Recent content by Rich_W

Morning all, Didn't mean to cause such a stir! To be fair, I perhaps didn't give all the information I could - this problem first manifested itself on Thursday last week. By Saturday morning , it seemed like it had been fixed but then the same thing happened yesterday evening. By way of...

Spot on - the ballcock was stuck and quite furred up with limescale. I think I'll get in replaced but in the meantime, my cold water storage tank is filling up nicely. Thanks for your help - it's good to know there's somewhere you can find answers to random plumbing questions at 10pm on a...

All, Having some trouble with my hot water supply at the moment. I've got a standard hot water tank in an airing cupboard rather than a combi boiler. When I run the hot tap, hot water comes out for about 30 seconds, but it slows to a trickle and eventually peters out. If I force mains...

Planning to do the same myself. Assuming your taps and waste are at the bath end that you'd like to tile (as is the case with mine), I would do the following: Build a timber frame for the long side of the bath, recessed in from the edge of the bath itself. Fix 3mm or 5.5mm plywood to the...

Floor Sander Hire did my lounge, dining room and bedroom (all softwood boards) and made an excellent job of it. Much easier than hiring a sander from HSS and doing it yourself. I can't recommend them highly enough. Just to be clear - they will hire you the sanders on their own, but I...

Perfect - thanks again.

Many thanks Plugwash - that makes sense now. Thanks for taking the time to modify your diagram. Equally, could I swap the current DP switch with neon for one without, and retain my existing wiring configuration? I'm not concerned whether I have neon or not - it was simply the only DP switch...

I'm not using a shower DP pull cord - the light switch is wall mounted. From your reply, I think I understand that the wiring in the fan side side of the switch should be replaced with 3&E. However, I'm not clear on how that reconciles with the diagram (and therefore what should be wired...

All, I've followed the wiring diagram below and wanted to check something with you: When I switch on the light, the neon indicator on my double pole switch comes on (it's wall mounted, outside the bathroom). This is with my SFCU to the fan switched OFF. If I turn the SFCU to the...

Don't quote me on this (there are plenty of others who are more knowledgeable than me on here).... If socket A is the only one connected to the ring main, you should really only have one further spur from that socket (i.e. socket B). In your case, socket C is probably one too many and adding...

:idea: Cue sound of pennies dropping. All clear now - thanks for bearing with me! :D

Thanks for the tips - very helpful.

Thanks for the details - your replies, along with some of my own research have helped me understand the principles behind supplementary earth bonding. I suppose all I'm trying to do is find a sensible place to which I can earth the incoming metal water pipes in my bathroom. If...

My power shower installation will be hidden behind a panel (accessible from outside the bathroom). From this, I would assume that I have no electrical equipment in the bathroom which incorporates an earth. That said, the instructions explicitly state that all copper piping must be cross...

Thanks for the details. On a slightly separate note - I'd like to tile a wall which is currently painted. Would it suffice to coat this wall with the same PVA mixture. I'm not too keen on removing the paint from the wall before tiling, but if I have to, I will...