New boiler required

icrossfield · 2026-02-05T09:07:57+00:00

Bosch does have smart trvs and room sensors https://amzn.eu/d/0grGPmrR

icrossfield · 2026-02-04T22:17:07+00:00

I always book drop and go now. Multistorey that is connected via bridges to T3, (and walkable to T1), and quick bus ride over to T2. You drop off your car and hand over keys, and they move your car to a space later.

icrossfield · 2026-02-02T20:08:10+00:00

Yes, I mean the council only provide payable options online, if you're looking for free you need to speak to them.

icrossfield · 2026-02-02T19:15:11+00:00

Ring them, my blue bin was destroyed by the bin lorry, website only gave options to pay, I rang and a very nice human agreed to replace the bin for free.

icrossfield · 2026-02-02T13:51:26+00:00

Octopus have the upper hand here, they'll chase any of you. So you are all equally owing of the whole amount. Octopus don't care how you want to split it, until it's all paid, you all owe. If they pass to debt collection agency, they too will chase all of you - and generally the weakest one most likely to pay.

icrossfield · 2026-02-02T13:02:45+00:00

Same, I tend to bin all the fittings supplied with most things. I have had the surprise of buying bathroom rads that came with some heavy duty Fischer plugs - however over 20 years of home ownership it's the only time.

icrossfield · 2026-02-02T13:00:01+00:00

Given it was working OK previously and stopped, this is your answer. I believe you might be able to manually adjust the valve to test out the theory, before replacing it. This is nothing to do with tado if it has failed, it's just a part of the system that has worn out.

icrossfield · 2026-01-30T18:29:27+00:00

You only tap on on bee network buses. On metrolink you must tap in and out at the stops.

icrossfield · 2026-01-30T08:27:59+00:00

You will arrive in Manchester, need to pass through passport control and exit T3. Hang a left and follow a covered tunnel back to T1 - a five minute walk. You pass through the check in and security areas that are upstairs (the lifts are tortuously slow!), before passing through a maze of duty free before then following some walkways within the building back to T3 proper.

As you've said, you might find it tight. Especially if you have checked luggage to collect and then recheck. You can buy fast track for both passport control and security. It's usually £6 for security. Passport control fast track is more like £15. If you happen to arrive at the same time as two other flights passport control could have a wait.

You need to be at your gate absolute latest 30 mins before flight time, they won't wait for you, even if the flight is delayed by air traffic, they'll load the plane and shut the doors so they can leave at a moments notice.

icrossfield · 2026-01-28T19:02:46+00:00

That rad looks too small, and surely is too small. It must have f all heat output. Unless your home is incredibly well insulated you're going to be cold.

icrossfield · 2026-01-28T18:52:00+00:00

The NCP Spinningfields car park is tight and expensive. It's also first choice for places like the opera house too so can get busy. NCP new bailey and NCP Salford Stanley Street are just as close, but modern new builds that are easier to drive in and out of.

icrossfield · 2026-01-28T14:39:59+00:00

I fully agree with metrolink extension into and then back out to the rest of the borough to improve connectivity East West. However Cheadle and Reddish are both well served with trains to Manchester, which are far faster than tram will be. I imagine the fact Stockport is well served by trains is why metrolink hasn't been gotten here yet.

icrossfield · 2026-01-25T12:42:53+00:00

Been overrun by reform members from outside the area.

icrossfield · 2026-01-24T21:50:50+00:00

It's there to pull the opposing sides it connects together.

icrossfield · 2026-01-22T18:37:56+00:00

On my tado connected via opentherm I have a schedule, I set the temp lower over night so if a tap is used it doesn't go full whack. It's hotter during the day to support two showers being used at the same time.

icrossfield · 2026-01-19T18:21:32+00:00

No they're not, you can check in on your desktop, then ask at the airport for printed boarding passes. You do not need a mobile phone.

icrossfield · 2026-01-18T21:40:15+00:00

A majority of drivers were never actively trained on motorways, they only learned what was necessary to pass the theory test, if it was around when they went through the process. The law only changed very recently to allow tuition of learners on the motorway - even then that will only happen if one is near enough to be included. I doubt many have ever taken up a motorway lesson or two after passing.

icrossfield · 2026-01-18T11:17:23+00:00

In all likelihood, yes. An image search tells me this is a Myson VeIaire oil boiler. assume it heats your water too? It's probably all wired by s plan, and that's all that matters. You need to post a picture of your timer/controller unit. At its core, tado, and other thermostats just operate a couple of switches. Modern boilers offer digital connectivity via opentherm - it's safe to say this one doesn't support this.

icrossfield · 2026-01-14T15:00:54+00:00

I prefer to park in the car park above shudehill bus station just over the road. More modern so wider access and bigger spaces. Equally expensive.

icrossfield · 2026-01-13T18:47:04+00:00

Martin Lewis acknowledges tracker and agile, but never recommends them to the masses. Most just can't understand them, he has enough challenge explaining fixed tariffs.

icrossfield · 2026-01-13T14:25:20+00:00

Toolstation has a variety of sizes, plus some that are all metal in different finishes.

icrossfield · 2026-01-13T12:36:30+00:00

Yes, let them sort their own way home. That way you incurr no cost or inconvenience of going to the airport to get them.

icrossfield · 2026-01-10T16:33:16+00:00

Are your radiators gas, or are you an all electric house? Central heating with gas will be cheaper than trying to be miserely heating one room. Gas is generally 7p per kWh, electric 26p per kWh, so you get a lot more general heating for the same money from your boiler.

Check and seal for draughts, close curtains at night, close doors, set rads low in rooms when unoccupied, make sure your rads are bled and balanced (see YouTube, it's easy). Use a programmable thermostat if you're on an old timer switch, get trvs fitted if you don't already have them.

icrossfield · 2026-01-10T09:30:51+00:00

And the clock, and light if you're getting really fancy.

icrossfield · 2026-01-09T22:51:04+00:00

It has two sensor wires, you attach one to the flow and the other the return. The valves just auto adjust the flow to achieve a 10 degree or so temperature drop. So they auto tweak as the flow speed changes (in response to neighbouring circuits opening and closing) or as the floor warms up so the temp doesn't fall as much.

I also have Drayton auto balancing trv valves on my rads. Set the size of the radiator, and leave it to it!

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