Recent content by Callum M

Thanks a lot for all the advice. Back to the drawing board! Callum

Thanks for the feedback. There seems to be some hating on ceiling mounted Far Infrared heating. Perhaps I should have asked for opinions on that instead of asking about the installation! Are they really that bad? What are the typical issues people complain about? I've read a lot of...

Hello. I'm a landlord in Scotland and looking to replace wall mounted electric panel heaters with ceiling mounted Far IR heaters (Herschel). The current Dimplex 2kW panel heaters are wired to a fused spur, but they appear to be on the same circuit at the sockets in each room. (i.e. when I...

Great. Thanks for all the advice and suggestions. The portable stuff is all PAT tested, and I've had a sparky look at the overall electrics when I bought the place and he didn't raise any concerns about things. Despite denying it last week, my electricity supplier has now said that I would...

Pass. I don't know. I never had problems with the existing heater tripping the RCD in the fusebox, so assumed given the comparable power rating and current draw of the old and new water heaters, it would be fine. To find out if it's on a ring final, presumably I could plug in lights to all...

STILLP - yes it's just a socket (it was like that when I bought the place). Is this a particular concern? My thinking is that irons, kettles etc. etc. are high powered / current appliances and use sockets, is that any different? It's not in danger of being unplugged.

John D, the cylinder insulation is a crusty browny/yellow colour and the heater is in the bottom of the cylinder. Standing charge is 26 p, My Night charge 7 p (£40 per month) and my Day charge 15p (£160 per month), I have electric heating. This is based on Scottish winter time bills as I've...

Hi there. I’m looking at removing my existing SINGLE 3kW immersion heater /cylinder and replacing it with an Ariston Europrisma unvented water heater as my bills are through the roof and the flat is unoccupied a lot of the time and when it is occupied demand is very low as the large cylinder...

Hello! I have a question I wonder if anyone can help with... I recently bought a 2 bed flat (one story, no gas) and the existing HW system is a gravity fed, vented Immersion heater (the storage tank is directly above the cylinder and there is an electric pump to boost the pressure on the hot...