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Hi My dad's heating suddenly packed up on Thursday, of course just as the temperature really dropped. It's intermittent and will work about 20% of the time but mostly it won't. The ecotec 415 is about 10-15 years old and has been serviced regularly, almost every year like clockwork. The...

Evening all I have read the following excellent post: //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38902 which details how to flush a system using the filling loop. I thought I'd give this a go this evening. Two things to mention first of all: The four-radiator combi boiler heating...

Hi A semi-productive weekend of DIY. Got the new waste, trap etc fitted to the bath and moved on to the tap once I was happy the waste wasn't leaking... I removed my almost 30 year old mixer yesterday after much swearing and loss of skin. I have a new thermostatic to fit and I thought it...

Hi all I posted the following onto rated people a month or two ago. I didn't receive any replies so I wondered if the pros on here could cast their eyes over it and give me their opinion regarding the time and labour charge. I started refitting my kitchen about four years ago and it's now...

My faithful Vokera 20/80 has started to groan. The pump is on its way out and although I'm sure I could replace the pump and get another few years from it, I really ought to get it replaced seeing as it really needed to be replaced five years ago. The fact that I've manage to squeeze this long...

dear all I have been slowly but surely renovating the internal face of my wooden window frames. The units are single glazed, which means that quite a bit of condensation forms on the glass and then runs down onto the wood. This eventually results in the paint peeling and the water getting...

Hi all I was a bit too enthusiastic with my kitchen refurbishment. I feel I may have bitten off a bit more than I can chew. I ripped up the old ceramic tiles and proceeded to lay the new ones. We went for natural slate tiles. Two things about these buggers: 1) They're not all the same...

Hi all I have spent today ripping up my ceramic-tiled kitchen floor. Oh my god. I had no idea it would be so hard. I had a huge hammer and two new sharp cold chisels, but it still took me all day (room is about 3.25m x 2.5m). I am absolutely cream crackered!!!! The surface which was...

Hi all I'm currently enquiring about having replacement timber frames and double glazing fitted. My current units are rotting pine-framed units with single glazing. It appears that the glass is held in place with pieces of wood (are these beads?), pinned to the frame. This is on the outside...

Greetings all, Just curious really.... While reading through my 20/80 service manual (excellent bedtime reading), I noticed that as part of the commissioning it states that the boiler should have its maximum rate set, so that when it fires for CH it gives the burner the required flow for the...

I only ask because I'm wondering if I'm just extremely slow at this, or if it's just as long as it takes. Yesterday, I sanded down a doorframe and gave it a coat of dulux primer/undercoat. This process took the best part of two hours. I left it to dry overnight. This afternoon, I started...

Me again! I'm slowly losing pressure on my 20/80. It drops to about .5 bar over the course of a couple of weeks. I would like to eliminate the radiator circuit by isolating it from the boiler. I have no wet pipes anywhere (visible), so I think the leak could stem from the actual boiler. Can I...

I just love the name of that boiler! We've just moved into a flat in Twickenham that has a Vokera installed which is playing up. British Gas came for the annual service and said the boiler is beyond economical repair and it's time to replace it. Forgive me for being sceptical! I have done...