all seem to be in chrome where as my taps are gold ( in colour that is !) Does anyone know...

Hi Guys after a trip to my local supermarket, I notice that on a small patio area, between the paving slabs they had Pea Shingle. On further inspection the Pea Shingle was held in place by some sort of Resin and so stopping it moving around. Does anyone know what it is and where I can get it...

I have just moved to a new house that has a Boiler MateII feeding the central heating and hot water. I need to move a radiator but to do this I need to drain the system. With my old system all I needed to do was isolate the header tank and drain off from a downstairs rad, since the Boiler Mate...