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Installing loft insulation
Adding to or installing loft insulation isn’t a difficult job and certainly pays off when it comes to the bills
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Changing an immersion heater element
An immersion element always seems to fail at the worst possible time – but it’s not that hard to change one as long as you’re mindful of a few tips.
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Lagging the hot water tank
Keeping the hot water tank nicely insulated should be a priority job if you want to save money and energy. Here’s how it’s done
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Is the immersion heater still on?
While an immersion is a valuable time-saver, forgetting it’s been left on must have happened to us all. Is there something we can do about that?
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Bathroom extractor fan upgrade
A bathroom fan usually goes un-noticed until it stops working. When it’s time to deal with it, we have a few words of advice and help
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Changing an oven heater element
Changing an oven element isn’t difficult – as long as you watch out for the little things that could catch you out. Here’s how.
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Boiler maintenance
There’s almost always an advert for boiler servicing in the papers and on the radio. Should we get it and how often?
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Flushing a central heating system
Every central heating system needs a clean-out occasionally. Here’s a step by step explanation of what needs to be done.
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Retrofitting a Honeywell ecohome hot water & central heating controller
We look at ‘smart’ thermostats and then take on upgrading the home heating from a mix of TRV and manual valves to an evohome system
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Fixing a cold radiator
Getting the heating working effectively is important; if it’s not working well, it’ll end up burning more energy.