gas

Hi, just signed up and wondering if anyone here can help with this one… We live in a 1920s solid-walled house (red brick, cement rendered) that has a tendency towards dampness in the basement. Generally it’s all in check but we do get the odd issue here or there. When we moved in we had gas...

Hi Everyone We are currently renovating an old cottage and I have come across a pipe that partially sticks out of the wall. I am confident working with water pipes and was hoping to cut it back and cap it off before we plaster and put the skirting boards on. However it has occurred to me that it...

Have family members currently putting up a conservatory for me. Last week I noticed the boiler flue inside the conservatory. When I queried it, they told me they were putting attachments on so it comes out of the side.... I have queried 2 gas engineers who haven't been very helpful. Just...

Hi, I have a 60s maisonette with a concrete floor. The main gas feed comes out of the floor in a cupboard in the centre of my flat where it originally fed a warm air central heating. I’ve had a new boiler installed in the loft and the gas pipe is fed into the loft to feed the new boiler. I...

As part of kitchen renovation project, gas supply was capped off in order to replace a gas hob for an induction hob. Any certificates that should have been issued for this? Thanks!

Hello I have installed the Drayton wiser hub r and have connected it to the dual digital thermostats. Whenever I increase the temp on the thermostats the little flame appears, and the LED for heating on the hub r lights up but the central heating on the boiler does not come on. We do not have a...

Hello everyone, I have spent the last few days reading lots of posts on constructional hearths for solid fuel stoves but very little reference to gas fires. The background: I have bought an 1890's victorian semi which was unoccupied for 16 months and previously rented out. The property...

Hi all, thanks in advance for any help you can provide! My gas meter is currently situated in a recessed box on the outside of my house, just in front of the current garage entrance. Service pipe entering the meter looks to me to be white plastic. As part of some building work, my garage is...

Hi after some advice on what paint would be best to use to paint our outside electric /gas meter boxes which have flaked a little. House is 5 years old so the meter boxes aren't to old, I think there fibreglass? I've seen dulux weathershield satin mentioned a few times but would I need to sand...

Morning everyone, We are currently without hot water and are seeing an ER 69 (with the spanner icon) code on our BIASI boiler. Does anyone know if there is anything we can do (i.e. resetting the boiler) to try to get hot water without resorting to an engineer? The boiler is slightly...

Hi There, We need some help..please. We have been told SO many different things about this - its impossible to know who to believe. For the record - I'm a chef - not a gas engineer. We have been happily working from 2 commercial kitchens on the ground floor in our commercial catering premises...

We are having to cut out channels in our existing kitchen floor slab for a new kitchen island. I will need to place an electric feed for the sockets; cold feed, hot feed and a gas pipe. I will also have to re-do some drainage so will dig out for that and re-cover. So I guess I'm keen on...

Hi All, I recently moved to a new place. I am noticing a significant fluctuation in the pressure at operation (given my limited past experience) in the gas boiler and I just wanted to check whether that is ok for this model/seek some advice. Details -Vailant turbomax plus -small 2 floor...

Hi all. We have a new combi boiler brought down by shale/contaminants in the gas supply. All fixed under warranty, but not sure whether the issue will have been fully resolved by a recent internal pipework upgrade from 22mm to 28mm, or if the cause will be upstream in the meter or supply...

Advice please? I have just moved in to a house and have a Rayburn 380G (Gas) and the Pump is running continuously whether the hot water & central heating are on or not. the only way to stop it is by switching off the whole system electrics...not useful as then no Rayburn!! or hot water or...

I am in the process of moving into a house where both gas and electric supplies have smart meters. The previous occupier had broadband and both meters could be read remotely. However, there is currently no broadband at the house and I wish to supply initial meter readings taken manually, to set...

Hi folks, First post so please excuse any house rules I have broke. I am switching from a standalone gas cooker to standalone electric cooker and will be disconnecting the gas cooker via the installed micro point fitting. Will the fitting attached to the wall which is self sealing be...

Side of the house has a path, and, mini retaining wall. The wall is 20cm tall, the ground behind a gradual slope leading 6.5m uphill towards the boundary. The incline gradually increases less than 1m. The wall is 12 m long. Excuse the pic, only one I have of the wall We thought that...

Dear All, Today is my first day on this forum & amateur. So pls do not use abbreviations in reply. Last month I bought an end of terraced house which has an outbuilding at the end of the garden, which is 36 feet (11 meters) away from the kitchen/toilet in main building (extended kitchen/toilet...

Hi sorry if this has been asked before but I’m new to the forum. I’ve recently brought a rangemaster from eBay for a bargain of £205! Bar the hob, everything works on it perfectly, however I was aware/made aware the hob ran on bottle rather than mains! So the hobs only get a tiny flame even...