Recent content by gemius

Mottie got it right. My 2014 Ford Fiesta has it and it has worked perfectly for nearly 11 years. You can turn it off but it will reset the next time you start the car. In use you should be able to judge whether a stop is only for a few seconds, e g lights about to change to green, and just keep...

I'm a retired site manager and I remember a job where, when we started to pour the concrete there was a sudden tropical down poor of rain which flooded the whole site. I watched in dismay as it was too late to do anything about it. However, concrete is heavier than water and when the flood...

Hi. When my boiler reaches the set temperature and shuts down how many degrees would you expect the temperature to fall before it re-starts and is this difference adjustable.

I posted this more in the spirit of airing the problems caused by this practice rather than concern for my own property, though of course being a semi it is of concern for me. I understand they do remove the foam sometimes, but how I'm not sure. I imagine that after cutting out the bulk of it...

Hi The other half of my 1930's semi is up for sale and I spoke to the prospective buyer today. They are having problems getting a mortgage, because the inside of the roof has been sprayed with foam insulation. They are being told it's a fire hazard. I wonder what the implications are for me...

OK thanks. I'm convinced. He can do the lot.

Hi I'm having a new Kitchen fitted in a few weeks with all new appliances. My current unit is as photo. Am I right in saying that if a new connection or any work needs to be done I must have a new unit fitted with an RCD, but if everything can be run off the existing fuses there's no need to...

I’ve fitted a new 2.4kw Plinth Heater and laid a 2.5mm cable from the cu to the appliance. I’m considering connecting it via a Greenbrook T205-SCR Digital 7day Fused Timer Spur Switch. Can you confirm that no other means of isolation will be needed. Thank you

It's all 15mm I'm afraid, so that might be the crux of the matter. It must have been fitted late 1970's and it worked fine then, but I'm now on my third boiler. It's position in the house was changed when the second one was fitted and rads have been added so I can't complain. Replacing pipes is...

Thanks for your input. It's a standard rad CBW but the WC rad is a small column rad and though I didn't mention it before (apologies) it suffers the same problem. Pipework wasn't renewed. However it's easy to expose and the last two rads (it backs on to the WC) are taken off close together...

I fear it is but last winter I had to turn all the other rads down too far before I got any heat in the last one, which is my dining room. Hence the new boiler and new rad. The previous boiler was quite old. I still can't understand why the flow can be red hot up to the rad and then the return...

Hi I've a new Worcester Bosh boiler serving 9 rads in a medium semi. The last rad on the system (a brand new rad) refuses to heat up fully. although the pipe work leading to it, and all the other rads get too hot to touch. Thinking about it after the plumbers had gone, I wondered, if there was...

Thanks to all of you. There's a spare fuse in the Consumer Unit so I'll have to spend a day fishing under the floor boards. Still plenty of time at the moment!

Hi The ground floor of my Semi has a ring serving Living room, Dining room and Kitchen with a 30 amp fuse. (The cooker has its own supply) There is a spur from the ring serving an Upright Fridge Freezer and the Dishwasher via a 13 amp fused, switched unit. Question: Can I run a 2.4 kw Plinth...

Thanks for that Chris. If I ever have to fit another I'll bear that in mind.