Recent content by dickmurray

Cold water taps are mains pressure restricted so the water doesn't splash up from the sink bottom. No cylinder or tank. Loft does probably have room for a tank. Maybe 5 foot to apex as the ridge is only 18 foot high. I was thinking tank in loft and cylinder in garage loft. Head would only be 2...

Hi. To date we have used Galaxy under counter heaters to supply all our hot water needs and they're excellent. Hot water when you need it short dead runs etc. We now want a bath and a Galaxy isn't up to filling a bath. We only have an electric connection but we do have two multi-fuel stoves...

Thank you for the replies much appreciated. I now know the difference between an active and passive RCD amongst other things. I also get the general concensus that "it" could be better. Having read about ELCB's I think the one I have is a current one which means its an ELCB by name because of...

I'm lucky as I only have two MCB in use and they don't trip when the power fails. Something which does effect my neighbors. Thing is one supplies the shower and the other supplies the lights and sockets. Difficult to see in the picture but the third is marked as free. If I replace the CU I...

I live at the end an overhead feed in a rural location and hence have an earth rod. Attached is the current setup which as you can see is not exactly complex. Our only source of hot water is a 10K shower in the downstairs bathroom. Also I'm not sure what edition everything was installed under...