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Had to repair toilet cistern water feed due to bodged pipe perforation "fix" (by plumber when the bathroom was installed many years ago) giving up the ghost. As it entailed replacing a section of pipe I thought it worthwhile putting in a 15mm ballofix isolation valve at the same time. I had...

That's brilliant. Nice to see some concise and to the point discussion quoting the various regs (rather than unsubstantiated shooting from the hip that seems to be the case in so many of the threads on the forums on this site).

Thanks for that, but does the question remain as to whether it still falls within remit of building regs (even if not FENSA)? In any event, could you expand on your experience at all please?

Considering having French doors and side panels replaced (each side panel is, as near as dammit, same size as one of the French doors). Plan is to have these made of wood with argon filled toughened DG and to leave the existing overall frame in place. So the existing main frame and the vertical...

Have to say that my immediate reaction at the time can't be repeated in decent company! But I thought I'd ask just in case there was some explanation. Begs the question as to how (or rather why) it has happened. Haven't opened up the consumer unit (and didn't note the brand), but it sets me...

I went to change a light fitting in my mother-in-law's house. Tried turning off each of the 6 amp MCBs in turn to isolate the fitting in question. No joy - the light always worked. A few combinations later, I found that turning off two adjacent MCBs had the desired effect. Any good reason why...

House completely rewired c.1990 (under auspices of IEE 15th). However, consumer unit was not replaced and still old re-wireable fuses (which are very reliable and have never been an issue). If want to have new consumer unit installed now, would it be just a straight switch-over job between...

I know the answer might be "how long is a piece of string", but my existing CH pump (Grundfos Selectric Mk II UPS 14-50x18) is now 28 years old. Is it time to replace to be on the safe side? Or go for IIABDFI (if it ain't broke don't fix it)? Also, would the currently available UPS2...

I'm looking at repainting my exterior rendered walls (again). The house is about 90 years old and, unsurprisingly, been painted many many times in the past (including by myself over the 32 years I've lived there). The render itself is sound. Each time I paint it a few new hairline cracks...

Thanks for the replies. The trailing socket would be fed from an outlet in the larder (old-fashioned style which is a separate mini room in the kitchen). Freezer is in the larder and there is a wall socket there. I was intending to run an extension lead from that socket through the wall and...

I’m looking at replacing a freestanding gas cooker with another one. The existing one has battery operated ignition and is not connected to mains electric. The replacement would almost certainly have mains powered ignition. There isn’t a wall socket that nearby and installing one would mean...

iep It is very quiet, especially when it modulates back to a low output. I should add that the model I have is a basic condensing boiler (i.e. it is not a combi or a system boiler). So far we are very pleased with it. It replaced a highly reliable Potterton Netaheat 10/16 MkIIF (26 years old)...

Thanks for the input guys. But I do have to say that some of you do seem to rather work yourselves into a lather over a simple question. For the record though, I have RTFM. And I have entered the engineering section on the boiler, just to make sure that the installer didn't change...

The manual for this boiler states that the ionisation current should be between 3μA and 9μA. On my newly installed boiler, upon ignition the current runs up over a short period to typically reach around 9.6μA to 9.7μA. Is this apparently slight variance anything to be...

Does anyone know of any 15mm automatic bypass valves other than Danfoss ADVO15 ? I've only been able to locate the Danfoss one.