Recent content by Chapster

Thanks for the suggestion; I’d never heard of Loctite 55. Bought some, followed the instructions from their website, and I now have a dry fitting. Wasn’t as tight as I expected screwing it in, but I imagine I could add a few more loops if that’s needed (like an outside tap). Amazing stuff. I...

Hi everyone. I need some help please. After removing and reinstalling my immersion tank to do some work near it, I have a leak I can’t seem to fix. The heating coil connections have sealed again perfectly, but the DHW out top connection has a little bubble of liquid appearing over time and...

Hello everyone, I'm after some advice please, I need your expertise. I live in a housing association property and need to know what I'm talking about, since they don't seem to. The house has a multifuel stove with back boiler in the living room which supplies 7 radiators and an immersion...

Notch7, sorry for not replying sooner. Thank you so much for your advice, it made fitting the liner so much easier. After using the method you described, it seemed so obvious, but it certainly wasn’t beforehand, and you’ve relieved much stress. Thanks again for taking the time to help. It...

Hi, I’m in desperate need of advice please. Firstly, I’m an electrician by trade who has done a degree of building work in the past and limited woodwork, mostly working in maintenance and domestic and commercial electrical. I’m trying to fit casings out of necessity, not pleasure. Background...

Hi, Thanks for the responses. Due to the state the so-called builders left the house in, and the need to make it more like a home fast (3 children there too), my partner has opted for new casings which I will then fit. Managed to find some rebated casings online after lots of searching, seems...

That pull cord switch won’t be the reason why the bedroom and landing lights aren’t working. Is there an RCD in your consumer unit which has tripped (switch is down)? The pull cord switch is either the last one on the lighting radial, or there is a junction box somewhere which might need...

hi everyone, My partner has just been done over by builders she got in to do big works in her house, and now she’s out of money and has a home with children that is virtually unliveable. I’m trying to help all I can to make it better for now, but I’m an electrician and need some advice please...

Thanks Terry, you were spot on with the above post. Workplace happy to leave it as is, so my job is done. Thanks again.

I was a bit of a muppet... it has four tappings. The middle two are actually a continuous pipe running behind the boiler, but as it's so close to a wall I couldn't tell at first. So in my drawing, the middle is a pipe running behind boiler, so three return pipes going to manifold. What's back...

hi everyone, At work the above boiler is fitted supplying office heating and an immersion. It's on a Honeywell controller and hasn't been connected properly because turning off the hot water on the controller disables heating to half the building too. I'm the electrician at my workplace and...

Thanks for the suggestions chaps. So no building regs or gas regs that say I shouldn't make it impossible to get to the pipe? I wondered as nearly all the pipe is accessible via the living room floorboards, hence my concern that it's supposed to be.

Hi, Just a quick question - ground floor of house all floorboards except kitchen which has a concrete floor. One little section of the kitchen which used to be a larder has floorboards though, and I need to concrete this section so I can tile the floor. But, running under the little...

Didn't think of Vaseline. So many uses... I have silicone grease but a check of the datasheet shows it's toxic. Plumba silicone grease and other potable water greases I finally managed to find claim to be of low toxicity with no effects from ingestion, etc.