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  1. T

    Advice on buying Ideal Logic for my house

    Other than £75, whats the difference- Basically, which would you buy? I was going to order the cheapest on Monday Ideal Logic ESP1 24kW Combination Boiler Natural Gas ErP | Boilers Ideal Logic C24 Combination Boiler Natural Gas ErP | Boilers
  2. Harvest Fields

    Pump House Condense pump

    Has anybody had any experience with one of these. After some genuine feedback. Been asked to quote to fit a combi in a 2 bed semi and remove a powermax 155x. But the powermax is in the centre of the house and it has 19mm boarding on the floor, not floorboards. Do not want to try and take the...
  3. J

    Work done on boiler, now radiators hot but house cold?!

    Please tell me we aren’t going mad? Before today our radiators worked fine, got really hot and heated the house quickly etc. We had a magnetic filter and a Hive thermostat fitted yesterday (the filter was on the list for a while at the recommendation of our plumber and the Hive was brought...
  4. L

    Heating Bedrooms Issue across 2 floors in 3 storey house

    Hi All, I hope you can help. I am looking for advise to try to work out if my builder is fobbing me off again or giving good advise. I live in a 3 storey 6 bedroom house. It has a Ideal Logic 24 boiler and we are having heating issues. (2 rooms on 3rd and 4 room on 2nd) with 1 x wireless...
  5. S

    what size stove do i need for my house

    Been meaning to upgrade my heating system for a few years but always had something came up and put it off untill now. Its a 2400sq ft dormer built to 2004 regs. Oil burner but now i want a duel system and going to install a back boiler stove. Wanting to know what solid fuel kw stove id need or...
  6. D

    An old house in need of TLC

    Hi all, I am a bit disabled with a bash on the head so unable to work in life now, but still able to learn bits at a time and do some things for myself. lost concept of time and dates but no problem to me, only others and cognitive functioning is affected. I have taken on a large old house...
  7. C

    House Not Warm Enough When all Radiators Fully Open

    Hi, I've just had a Baxi Duotec 28 fitted. I've got 7 radiators and the plumber said for this 2 bedroom bungalow it should be fine. Because it's winter I've had the the thermostatic valves fully open. All the radiators seem to get quite hot but I've found that shutting off a couple of radiators...
  8. M

    All but one cold rads, but hot pipes & hot water, house Brrrry cold!

    It's a decent sized system, 8 rads upstairs, 4 down, the only rad that gets hot is the bathroom one. Glow-worm ultracom 38cxI I think about 10 years old I think has orange light panel with mode CH/off, temperature setting, pump inside casing. The boiler fires up and the temperature goes up...
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    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  9. T

    Shower Advice in older house

    Customer has sent these pics regarding concealed shower. Apparently one of the knobs has broken and unable to operate shower valve. Has tried contacting company for replacement knob but told no longer available as old model. Wants to know practicality of replacing with new or blanking off and...
  10. P

    Central heating for tiny house?

    Well, I live in a VERY small 1 bed house with heating sources of wood burner in the kitchen and two electric radiators, 1 in the bedroom and 1 in the bathroom. I have asked a local heating engineer to give me an idea of installing a back boiler onto the wood burner and then 2/3 radiators into...
  11. J

    Moving house - UFH fun

    Hi All I have recently moved house and this new house has underfloor heating in the kitchen. now i know the house has been renovated and has been empty for perhaps a year. What i have noticed is that the underfloor heating is luke warm at best. i know it runs from the boiler. i checked under the...
  12. D

    Can Faulty Gate Valve On Street Cause House Leak?

    Hi. We discovered a leak in our house's kitchen. It was coming up through the floor in the corner and was about half a bucket of clear water an hour. The kitchen sits 2 steps lower than the front of the house which is on the street. Long story short, the plumber found the gate valve...
  13. S

    What is better a Saniflo or a commercial type Pump for efficiency and sound in private house?

    We are looking to create a en-suite bathroom with bath, sink and toilet at front of house. So will need some kind of macerator. I want to make sure that I get something that will be quiet and efficient, had a saniflo 10 years ago and was not impressed. I am willing to spend a little more than...
  14. R

    Water Leak between meter and house?

    Hi All I have had a problem with a leaking toilet (and consequently a horrendous water bill!) but that is now fixed. But still the water meter turns - very slowly - the last of 4 red digits increments once per minute. So I presume that is 1/1000 m3 per minute? (or 1.4m3 per day!) That is still...
  15. R

    Combi boiler in a large house

    Good afternoon, We are looking to change our existing system (boiler, cylinder and massive water tank in the loft) and have been advised on a Megaflow and a Combi boiler from different plumbers. I am really keen on a combi boiler (water on demand, no tanks etc), though understood they were...
  16. K

    Clueless! New house no idea on heating/hot water system

    hi all, Not sure if this is allowed here but I'm just looking for advice :) I was left with no manuals in my new house, I moved in this April. It's a modern 2 bed house, built in 2010. Anyway, just inside the front door I have a ICOS HE12, next to it is a control panel to set timers for hot...
  17. D

    All taps in house lukewarm since work done in bathroom

    Hi all! Recently had some work done in the bathroom (retiled floor, new sink and toilet put in). Since then ALL the hot taps (shower, bath, bathroom sink, kitchen sink) in the house are producing water that could at best be described as warm. We have a combi boiler new in 2015 but it was fine...
  18. S

    Advice please for stinky house

    Hi all. I live in an area where periodically the smell of sewer is quite over bearing, unfortunately for me when this happens the smell also totally engulfs my house, every room, so bad I have to go stop with my mum. I have had the water board twice and they say all pipes are clear and I have...
  19. A

    No idea with what type of system i will require for a 6 bedroom/bathroom house

    Hi all, I'm a home owner/investor looking to pick some brains of knowledgeable heating engineers and plumbers. I have just purchased a house, currently a 1970's style 3 bedroom 1 main bathroom and downstairs WC property. currently using a 24kw Worcester combi boiler I am looking to convert it...
  20. K

    Terrible smells in new house I have moved into

    I have just moved into my house. There are terrible smells eminating into it seems 3 rooms all containing plumbing. I understand a little about traps and soil stacks. So a plumber is looking into replacing traps on my bath and shower as there are smells coming from there too but there is a...

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