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84574 Eric MEARS
ejmears Send Email
Mar 28, 2012
12:14 pm
Sounds to me more like a fault in the E7 timer. That used to be quite common when mechanical timers were used but all modern installations seem to use radio...
84575 Matt
mattysmit Send Email
Mar 28, 2012
3:06 pm
Was the original fitting with silicone a failure? If not could you not use the same method with black silicone for aesthetics? Matt ... From: W3526602@......
84576 Federico
fredcamerondiaz Send Email
Mar 29, 2012
10:12 am
Hello I have a house which I am going to refurbish from top to bottom. I will be doing some work myself, some will be done by people I hire directly and some...
84577 Tim Hawes
haweste Send Email
Mar 29, 2012
3:04 pm
Hi, If you have a mortgage you may find your lender requires you to have buildings insurance as a condition of that mortgage. You may then find that "normal"...
84578 rex-butcher@...
rex-butcher... Send Email
Mar 29, 2012
3:28 pm
The pumps are controlled by the boiler and the weather compensating sensor; they come on when the timer turns the UFH on, so even if WC advises no heating, the...
84579 rex-butcher@...
rex-butcher... Send Email
Mar 29, 2012
3:34 pm
Interesting; I will have a look into that, maybe this evening. My point is that 20% of my overall bill is rated as E7, and that is when there is next to no...
84580 David Chandler
davidchandler32 Send Email
Mar 29, 2012
6:30 pm
Hi  I used Selfbuild zone and yes minimum is one year but they will convert unused time into house insurance.  Alternative possible is to call it a holiday...
84581 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
8:54 am
Why not go for normal buildings & contents ? It will cover most (not all) of your risks. The biggie mine did not cover was hired in equipment, and the hire...
84582 Eric MEARS
ejmears Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
9:14 am
The problem with a ' normal buildings & contents' policy is that you are not allowed to leave the house unoccupied for more than a certain period. Sometimes as...
84583 Federico
fredcamerondiaz Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
6:42 pm
Thanks for the feed-back. Apart from the problems of having an unoccupied property, there is the risk of individual subbies having an accident and then...
84584 Christopher Hunter
chris_j_hunter Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
6:51 pm
we thought about this & decided insurance was a must ... doesn't cover contents, but still cost 500GBP pa ... which is not to say we'd trust them not to wangle...
84585 mike brooks
hypercubic Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
10:21 pm
" I spoke with the plumber and he advised that the room stats really do zilch, so I have them all fully open and the electrics turned off. Now it is all WC/...
84586 severnsource Send Email Mar 31, 2012
8:18 am
... I'm on my second weather compensated system and the internal room temperature sensors most definitely work. They alter the offset of the water temperature...
84587 UK_Selfbuild@... Send Email Apr 1, 2012
10:43 am
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
84588 UK_Selfbuild@... Send Email Apr 1, 2012
10:43 am
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
84589 Christopher Hunter
chris_j_hunter Send Email
Apr 1, 2012
12:25 pm
interesting ... ... that's a term that's new to me - presumably it's just a tank / accumulator / heat-store in-parallel with the heat-source / heat-pump, with...
84590 mike brooks
hypercubic Send Email
Apr 2, 2012
10:01 am
 Hi Chris, Please see my take on your questions in the text below:-  things could work better without them ...BETTER WITHOUT WEATHER COMP. room-stat's...
84591 ian
marsac23 Send Email
Apr 2, 2012
11:15 am
On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:01:14 +0100 (BST) ... I don't think Kensa have published their findings but talking with their technical people they calculate they are...
84592 bty95666 Send Email Apr 2, 2012
3:06 pm
I might have got the wrong end of the stick on this. It sounds like maybe the function of weather compensation isnt being understood. In mild weather, WC sets...
84593 Rex
rex-butcher... Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
7:15 pm
Hi there, Am attempting to get my completion certificate but seem to have hit a bureaucratic brick wall regarding my pressurized cylinder. Myself and my...
84594 Rick
rickdipper Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
8:15 pm
Rex This question comes to mind If the BCO does not know who the approved body is, how will he know when he has the right certificate. From that I can see...
84595 u7412ay Send Email Apr 3, 2012
8:49 pm
Not a plumber and not 100% sure but I thought he had to have a G3 certificate to install an unvented pressure cylinder to satisfy building control. e.g....
84596 Nick Laurie
nick115398 Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
9:04 pm
I think the problem lies with your BCO - I self-installed, showed the BCO the plumbing diagram and he moved on. Perhaps ask him which body he would like to see...
84597 Tracey Gardner
traceygardneruk Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
9:17 pm
Not wishing to seem at all cynical, but as they want to take money off you for doing the course, they are likely to say that you need the qualification. It's...
84598 ian
marsac23 Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
9:25 pm
On Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:15:51 +0100 ... An unvented cylinder requires someone with a G3 approved certificate for SELF certification. The bco can sign the...
84599 mike brooks
hypercubic Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
10:05 pm
Reply to sender of message about weather compensation. Yes, I do understand what weather comp does. But if the amount of UFH pipe is calculated so that you...
84600 mike brooks
hypercubic Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
10:16 pm
 Hi Ian, I very nearly decided to do what you have done. However, Kensa calculated I would need a 10 and possibly 12kW heatpump. As it is, with UFH only, I am...
84601 Christopher Hunter
chris_j_hunter Send Email
Apr 3, 2012
10:22 pm
wonder if the recent rather extreme ups & downs in the weather in Aboyne (*) has brought any lessons re the usefulness or implementation of WC ? (*) plenty of...
84602 Andy
andywhitfiel... Send Email
Apr 4, 2012
9:38 am
For Sale 20 off Steel Bars 22mm diameter, 1280mm Long. They were used as security bars on 2 windows. They have the remains of weld joints. Not sure what they...
84603 mike brooks
hypercubic Send Email
Apr 4, 2012
9:51 am
 Hi Chris, Yes, here in Aboyne over the last few days, the max daily outside temperature went from +23.6DegC down to about +4degC, about a 20degree fall....
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