Recent content by ceolmar

Brilliant stuff. Thanks Moz

Is it possible (and/or safe and/or allowed) to take the power from a 10mm shower supply cable to provide power to a combined shower extractor fan/LV downlight? If so, how is it done?

I have an odd shaped shower room which I'm going to gut and renovate soon. The odd shape means I can't get a shower tray to fit but as I'm tanking the whole area anyway, are there any issues with with building a timber shower tray? I'm thinking 18mm marine ply generously sealed plus the tanking...

Following some lax dot and dab plasterwork by Dodgy Brothers of Essex, I need to either fill the large gaps around my two gang sockets (lots of fiddly work) or put some kind of surround around the socket similar to a light switch fingerplate. I've searched the internet to no avail but I'm not...

Hi Guys I have done several on-line boiler sizing checks and they generally indicate that I need a 10KW boiler to supply the 'right' amount of DHW and CH. However, having scouted around for a boiler I cannot find one small enough! For example the Baxi HE range gives a heat input figure of...

My wife and I really like our house location and size but hate the internal layout. Is it feasible to move all the internal walls around to suit our lifestyle or are we stuck with the walls where they are? Its a 1930's ex council house with floorboards with a space underneath where all the...

Next summer I going to have the floors up for a load of electrical work and I want to take the opportunity to replace the central heating. The current system is old and the pipework is routed very badly which has left me with loads of creaking as the pipes expand. Also, there are no drain cocks...

My newly installed cyclinder stat doesn't appear to be switching the pump on/off or changing the 3 port valve. I assume I've wired it incorrectly. Can somebody confirm that the terminal labelled C in the cylinder stat should be wired to the 'CH on' terminal in the programmer? Also, as it is a...

Now I know how the ladies feel when they take the motor down the local grease monkey's place :) Seriously though, it is very worrying that CORGI registration (and others) appears not to mean much anymore

Reading through my trusty DIY manual, I notice it refers to 'slip couplings' which enable new sections of tube to be positioned in a really rigid pipe run where it's impossible to 'spring' the new section in. A casual glance at the Screwfix catalogue doesn't appear to show such a thing as a...

Thanks Chris :D I'm starting to get my brain round this(I think). I took the cover off the valve body to get a closer look at what the lever is doing. I saw the two springs which you refer to which presumaby both keep the lever arm under tension and return it to the auto position? However, the...

I have found my feed/expansion tank buried under some old carpet in the loft! It has some water in it and I operated the ball valve to add a bit more. The little lever on my honeywell 3 port valve seems to have no effect whatsoever and just flaps about loosely. Is it past it? Is it difficult...

I have a baxi bermuda 552 gas fired back boiler. The system uses a Grunfos pump and a really knackered looking manual timer/controller with two toggle switches which offer timed, on/off - and water or heating priorities. I recently turned the central heating on for the first time after...