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thats right guys and girls i am offering you all free advice on all your central heating and plumbing questions ..
i will not be giving my details number out to anybody so i am not plugging for work but i will help anybody that i can ...
or even if you want advice on what boiler to buy etc ..

just ask i dont bite and i might be able to save you some money

Little_Miss_Penny_Less

Ok, bear with me as I am very untechnical and really asking this on my husbands behalf...

We currently have gas central heating throughout the house, with the program box (with timer etc) on the wall in the landing and the thermostat in the porch near the front door. This is really inconvenient, as the porch is permanently cold (as we have turned off the radiator out there as the heat was just wasted - we hardly ever use the porch and the heat just escapes out the front door. Previously it was the opposite problem that the porch is small and therefore would heat up quicker than the rest of the house and the thermostat would turn off too soon) so the thermostat never kicks in and turns the heating off.

So we want to move the thermostat. Hubby has been looking at some wireless thermostat units, one is such that you replace the thermostat box in the hall by wiring in a 'transmitter' type box, and then there is a portable remote thermostat that you can put in whatever room you want.

so questions -
1) Are these remote thermostat things any good? and will it solve our problem?
2) Are we ok to attempt this work ourselves or does it need to be CORGI registered or is too complex for DIY?
3) Do we need to stick to a particular make (hubby says all our equipment in the house is 'Drayton' make but branded up as British Gas) for the thermostat to work with our current equipment
4) If the answer to 3 is no, then is there any issue with buying cheaper - i.e. the Drayton make one is £100 and there are some other makes around £50.

Oh, and another thing - we are expecting our first baby - is there a good way to regulate the temperature in the baby's room, i.e. a second thermostat or such like?

Many thanks!

vodkafrog

Thank for a such a kind offer heating-eng. I have been given a quote for a simi 30 100,000 btu condensing combination boiler, but I cant find any review about this boiler when ive searched on the net ??. Does it go by another name or have you come across this brand before Thanks

razord

Quick question!

The back bedroom here has a small radiator fitted right by the door, on copper pipes. The room has 2 external walls and gets very cold, with lots of condensations, we want to put a bigger radiator in against the window, either replacing, or more likely, co-existing with the existing radiator.

It's about a 4 meter distance, maybe 6 if they ran pipes along the walls rather than under floorboards.

So my question is, how much is that likely to cost and is it likely to cause any problems with the boiler not being capable of handling another radiator?

It's a fairly new energy efficient boiler - it's only about 4 years old.

numberonemummy

Just need a bit of advice please ?
My hubby fitted the bathroom (he used to do for a living so should of been done properly )
Anyway, about a year ago, the tap fixing (the long silver flexi thingy) popped off, luckily daughter came home from school, must of only been gone about 15 mins as damage wasnt that bad, ex hubby (as he is now ) replaced with another fixing, said it must of been faulty,
Anyway, last week, daughter rings, the whole of the downstairs is under an inch of water, same thing happened again,
I cant afford to get a plumber in, but i'm really not happy having another fixing identical to the 2 others, the contents insurance wont cover the laminate flooring, nor will the housing trusts insurance, so i want to make sure it will be safe, but if i say anything to the ex i'm deemed as ungrateful, the pic below shows the fixing, it went into a long fancy tap ontop of the unit,
Any advice would be gratefully apreciated

keystone

Can you post the pic please? - yes I know you said "the pic below" but here isn't one. Anyway, the "thingy" is a flexible tap connector. Pushfits are plain lazy and somewhat unsightly. If its going onto a chromed copper pipe pushfits are a big no-no - they come off all too easily. Theres no such thing as a totally impossible to get to compression fitting. However, without the pic its a tad difficult to advise you properly without loading you up with all sorts of "if"s, "but"s and "probably"s.

Cheers

Post the pic and

keystone

razord wrote: »

either replacing, or more likely, co-existing with the existing radiator.

and

It's about a 4 meter distance, maybe 6 if they ran pipes along the walls rather than under floorboards.

Seem mutually exclusive to me or is it the way you described it?

is it likely to cause any problems with the boiler not being capable of handling another radiator? It's a fairly new energy efficient boiler - it's only about 4 years old.

Difficult to tell without knowing what boiler we are talking about and what size the remainder of the system is.

Cheers

keystone

vodkafrog wrote: »

........... I have been given a quote for a simi 30 100,000 btu condensing combination boiler,..............

Do you mean Sime? Yes? Oh dear! Ask your installer for a quote for a German one. (WB, Viessman etc)

Cheers

missile

We have gas fired CH. Underfloor heating in the lounge which has a large floor to ceiling windows and radiators in every other room.

At present we have a time clock and temperature sensor in the hall and lounge. When the hall sensor falls below set value boiler fires and if the temperature in lounge is below thermostat the pump for under floor heating comes on. This is not a satisfactory arrangement.

We would like to be able to control the lounge independently. I guess I need another time clock? How should the system be configured?

kaya

i don't have any questions for you but you may well need a secratary to keep up with everyone elses!

keystone

kaya wrote: »

i don't have any questions for you but you may well need a secratary to keep up with everyone elses!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Yep All questions and all answers mixed up. It would be better if each questioner started a separate thread of course.

Cheers