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Thanks for the info. Am I right in thinking if I do get a GasSafe guy in to cap the existing gas pipe, I am allowed to fit the electric oven and electric hob myself? It should be a straight enough fit.

Bought built in electric oven and gas hob from Comet for them to install. First engineers said they COULD fit oven and hob but we needed to sort the electrics out at the back as they were unsafe - we did this and 2 different engineers came out a few days later. Those engineers walked...

Thanks Graham. My radiator pipes both come up under the floor next to each other and one has to run along under the radiator to meet the valve at the other side - this makes it look 'less pretty' than those with pipes straight up/down from each side. Good to know copper is good. Will keep...

My house has copper pipes (not painted white) to radiators (& they're slightly wonky). Cosmetically they aren't like the straight in/out pipes I see in other peoples houses. 1 Are copper pipes common (better/worse) for radiators 2 On a couple of them, they are slightly green near...

1 week ago had new baxi solo 24 condensing boiler fitted. Kept existing control panel on wall (british gas model UP1) and thermostat/roomstat in hallway. Heating enginner initially wired up the control panel just to get the system working but it needed wiring properly - so he sent an...

Had a baxi solo 24 installed last week to replace my condemed glow worm. We kept the existing control panel and hallway thermostat as we are happy with how these work. However, since he left we have had the following problems: 1 Thermostat in the hall does not work/affect the boiler at all...

Thanks for all your comments and help. I have just spoken to the engineer and am going to stick with a like-for-like replacement and NOT a Combi. He is going to install a baxi solo 24. I did ask about worcester/valant? because I had heard these were good high-end brands and he said he would...

thanks for the thoughts. Yes it is gravity fed - and forgot to say that I have had a quote to replace my current conventional boiler and system flush for ~£1650. One worry in keeping a conventional boiler is the potential for future problems with my airing cupboard tank or water storage tank...

HELP Conventional glow worm boiler has been condemmed & disconnected. Have had 3 engineers round quoting for replacements and for combi's also. Only downside I can see to combi is lower water pressure. Quotes are around £2-2400 for either option. 2 engineers said a combi is better for the...

OK - I get the fact that BG are not at all popular (and that is prob an understatement!). But if anyone could advise me on : possible likely cost of a sludge flush (I've seen £400 on independent web sites), and, if I 'can' (or not advised?) leave the boiler flame switch on the low...

I'm not at home so can't confirm the boiler make. I know it is >5-10 years old, but it is in very good condition. I have had no problems with it until this knocking and Britgas check it annually. So i will get a quote for a powerflush to remove the sludge. Any suggestions of what the qhote...

For the last 3 weeks I have had my heating on and all has been fine. The boiler in my kitchen has a low and high flame setting and it has been on low. Now that we are coming into winter I put it on high. Within 2 minutes the boiler and pipes were banging like crazy. As soon as I changed it...

Recently my dishwasher has not been cleaning a bottom half of my dishwasher. The entire top gets cleaned well and the bottom left, where I load plates also gets cleaned well. But, no matter what I put in the bottom right half of the machine, it never gets that clean, no matter how light the...

Would that mean I would be okay to use the shower until the low setting fails? and then presumably I will need a new shower unit? I have had a look inside the shower casing and the heating can looks like a pain to replace in itself... Another forum suggested that it might be a faulty...

Hope you can help, I have looked through the forum at other shower tripping problems and none are exactly like mine: I have a triton T80si (few years old). It was working fine until a few days ago when it just tripped. Reset the circuit breaker (dedicated for the shower), pulled the pull...

I laid a laminate floor 8 months ago and have only now just got around to sorting out the new skirting boards. (my wife loves me...) I had noticed that a couple of parts of the floor would bow ever-so-slightly when the house was warm and I just put this down to the boards expanding and...

Hello, I am thinking of converting my garage into a dining room. No quotes yet but reckon on £7-9K. It is 18ft x 9 ft. It is mostly integral to the house and has a flat roof covering approx 10 ft x 9 ft out to the front. I would ideally like to get a pitched roof done when I get the...

Last night I noticed that the bathroom hot water tap was only just trickling water out ( a problem that had been getting progressively worse). Also the tap would only turn about one-and-a-half rotations but all my other taps turn 3-5 times. I see from this forum that it might have been the...

Thanks for the replies. I had a look at another site and it mentioned that a lot of 'modern' houses were not suitable for loft conversions because of the low ceiling height, and moreso because of the layout of the struts and joists; ultimately making any conversion cost prohibitive I'll...

I have a 4-bed detached modern (1978) house. My loft is roughly, but no higher than, 2 metres from the floor to the roof apex. Is it possible to convert it (with a dorma perhaps) at this height? The web sites all seem to state a minimum of 210-215cm. I have not seen any other houses of a...