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Will having my boiler on full, 24/7 cause damage?
Hi All We are having some work done to the house and as a result currently have no back wall to the Kitchen or one of the upstairs bedrooms. I have turned off radiators in applicable rooms, but the boiler is still on full blast 24/7 just to maintain the rest of the house at around 16-17 degrees. (Our kitchen was -2 this…
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Boiler Problem
Hi My boiler has two problems: 1. Dripping water from overflow down the side of the house 2. Hot water running luke warm and cold every few seconds. Plumber been out and a repair will be £700 or need to consider a new boiler. Don't think I can afford a new boiler - can't really afford £700 for the repair. There don't seem…
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Additional charges for decorating--advice sought
Hello all, I accepted a quote from a tradesman to redecorate my house. It is something I had been planning for a long time and finally I'd got my finances in order and taken out a low-interest loan to carry out the work. So I have been working to a budget. Having received his quotation I agreed to the price and adjusted my…
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Frozen condensate pipe
I have a frozen condensate pipe. It's on the first floor, about mid-window height. What's the best way to fix it? I'd normally phone for an engineer, but it doesn't seem to be a problem with the boiler itself from what I can gather. Gareth
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Draughty keylock in upvc door
With the latest beast coming in from the East, I have realised that my upvc front door is pretty much useless at stopping any sort of draught. I might need to check if its misaligned and sort out the gale through the letterbox, however the draught coming through the keyhole is surprising. Does anyone have any suggestions…
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Property leak from upstairs - who foots the bill?
There has been a massive leak from upstairs. The owner upstairs is refusing to take responsibility, despite the managing agents of the development claim it is the responsibility of them upstairs. Apparantly, building insurance only kicks in if the repair costs over 500 gbp. Since this repair comes in slightly under, I have…
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Sunvic Sunstat problems
DD moved into newish new build house with Worcester boiler and Two Sunviv Sunstats controlling upstairs and downstairs-both wired, not wireless, model no.TLX700, I think. All working ok then last week the upstairs started to play up and wont turn off the boiler so heating stays on unless you turn the boiler down. As this…
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Bathroom Extractor Fan...
We have a Manrose MF100T In-Line Extractor Fan 100mm/4" fitted to our bathroom... ...at the moment it seems to be struggling to gain momentum, starting slowly and then building up to, maybe 75% of its normal power. ...this unit is close to 4yrs old and used, naturally every day. ...can we assume that it has reached the end…
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No water, what to check first?
I tried the hot tap, looked a little low in pressure, so I turned it off and tried the cold tap. That was low too, slowing to almost nothing. I live in a house built in the 60s, so I would have thought any frozen pipes would have been lagged many years ago. I do have a neighbour that is refitting all his kitchen, and I…
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Stacking a Tumble Dryer on a Washing Machine
If a washing machine is located in an external brick shed, do you think there would be any issues with stacking a separate tumble dryer on top of it? There isn't the space to place it beside the washing machine. I suppose, straight off, one issue would be getting the tumble dryer up on top of the washing machine if they're…
