Recent content by Dave12345

Would it be acceptable to have the feed and vent pipes rising of the flow from the boiler, to keep header tank above it. While keeping the pump ~6m away in the airing cupboard. Or is this to far from the pump to be effective.

Just water pipes for bath room, kitchen etc(nothing that takes more than maines water presser). I presser test all that I can to 3bar (I have read that pressurized systems should be check to 10 bar. don't think I could pump that hard its bad enouth a 3) most my dry gadge will go to. I will /...

Would it be acceptable to have the feed and vent pipes rising of the flow from the boiler, to keep header tank above it. While keeping the pump ~6m away in the airing cupboard. Or is this to far from the pump to be effective. I'm not over keen on the thought of a sealed system. Just have...

Thanks Chris A bit of a rethink on the desinge is in order.

I have read in a few CH installation guides that the header tank should be positioned as close to vertical above the boiler as possible. Can you tell me what the reason for this is. As in our property the airing cupboard with the pump ext is ~6m run from were the boiler will be positioned and...

Thanks Most bulbs are the cheap supermarket home brand. Will try changing to a type C breaker. Dave

Having resonantly moved and changed an old fused CU to a new split load one. I am experiencing the mcb tripping on the current surge when a bulb blows. Is this standard behavure cased by faster tripping of the mcb compared to slow fuse blowing. At that the time of instalation there where no...

I put blocks of wood in the wall attached to the Blocks then replasterd over. To give something firm to attach to as even with ancaring though the cavity to the blocks I found that I could not stop the wait of anything over about 2grams :-) from breaking the plaster board back into the cavity...

What’s the best way to strip the chrome off plated copper pipe? As scraping it seems to leave the pipe surface rough. I'm concerned about the quality of the seal I will get on it. Thanks Dave

Thanks I'll get some Jet Blue.

I was always lead to belive it was good practise to prevent weeping around the olive. Dave

Whats the best jointing compound to use on compression fit's. Is liquid PTFE as good as any or is one that dose not fully cure a safer option. Dave

You are totaly correct got my solids and stripes in the wrong order

CAT 5/6 standard is 1 Orange 2 Orange / White 3 Green 4 Blue / White 5 Blue 6 Green / White 7 Brown 8 Brown / White Make shore you only untwist just enough of the pairs to make the connections. Dave

Its all part of an extension so I'm building the cupboard around the tank. Part L I think I'm having to use more insulation than bricks and wood :-) Thanks again. Dave