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Hi there, We put the heating on today as we have been away (in addition to heating the hot water) and after a few hours we noticed some squealing from our Grant Vortex Pro Oil Boiler (15/21 Utility). Our annual service is not due until November but I am thinking I need to get this checked, and...

Hi there, I have a single garage that I need to park my car in, currently it is used as a storage area for bikes, tent, toys, garden equipment etc. The roof itself is made up of large asbestos sheets, which are fairly in tact and may have been up there since the 70's but possibly as far back as...

Hi All, We are in our second week of no heating which is not much fun. We have had a few problems with our Grant boiler, basically not firing. There is oil, more detail below, and the motor runs but it won't fire. Building up to this point we had an intermittent fault which resulted in the...

Hi there, I have a Grant 15-21 oil boiler which we had installed March 2012. I have had it serviced regularly (i.e. yearly). Today I ran out of hot water in the shower which was slightly odd. I went downstairs and turned on the boiler, both hot water and heating and thought nothing of it...

Hi there, I am in the middle of putting up some fence panels. I had them made locally at a wood merchant and the product looks excellent. I have already put up 7 panels and have 8 left to do. However I have not treated them yet and I know I need to (I have access to both sides). I want to...

Hi All, We had a Grant 15/21 'Utility' oil fired condensing system boiler with a standard flue pluming kit and 'Magnaclean' system cleaner fitted on the 13th March 2012. It was serviced last year and its been great all over the winter. We had out tank filled yesterday but the heating has...

Hi there, We live in an oldish house that has had a downstairs toilet added and an en suite in the master bed room. Both of theses rooms benefit from a fan which is turned on when you use the light switch in either. The fan is in the loft and it is connected with ducting. Normally the fan...

Morning, I have just woken up to water coming through my daughters ceiling, which is always a pleasure! So, I have been up in the loft, half asleep, and I think I have traced the problem to an auto air vent valve which I am presuming is on the heating system (which is off) which is leaking...

Hi All, I moved house a year ago and upgraded the heating system (oil). I have been insulating where I can to try to ensure the house is as economical as possible. My house was built around 100 years ago and has had a couple of extensions. The last of which appears to be a cavity wall where...

Hi there, I moved into my end of terrace three bed room house about a year ago and I installed Grant 15/21 oil conventional boiler to run my eleven radiators (all with thermostats but all at maximum). Oil usage has been around 1700 litres with about 200 still in the tank from that. I am...

I am in the process of updating our bathroom and this includes moving from a laminate floor to a tiling floor. On removing the old flooring i noticed the concrete was quite damp, i put alot of this down to the fact I had a radiator leak the day before. Anyway, I have waited three days now for...

Hi there, I have been scouring the boards looking for threads regarding sanding wooden floors. More immediatly I can't decide whether I should decorate first or sand the floors, I have seen threads that support both ideas. I have a victorian house with rather rough floorboards through-out the...