Recent content by electroman68

Thanks for the info. The one frustrating thing in my house is that the previous owner never had isolating valves fitted to any of the outlets, so means water will need to be turned off at stop cock. I was hoping to avoid this if possible, but if it is the only way of identifying how to separate...

Good evening. Our shower valve recently came away from its wall fixing. I have checked it and it looks as though the fixing screws have corroded and sheared off. Any ideas on how the valve assembly is removed from the wall fixing plate on this valve please? I have examined it and can't see a...

Hi again. My mum now thinks that the wiring in the controller was not altered when the new mid point actuator was fitted. My question is therefore, how could the system ever have worked correctly? It did though before the valve was replaced. Now, there are two possible theories. 1. The...

Hi Ian. I took a closer look at the wiring centre on Saturday and noticed the following. NO on cylinder stat (black wire) connects to Mid Point Actuator grey wire. Grey wire doesn't connect to anything else. NC on cylinder stat (grey wire) connects to Mid Point Actuator red wire and also goes...

Hi Ian. Ah, that's interesting and, as you say, that sounds like the culprit. I'm not at my mums at the moment but will be popping over at the weekend so will check where the grey wire goes. As you can see, there certainly doesn't appear to be anything connected to terminal 7 on the controller...

Just for reference, the black cable coming into junction box comes from the mid point actuator and the white cable comes from the cylinder stat.

Hi Ian. Here are images of the wiring centre and controller backplate. The wiring is a bit of a mess so hope you're able to make sense of the connections. With regards to your question, if I set the HW to off and the CH to constant the HW light does not illuminate. Incidentally, if the CH is...

Thanks Ian. I may take a look to see how many wires are in the cable from the valve to controller to see if this is the reason that 'HW OFF' has not been connected, if indeed it isn't actually connected when I take a look. I have been advise that options may be to replace the cable or possibly...

Hi both, thanks for your replies. That's interesting as there was a small leak at one of the valve joints last week and so my mum called an heating engineer out. Whilst there she explained to him about the heating controller issue and he said that it's probably because there aren't enough...

Hi There, My mum has the following setup. Potterton 40e boiler Honeywell Controller (I think it's an ST699) Drayton MA1 mid position actuator Drayton room thermostat (non digital) It used to be possible to have the domestic hot water set to once or twice and the heating set to constant and...

Hi old and bold. Many thanks for your reply and I have also bookmarked that company for future reference. However, on this occasion I have managed to fit a hole blanking plug into the existing lock hole and have drilled a smaller hole in this to accept the replacement latch that I had already...

Hi There, The hinges have broken on my gas meter cupboard door. I have replaced these with suitable new ones. However, there also appears to be something missing from the lock/latch mechanism as I'd ordered a replacement latch but it just falls through the hole as the hole is too big, as...

Hi all, Many thanks for all your replies so far. I had considered condensation but I don't understand why it only ever appears in that one small area. Also, it may not be that clear in the photo's but the damp patch is around 2 feet away from the down lighters. Also, it doesn't make sense...

Also, if the pitch is 18 degrees then do you think it should still be ok in principle, i.e. the pitch itself shouldn't cause any issues?

Hi noseall, We have wondered about condensation but it's strange that it doesn't do it on the kitchen side, where there is obviously a larger source of moist air. There were definitely some tears in the felt, which have apparently subsequently been fixed, so that's why it is assumed it is...