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Hi guys, looking for a decent thermostat for my lovely glowworm :P Any recommendations please? Are ALL wireless thermostats compatible with combi boilers? Thanks

Hi Guys, I have a crosswater shower head very similar to this one: every week or 2, limescale builds up in each of the nozels and makes it less effective as a shower. The only way I know to clean is to remove the head, spray cillet bang through it (which doesn't really work) and...

Hi, I live in a 2 bed semi (3rd bed is now a big bathroom) My bathroom has two sinks, bidet, bath, shower. My current boiler is a glowworm 30cxi, and I've had so many problems with it, i'm thinking instead of spending more money repairing it maybe just replace it? When the boiler...

Hi, I have a Glowworm Boiler 30cxi (I know its crap!) I'm getting F13 error which according to the manual is a 'main PCB fault' what I'm wondering is; do I need to replace the whole PCB or get an electrician to look at connections? There is one screw missing that closes the front of the...

Hi, I have a glowworm ultracom 30cxi I haven't put my central heating on for sometime for obvious reasons, tried yesterday and nothing happened, I tried turning combi off and on again and still nothing, no sound, nothing, the hot water works fine though. Anyone got any ideas? Or should I...

Hi, I was thinking of making my bath surround, using some hard wood, treated with tung oil or something that will make it water proof..this and silicone corners/joints around the bath, can anyone tell me if this would be ok? Anyone done this before? Thanks

Hi, I have Glowworm Combi, I think its Ultracom 30CXi, I've noticed i've been getting an F14 error, it used to come and go but now it comes more and more especially when I have CH on and then put tap on hot, anyone know what this error is? Can I sort this? Or strictly a professional...

Does anyone know pls? (32mm bidet waste) Thanks

Hi, As title says, I was going to connect my bidet with a 32mm trap and 32mm pipe which connects to a 32mm pipe boss on the pan connector. Is this a sound plan? I was thinking as its Bidet waste maybe use 40mm? But then again do you get boss pan connectors that are 40mm? Someone...

Hi, Couple quick questions: 1. Is Hep20 ok to fit to my Crosswater, thermostatic shower? 2. Is it ok to just push a Hep fitting onto my existing copper pipe without inserts or protection? Thank you for your time, Wil

Hi, I've put normal plasterboard on the wall my sinks are hung, below the sink it will be covered so was thinking of leaving the plasterboard bare. Is it best to paint some of that BAL waterproofing over it just incase? And over the bit above the sink that will be tiled? thanks anyone for...

Hi, I know they don't make doors this size and I cant cut down a 1980mm door to this size. The last doors that were there were those framed ledged and brace types and it was crap heat/sound insulation. My question is if I was going to use these types of doors again, could I insulate or...

Hi, I built a brick gully surround, (engineering bricks, 1:3 cement:sand as the mortar) left for 1 day 1 night to dry, put on kitchen taps to see if the water doesn't splash out of surround and goes down gully and the mortar is soaking up the water???? its following up in between the bricks...

Hi, the top half of my clay gulley has been replaced with a 110mm plastic pipe solvent weld to a plastic grill/cover. Where the clay joins the plastic it overlaps, but there is a slight gap! 1-2mm on one side. I'm worried that the water will find its way through it, through the concrete...

Hi, I have this fireplace: http://www.focalpointfires.co.uk/focalpoint-fires-product-details.asp?id=37 The cream marble around it and infront of it i want to paint to black, I think it's marble anyway? Any ideas how I go about this, i've read on this forum to use tile paint, is it as simple...

hi everyone, im going to be running 3 seperate pipes for my drainage in my bathroom refurb; 32mm waste pipe for 2 sinks 40mm waste pipe for walk in shower 40mm waste pipe for bath, these will run through my brick wall, (as 3 seperate pipes) my question is; Is it as simple as drilling...

Hi everyone, I was removing my old architraves only to find that the door frame and architrave is one piece of wood?! :? So tearing the architrave off I took some of the door frame off too. Now i'm putting new ones on and theres a gap behind it (where the door hinge will be going), Should...

Hi everyone, I'm about to screw my skirting onto the walls, the walls have been painted with polycell basecoat complete to help with a few hairline cracks, I was told to put skirting on BEFORE I do my blinding coat of emulsion, should i caulk the gaps at top of skirting before I put first...