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  1. B

    HW Gas consumption for empty house ?

    Hi all, Bit of an odd question here. I've been on holiday and have the CH switched off, but did not stop the twice daily boost of HW on the timer. Given that here is no HW been consumed in the house when we are away I expected the gas consumption to be minimal as the loss from the 2 x uniSTOR...
  2. J

    All house water pump installation

    hi I am looking to fit a all house pump to my gravity system, I already have a pump installed for the shower, pump located at the tank floor level, but want to remove it and connect the shower feeds back into the system without the pump, I am confident on how to do this, however, once this is...
    • Jamesey1823
    • Thread
    • house installation pump water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  3. R

    Worcester Greenstar 30i for a 4.5 bedroom 3 bathroom house?

    Hi We current have a 10-year-old pressured HWS with a Potterton Supremo 80. The system leaks at the pressure value above the boiler and the PRV also leaks. Our house has 4.5 bedrooms, 2 lounges, 2bathrooms and kitchen. With the possibility of a third bathroom going into the loft in the next 3...
    • Rueben Derrick
    • Thread
    • bathroom greenstar house worcester
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  4. Scott_D

    Boiler for your own house

    What would you fit in your own house? To keep it a fair comparison it must be a combi and around 30kw
  5. P

    Boiler broken - foul acrid odour throughout house.

    My boiler is broken and I'm currently waiting for an emergency visit, but this morning I noticed there was a terrible smell in 4/6 rooms. It's strongest in the bedroom where the boiler is located. It's a very pungent, chemical, acrid smell, a little bit like rotten eggs mixed with burning tyres...
  6. S

    Oil to storage heaters in large house.

    My aunt has bought a large 3 bedroom house and has removed the oil tank and is also wanting to remove the oil burner and change from oil to electric storage heaters. I've been trying to advise her against this because the running costs of storage heaters can be more than oil. Does building regs...
  7. D

    Whole house underfloor heating as only heat source. Yes or No?

    I'm having a full house refurb and extensions built and had always been keen to have underfloor heating and no radiators. We don't have any plans for a fire or burner either. Does anyone have any experience living solely with UFH? Would you recommend it or should I maybe go with UFH for the...
    • dazboj
    • Thread
    • heat heating house underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Plumbers Forums
  8. B

    Heating pipe layout - Mid-Nineties house

    Wonder if there are any site plumbers out there who'd know the standard arrangement for heating pipework in a mid-nineties Westbury built house. The heating was powered by an Ideal Classic boiler feeding a thermal store in a 1st floor airing cupboard. The rads are then fed in micro-bore which...
  9. S

    New House

    Well I've finally decided to get on the ridiculously overpriced UK property ladder and had an offer accepted on a 1950s ex council place, hopefully gonna have a month to work on it between getting the keys and moving out of our rented gaff. The Mrs wants laminate floor all the way through...
  10. K

    Central heating and pipework issus all over newly bought house.

    Hi, I am looking for advice from the skilled and knowledgeable as it seems very hard to pin down a plumber to look at all the issues I have without several call outs and costs. I bought a house about 6 months ago (30year old) and got straight on with some renovations. As part of this process...
    • KevRusski
    • Thread
    • central central heating heating house pipework
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
  11. C

    New house move, two appliances one water source

    Hi, I have one water supply and i want to run two appliances, a dish washer and a washing machine. The parts i have been looking at using are. Compression appliance tee from screw fix and a twin waste adapter from amazon, Would i need anything else ? Any advice on getting the ball...
    • curtcosmic
    • Thread
    • house water
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  12. M

    Moving bathroom to front of house

    I would like to move the bathroom in a Victorian semi in Sheffield from its current position at the back of the house to a portioned off section of the very large front bedroom to create an extra bedroom where the (currently large) bathroom is. I understand this will involve installing a new...
  13. I

    Cold house

    I moved into my present 1990-built home just over a yearago. A British Gas (Potterton) non-condensingboiler was installed a year or so before I bought the property. All the rads have TRVs and there wasoriginally just a time-switch for boiler control. Despite recently installing a...
  14. W

    New House no Rainwater Drains ?

    Hi All, Can anyone point me to the regulations on rainwater drainage. Does a new build, 2 up two down house size, have to have drains or can they just stick guttering up and hope the garden soaks it up ? Tried to find info on planning portals etc but can't find any. Thank you !
    • westcountrycat
    • Thread
    • house
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Bathroom Advice
  15. S

    MDPE 32 or 25mm into the house

    Hi, I have just had Thames Water upgrade my mains connection to a 32mm MDPE, however my builder has run a 25mm MDPE after TW stopcock from the property boundary into the house, hence I am wondering if this would have already reduced the pressure I would have had into the house. I would have...
  16. hammers4spanner

    Buying a house

    What a ball ache this is proving to be because I'm self employed , been doing my own thing for a long time now and show every year that i earn a wage however not good enough still classed as high risk to mortgage lender . Also have some property which was bought for pension purposes now this is...
  17. cr0ft

    What boiler would you fit in your own house?

    As it says folks. Need to fit a new boiler to replace the leaking Potterton piece of rubbish in our new build. What manufacturer do you think makes the best quality system boilers? Ideally wanting something with a long warranty (parts and labour) backed up by good service if it goes wrong...
  18. K

    whole house heating advice thread 2...

    **im reposting this because i needed to make some edits to the first thread i made and i cant because its been more than an hour since i first posted..this thread is the edited version*** hi i hope you are all well. im after advice as to the best place to spend money to keep our house a bit...
  19. M

    House with gate valve as stop tap then iso valve

    I have to do abet of work to do on a house that has lead coming in to a gate valve then an iso valve. The owner doesn't want to replace in mdpe. From boundary stop tap at the moment. So to isolate the houses water supply I have the iso valve or the boundary stop tap in the road. As the gate...
  20. P

    Two combi and accumulator house advice needed

    I have been trying to get help to replace an old heating system" Mix of electric & oil which leaves us freezing with small tank of hot water every day British gas came round and couldn't quote or help Local plumber no help couldn't quote So looks like a diy job We have 8 bedrooms 3...

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