Recent content by Gilgamesh

Hi all, I have an older Worcester-Bosch Junior 28i boiler and its becoming problematic (5 breakdowns in 5 weeks is starting to test my zen like patience). I know that there is a new version, the Greenstar 28i Junior and I'm thinking about getting the old one replaced with the newer version...

New parts ordered from Baumatic on Monday. Delivered this morning. Fitted this evening. Roast Lamb cooking. Job Done. All hail the ale..... :D

Think I'll order a new one from Baumatic in the morning. Seems like to much bother to try and resurrect the old one.....just hope the new one fixes it. Might ask one of the sparks at work to test on a Mega-Insulation tester I think they have (ancient thing with a winding handle). It'll prove it...

Hi Leccy...thanks for the reply. Have tested with a multimeter and there appears to be no short on the holder but thats where the flash comes from when it pops. I'm thinking it must be shorting with the in-rush current....arcing across the insulation within the lamp holder. I have no way of...

Last night whilst cooking fathers day dinner of roast lamb and roast potatoes + veg the cooker went BANG and tripped the RCD and local breaker. Found the glass dome cover over the internal lamp had shattered (spraying my dinner with glass) and the lamp inside had separated (glass bulb had come...

Hi guys, I'm just finishing a house I bought as a five year restoration project (15 years ago :D ). I've just had all the exterior front done but have hit a problem. The old arched door way is brick faced but when a previous owner fitted a double glazed door to the arch they plastered over...

And the winner is........................ SECO...!!!! (maybe) I've just ventured into the cistern (after the wife got annoyed when the cistern refilled whilst she was in the shower...he he) and found the water level is a good 1/2 -3/4" below the top of the internal overflow. So I unclipped...

I'll have a look at the level in the morning........fixing the loo may get me out of shopping trip in the morning.

If it were set too high and it was overflowing surely it wont keep topping up as the fill level would constantly be reached?? Trickle is inside the pan....no signs of leaks anywhere else Assuming (and life has taught me not to assume too often) that it is the valve at the bottom how easier is...

Hi guys, I have recently noticed that every 10 minutes or so I can hear our cistern top itself up. I can see in the pan that there is a small trickle of water on one side. Would this be caused by a faulty seal or valve. Toilet cistern is 2 years old with dual flush via buttons on top...

Hi folks, I recently tried to re-hang a radiator on a lath and plaster wall. The fixings were fine until I fiddled with them and now I have 2 large holes (about 15mm) where the original fixings used to be. I've worked out the hanging bracket is reversible so when I offer it up the other way...

OK chaps.....looks like I've opened a can of worms. So let me throw something else into the mix.....the loft is fully boarded out for storage. There is also 10" of insulation. So what I propose to do is lift the boards, mount the jb on the nearest cross member, do the wiring to the new...

Hi.... I've jsut had a ceiling overboarded and replastered in a bedroom and have just noticed the cables to the light fitting are now too short to get them into a light fitting without putting a lot of strain on the cables. :? Would it be ok to put a junction box in the loft area and...

Looks like the hallway will probably be best then as there's no TRV on the rad. Couple of more questions before I buy one, if I may.... :) Does the controller on the boiler get replaced and if so where do you program the on/off periods. :?: Will fitting increase the efficiency of the...

Hi, Whilst scanning the Worcester-Bosch site looking for spare parts for my boiler, notice that one of the accessories for the Junior 28i RSF was a wireless thermostat/ controller. Does anybody have any experience of these if so are they easy to retro-fit to an existing system. Where...