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With gas prices climbing higher than Edmund Hillary I think the time has come for an upgrade to a new efficient boiler. At the moment I'm in the cogitation/planning stages before looking for installers. The current Crane Cavalier boiler, a cast iron floor standing behemoth, is sited approx...

I've just had the valve replaced on my ancient boiler after the pilot refused to stay lit despite a thermocouple replacement. This fixed the problem as expected Being a nosey sod I retained the old valve and disassembled it to see what makes it tick and what went wrong. In doing this I...

Hi folks, I'm planning to replace my venerable Crane boiler with something a bit more efficient, smaller and not in the kitchen. In fact I want to relocate a nice Broag of Valiant into the loft I've talked it through with a relative in the trade who will do the job (technically his employer...

Hi all, Still trying to figure out how best to run my heatbank. My current system is open vent, indirect gravity DHW, pumped CH, no valves. All the rads are run in 15mm stainless and since quite a bit of this is exposed I'd certainly like to re-use this although I'll likely swap the old...

I've not seen an answer to this as such so here goes.... I've just fitted a normal thermostatic shower mixer. It is the only fixture in the bathroom which is not connected with Cu (or stainless for the radiator) pipework as I used plastic where the H&C are chased into the wall. This means...

I had the water off today finishing the plumbing in my new bathroom. Stoopidly I forgot about this and when I came to flush the porcelain telephone a second time nothing happened obviously. In the process I did push the button 2 or three times before the brain kicked in Anyhoo, turned water...

I'm in the process of replacing my upstairs bathroom and I'd like to swap the extractor It's currently a mainrose jobby with 240V fan body screwed into the ceiling directly above the tap end of the bath I'm going to replace it with a remote fan ducted job with a 12V GU10 downlighter built...

I know the obvious answer is to pick up the phone and ask directly bt since Bournemouth BCO officials wouldn't answer the phone today does anyone have any guidance ........ I'm currently renovating my upstairs bathroom However, I'm also planning to refurb the kitchen in the mid-long term...

Hi there, I'm planning a light circuit rewire as my vintage 60s circuit is a cpc free zone :( I am as yet uncertain whether I will get this done via a friends company (which is NAPIT "registered" and hence able to self-certify through their scheme) or whether I will go through the LBC route...

Hi again The next stage of the heatbank project will be the selection of a new boiler. However I'm having issues speccing up the system and so far my trusted plumber (CORGI installer for 10 years, will be fitting/comissioning the system and has his unvented ticket ;) ) and my dad's cousin...

The guy I lodge with oop in the smoke had a new Ravenheat and indeed a complete new heating system fitted about 18 months ago. So while it's undoubtedly a proverbial brown smelly thing it's still quite a fresh one :D I have no idea what specific model it is, there's no obvious plate on it...

OK lets try this again The (electronics) engineer in me cannot let this go so I would still like to explore my idea further but I do not want this to turn into another personal flame war Some ground rules this time :- 1) I am aware of the great presurized Vs Heat bank Vs Combi Vs...