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    Recent boiler room upgrade

    For those interested, here’s a recent install.
  2. E

    Why so little information about b/f gas convector room heaters?

    I reckon if I did a survey of 100 heating engineers, asking what would they recommend for heating a granny annexe being built onto the side of my house, in place of the garage, most would give me a suggestion to put in a) an extension to the existing boiler rad circuit & electric water heaters...
  3. r1k1n

    Ceiling paint recommendation - black mould on wet room ceiling

    Hello there all, I care for my disabled mum and her wet room ceiling has developed small speckles of black mould. I plan to remove the black mould and then paint the ceiling voer with a decent anti-mould ceiling paint. Can anyone recommend a decent paint brand? I know of Ronseal and Zinsser but...
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    Room Thermostat: Would I Benefit From Optimum Start/Stop?

    Hi, I just moved into a new house and it has a Glow Worm Compact 24c combi boiler and a ESI ESRTP4RF+ programmable room thermostat and I am wondering if it's worth turning on the optimum start and stop features? There is also something called TPI (chronoproportional control) but I'm not sure how...
  5. S

    Want a wet room in ensuite, OT thinks too small

    My existing en-suite layout is awful. Tiny cubicle and very cramped. I had thought of loosing the large basin, for a corner basin or one in a toilet tank design to create more space. Loosing the 740x740 cubicle for either a large open plan tray and a glass side panel. The prices for a tray...
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    Polypipe Programmable Room Thermostat - PB PZP

    I've had a couple of these battery powered thermostats fail and currently looking at finding replacements but I'm fairly sure they are now superseded? Can anybody advise on other programmable battery powered units that could be used instead? I'm assuming the others may well start to fail in the...
  7. Uncle Nick

    Room thermostat, what’s the point?

    Hi all, as it’s starting to get chilly at night, we’re thinking of having the heating on at night… well the wife is. Which led me to wonder whats the point of having a room stat when the radiators all have their own thermostat controls? We currently have just a time controller for the heating...
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    Laundry room plumbing help!

    Hey All-- New here as this is something I have not had to do on this scale before. I am renovating our laundry room, which currently only has the hookups for the washing machine box, but I want to add a sink as well. So I need some help with running the drain pipe mostly to make sure it is...
  9. Desktop987456

    Room sealed boiler - location

    I have a open flue old boiler (natural draft for combustion) installed on outside wall. Before winters want to install a heat only condensing boiler (room sealed), cannot install it at the current location as it is open to weather effects (rain and sun light in summers). I cannot install it in...
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    Locked out the room! Need help with the lock

    Hi fellas I believe my mortice lock is 3 level in one of my internal rooms in my house. I've lost my keys. Is there anyway I can break the lock to get in the room? Without breaking the door? Any help would be appreciated thanks.
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    Honeywell ST6400C programmer Honeywell T6360B1028 Room thermostat fix

    I have a Honeywell 7 Day Electronic 2 Channel Programmer ST6400C programmer and a Honeywell T6360B1028 Room thermostat . My programming is on the on position. I turn my thermostat off. But it turns on after 10 mins . How do I fix this?
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    • Forum: Central Heating Forum
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    Wet room shower leaking - cheaper repair

    I'll start this by saying I'm hoping to sort this by diy / minimal professional help as I'm a very tight budget! I've got a walk-in shower in a wet room. The shower has a tiled-over former with an additional ring of tiles around it. When the shower's in use, a drip comes through into the room...
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    Wet room shower trap to shower tray adapter.

    Hi folks, Might be a stupid question but I currently have a wet room shower in place with a waste trap but I am looking to convert to a shower tray with raiser kit. Is there an easy way to connect shower waste from tray to wet room trap using an adapter of sorts? I am trying to avoid ripping...
  14. J

    Polypipe thermostat not reading room temperature

    Hi, Our Polypipe thermostat doesn’t seem to be reading the room temperature correctly. It is working ok, in that it activates the valve but we have to manually reset the temperature each time to activate the underfloor heating. Any suggestions please?
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    Outside sensor slope vs room temperature setpoint

    I recently installed weather compensation on my Ideal Vogue Max and I'm very confused by the settings menu item called "outside sensor slope", which lets me select a number between 0 and 40. The manual states that this adjusts boiler performance relative to the building insulation, but doesn't...
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    Central heating room thermostat replacement

    Hi all, I have a simple mechanical Honeywell wall thermostat (i think you call it a 2 wire). I want to replace it as it is a bit old and unsightly and seems to have a lot of "play" between on and off. I could obviously easily replace it with the same thermostat or a very similar one, however i...
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    Shower Not Getting Hot (gets warm, but unlike the taps in the room)

    Ive troubleshooted it being the anti scold needs adjusting, however I have taken everything off the faucet to as much as I can. I have no idea how I get past where ive got to, any ideas?
  18. R

    Water not hot after changing Room Thermostat

    HI All My room thermostat (Digistat 1) gave up the ghost in the summer so I replaced it with a Digistat+3 (same backplate) It was fine until recently (it had got colder!) when I noticed that the radiators were not as hot as they used to be and the hot water was not as hot For example: I can...
  19. exedon2

    2 gas fires in a divided room?

    Just had a call from my 94 year old aunt (lives on south coast) Today had a annual gas service. Many years ago very large room dividend in two plastered stud wall pair of doors in middle doors never opened (but could be) Gas fire in each room, engineer has disconnected one fire saying you...
  20. L

    Rugby Club Changing Room Showers

    My local rugby club are having intermittent pressure drop problems with their showers. I’ve done quite a lot of domestic plumbing but need advice on this. The system is set up with 4 large hot water storage tanks, there are 4 pumps each which have a flow sensors on them. There are 10 showers...

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