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Thanks for your reply. Now thinking of using 1 layer of 12.5 fireline board each side do i have to do anything with the joins where the boards meet. Splitting the garage so ro make astore room

Thanks for the replies if I use metal capping will I have to connect an earth wire ie 1.5mm single to an earth point ie earth in socket or switch

Would like partition my garage and have been told the stud wall will have to be 30 minute fire proof, Can you tell me how to achieve this thinking 63mm stud timber insulated with 50 mm celotex what size plasterboard would be read, 9mm, 12.5mm, or fire resistant board. Just to make it...

Thanks for your replies, i am concerned though that the lighting cable is not rcd protected and will not meet the regs?

Hi, In my garage internal wall running down from ceiling I have a lighting cable to a switch and a power cable down to a socket both clipped onto a bare breeze block wall. I would like to plasterboard the wall which will cover these cables, what do i have to do to make sure I comply with regs...

Would like to spur off a socket in my garage that has been devided by a stud wall, would it be okay to run the cable from the existing socket vertically to the 150mm safe zones, then turn 90 degrees and along the top of the wall to the stud wall then turn 90 degrees up above the plasterboard...

on my cylinder i have 2 pressure releif valves, i understand the purpose and need for the one in the hot water part of the cylinder. the other one is in the cold water line, can anyone please explaian the purpose of this valve, as mine is dripping cold water out of the system, any remedys ideas...

the flue meets all those specs, thanks any ideas for a suitable replacement?

thanks for the reply, just looking at the bottom end starting price, could you reccomend a similar model? also the gas engineer mentioned the flue height would be incorrect if replaced with a new boiler, any ideas on this, many thanks for your input.

my mum and dad have a service contract (british gas) on their old thorn olympic 38/50 boiler. being told now that spares are hard to come by and that it is very ineffiecient. can anyone tell me what type of boiler this is , their opinion on parts availibilty and what if needed in the future...

noticed on another post similar problem, they found fan cutting out, so took out fan ran it on the worktop direct from 240v socket and it cut out after about 40 secs. bought new fan now all ok

checked thermostat while the boiler is running during the 45 sec run time , themostat seems to be ok turning boiler on and off whilst running

inlet and outlet pipes are cold even after firing up boiler flame a dozen times

glow worm fuel saver 45 f boiler keeps cutting out when main flame is on, what happens is fan runs, ignition lights pilot, main boiler flame runs for approx 45 secs then fan stops and main flame goes out, it will go through this process over again and do exactly the same again, have...