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Hello. I have a water discharge issue via the overflow from my unvented cylinder. The cylinder is overflowing only when the cylinder is being heated. It appears the muppet who installed it did not do a proper job and will not return to fix. I have been told that the pressure relief valve...

Can anyone shed any light on the following? Hardware: Eco tech 624 - System Boiler NOT combi with a pressurised HW tank. What appears to be happening is; When I have my boiler set to heat water only, it does so and appears to do so to the set temperature. I've messed about with the tank...

Looks like I will be having a new double oven and an induction hob. Both are likely to be 32 amp. I currently have one 32 amp mcb in the consumer unit that feeds the existing cooker. This should be fine for the new oven, but what about the hob? I know I could get a 13amp hob, but most are 32...

Ok, This is related to a previous post. It appears that i have a blockage in the primary coil of my unvented cylinder. I know this as I have taken off the inlet and outlet pipes of the coil. The feed pipe is clear and the return is to. I cant blow through the coil - or suck - used a wet vac...

Hi, We have an Eco tech 624 plumbed as a system boiler. It has a pressurised hot water tank in the loft for hw. Come back off holiday to find that the boiler appears not to be heating the hot water. It fires up for the programmed time but no hot water. Non of the control knobs have been...

Hi Bought some internal reducers for converting my 15mm rad valves to 10mm pipe. Was a little confused by this brand and the set is one piece, rather than two piece and an olive. I finally worked out that this one piece type does not need an olive, even though the instructions on the pack refer...

Hi Trying to hang 48 kg rad to brick wall. 3 brackets appear ok, one is going into either mortar or a very poor block. Tried moving the bracket but still the same problem. Any ideas? Also a bit concerned with the screws and plugs supplied. Are wall anchors ever used. All good advice...

Hi Im told that nothing exists what so ever to pack out flag hinges from the door and its frame on a uPVC door. After some alterations a uPVC door no longer opens much past 90 degrees as the hinges hit the new surround - effectively the door is set too far into the wall now. A simple solution...

Hello. My kitchen has a side extension with a pitched roof about 25 years ago, before we moved in. Upon investigation there is minimal insulation above the plastered ceiling. Above the "existing" / "original" kitchen ceiling is a bathroom. The roof space above the extension is well ventilated...

Hi I'm planning a flat roof orangery style extension. I'm looking for a fascia and ultimately a gutter system that will hide the edge of the flat roof. Essentially I'm thinking there must be a gutter profile available that is higher on the outboard edge than the inboard??? Any advice?? Thanks...

Hi I have a side extension to the kitchen with a pitched roof. There appears to be about 75mm of loft insulation above the plaster board. With 8 poorly fitted downlighters the thermal insulation of this ceiling is quite poor. I wish to improve it. Im thinking of simply adding 100mm of celotex...

Hi Just started self installation of HIVE. Removed Honeywell Dual Controller for CH and HW. Found only eart, Live neutral and two other wires for CH on and HW on on pins 3 and 4. I also have a wired thermostat which I presume wires direct to the boiler and not the programmer. HIVE...

Hi We currently have a system boiler that was installed in 2007 with an open vent cylinder in the loft. We are having a loft conversion. So originally thought about a closed vent cylinder to feed hw system linked to existing boiler. Some plumbers now advising on replacing a perfectly working...

hi. maybe 25 years ago the house I live in was extended. The kitchen was widened and a single pitch lean to tiled roof added above. When fitting some down lighters I think I noticed there is no more than about 50mm of loft insulation above the plasterboard. The kitchen is coldish and so I think...

Hi 1930s Semi Detached House. Looking at extending the lounge area by 2m. This will entail knocking through and a beam installing to support the 1st floor. In order to maximise the size of the room I want the beam to rest on the smallest "stub walls" possible. So, is there a minimum length of...

Hi Further to a recent post on rads taking 2 hours to heat up................. I have started to look at the internal programmable functions of the boiler. What I noticed that the boiler often switches off during the initial heating of the CH water, long before the rads are hot. I have picked...

Hi I have a Vailant Ecotec system boiler, 24kw feeding 10 rads in total, plus heating the water cylinder. I live in a typical 1930's 3 bed semi. Upstairs rads, if on, heat quickly and to full power. In fact out of 4 rads upstairs only two are ever on, we prefer cool bedrooms! Downstairs rads...

Hi I have "inherited" 3, 12v, 10w halogen wardrobe lights without a power supply. I'd like to use them, regardless of there now being LED equivalents, simply because the lamps fit the holes in the wardrobes and newer alternatives dont. Obviously I will be powering via the mains and so can...

Hello I have a traditional wood suspended floor with 3 feet of crawl space below. I have used loft insulation held in place with wire between the joists. I am wondering if I used a foil material like a space blanket under the joists and insulation, stapled to the joists to add to the thermal...

Hi I am working on designing and making my own bedside lamp. I want a dimmer switch on it if possible. Can I buy a typical wall dimmer from Toolstation for example and use it? If so, what would I need? I dont understand the difference between 1 gang and 2 gang, 1 way and 2 way -. How would I...