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Anyone help please Tower 228mv 2 port valve actuator mechanism has jammed, (valve itself turns freely). seems like now cogs have worn in one spot, need to be a watch maker me thinks to repair! Do any of the Honeywell, Siemens, or Drayton actuators fit, cant seem to find a Tower replacement...

Had one of these fitted 2 1/2 years ago. Havent had it serviced and not sure plumber who fitted it had all necessary qualifications, certainly nothing on outside tank filled in etc. So 25 yr Guarantee may be absent :( Its started to leak from / around hot water outlet, this is a 3/4 elbow to...

whats the best washer to replace a leaking connection on an oil tank, rubber or nylon. Do the degrade?. Is it best to use a solid setting oil sealant or just PTFE? on the threads? also can you join 3/8 pipe to 10mm connections, do you use different olives ?. Thanks for help

anyone know where I can get a 240v on-off footswitch for a lamp. cheers

detached house around 100 years old. Want to add downstairs and upstairs rooms to side as extension. Roof ridge runs from front to back. To make house symmetrical is it possible to take old roof off in total and build new gable ends and put on new roof? . Could you leave pre existing bedroom...

detached house around 100 years old. Want to add downstairs and upstairs rooms to side as extension. Roof ridge runs from front to back. To make house symmetrical is it possible to take old roof off in total and build new gable ends and put on new roof? . Could you leave pre existing bedroom...

In an ideal world - money no object, in a TN-S system and a split oad board would it be best to have a 80A 100mA RCD in place of the incomer and the usual 30mA RCD for protected circuits. I presume this would be safer, is it worth the expense?

Does it matter wiring the above which way supply and load are connected?. Ive seen on here that isolators should have the supply coming in the top - is this important?

Anyone know where I can buy some trunking, Grey, 50mm x 50mm thanks

do these work?, can you touch live and not get a shock (if not touching neutral or earth or anything conducting to them). Also can you touch live with insulated rubber soled shoes or standing on a rubber mat. Obviously these are just additive safety measures but do they work?

RCBs dont seem to have phase and neutral marked on them. Does it matter which is which?

Electrician came from Siemens to change meter, and get rid of old 3 phase wiring which he did, asked him if he would fit a 100amp isolater for me which I had bought, he said it was against the law and he didnt have part P certification. So I offered him 40 notes and he still declined. He said...

Trying to work out if need a new consumer unit, if so will get an electrician. Have Hager Metal 16 way, has a 4 way /DIN 63A RCD. Can this be changed for a 2 way identical unit and free up 2 slots? Also when the electrician was fitting a new circuit he wants to fit a new sized MCB (MT120...

washing machine and tumble dryer. 2 x 13A 2.5 T+E 2 x single sockets protected by 20A MCB. not a spur. is this OK

Our house has 3 phase supply for water pump - now removed. Consumer unit fine with RCD and MCBs, but also seperate redundant old style 3 phase fused unit, and lots of wires coming in and out of meter. Would like to get rid of old 3 phase fused unit and unecessary wiring, plus have new meter...