Recent content by shakermaker

Hi All Just looking for thoughts on possible solutions. Currently have an old "system" boiler (working fine) with HW cylinder (36" x 18") in loft with cold water & CH F&E tanks above the cylinder. Due to an imbalance of females vs males in our house we are looking to put in a new bathroom...

Hi DP Sorry I missed this yesterday PM, I was referring to Spraggos post when mentioning the seal, I guess since Bgas came & did internal & external sensor checks (for exhaust gases I'm guessing ?) they will have put it back in one piece correctly. No gales since but a bit of wind planned...

thanks both, I guess I didn't consider that the "burnt-out" thermo couple (gas mans words !) had caused the pilot to extinguish as the 2 times it has happened were on the evenings with gales. Does the gap in the seal give the wind a tunnel to flow through ? Cheers

Hi All I have a fairly old combi boiler which is under a british gas contract which works perfectly fine (no problems in the recent cold weather up here in the north) EXCEPT that since the last service in the summer, whenever we get extremely windy weather the pilot gets blown out (has...

Thanks for the information so far guys. I just chatted with my plumber & he explained that because it wasn't possible to connect the new shower circuit to my existing CU, they installed a new mini Consumer Unit with RDC protection to house the MCB for the shower. Because the install was...

Hi All Need some quick advice about certification of new electric shower installation. I rent out my old flat & rec :? ently had a PIR done when we had a change of tenants, we just decided to install a new electric shower & my plumber said he would be using an NICEIC electrician & would...

Cheers Ismellgas, another technique to explore ta

Cheers Chris, it's a plastic pipe so (hopefully) should be easier than CI, ta for the link. I have been struggling with all the jargon a bit ta

cheers Dan, I'm not a plumber (I know, tell you something you don't know !), I think I was having trouble with all the jargon. cheers

thanks to Kirkgas & Jackpike, dare I say it looks dead easy on the youtube vid, I guess that this fella has knocked up his own slip collar, haven't found a plastic one yet but will keep looking & if not then will use the vid Cheers

Hi Bamba Have I interpreted you correctly here ?, I've tried searching for a sliding collar on google but not having much luck, any chance you could point me in the right direction please Cheers

Cheers Bamba, forgot to mention that the wife takes pleasure in me using the toilet whilst she showers so life wouldn't be the same if I didn't put a loo in the en-suite. Cheers :lol:

Hi All Just fishing for any advice with respect to inserting a junction into an existing soil stack that runs internally (boxed in) inside the house with the top protruding from the roof tiles. I am going to cut the stack roughly 50% up (new 1st floor ensuite), does anyone have any tricks...

Thanks all, I guess the issue is that he states his electricians are "members" of NICEIC, rather than "approved contractors" Cheers

Cheers to all for the input & info Have decided to use a firm recommended by NICEIC website to sort the issue out. As i said everything appears to be working fine but I need peace of mind Looks like a made a mistake but will learn from it.