Recent content by gutt3d

So... adjust the smaller part inside? I have a set of Allen keys so I can sort that - thanks! It's definitely possible I chose the wrong-sized rad. I'll take some measurements and see if I've messed up :(

One of our upstairs rooms is really cold. The rad gets nice and hot, and the noise of the water flowing through is quite loud. I figured maybe the flow is too fast, and the radiator isn't able to dump enough heat into the room, so I wanted to restrict the flow. I was all set to have a go at...

The problem is that I've no way of knowing how long (or otherwise) it might be before it trips again. On one of the circuits I've got the hob, then on another I've got the oven/microwave, and another I've got the downstairs lights., etc. I don't reckon i'd get away with turning one off for any...

Fair enough, and thanks. Out of curiosity, what would be the cause of earth leakage? I'm going to go away and google it right now :) But it would good to hear it in layman's terms that I might be able to understand :D Cool - first Google hit is THIS which is helpful. Thanks again!

We get random, intermittent, occasional faults that cause one of the main breakers on our consumer unit to trip. When it happens, it's not an individual circuit that trips, but instead it's a breaker which controls multiple circuits. Given that none of the individual circuits is tripping, we...

This system is reasonably new, I think. The boiler was installed in Jan 20 - we've had a bit of work done since we bought the place, and virtually all the rooms upstairs now have new rads. The old rads (all downstairs) are fairly new - all either type 22 or type 21 (but they were in real need...

Awesome - thank you, and I'll give that a go. I don't know much about this, and I was labouring under the (false? :D ) impression that increasing the flow would make it cooler! :) But as you suggest - I'll get my IR gun on the flow & return on other rads and see what sort of drop they're...

TL;DR - I want to balance the radiators, but not sure what sort of temperature drop I should aim for across each rad. I've looked in the boiler user guide and also the installer guide, but I can't find anywhere that says what the flow and return temps need to be. Background: I have 2x...

Very much so :mrgreen:

I just wanted to come back here to report some good news, and to say thanks again. Per original post, I needed to replace/fix another switch in the house. In fact the switch I looked at was the other end of the hall: hall light had been dodgy for a few days, and it quickly got to point where...

Thanks both. Is it possible the switch is just the wrong type, and has always been like that? But whatever - I'll post up a pic (after turning off downstairs lights circuit at fuse box) and show you guys. Likely this'll be tomorrow now due to reasons - but will post pic in due course and will...

We've been here nearly 10 years and it's been like that since day 1. It's one of the many niggles that I never got round to looking at :) It's only today - when I needed to replace a different light switch in the house - that I figured I should get my act together and address this one, too :)...

I have a triple switch to control: outside light, inside porch light, and hallway light. The hallway light has 2 separate wall switches - it has the switch as above (which is just inside the front door); then there's another rocker switch at other end of the hallway. At moment we can flick...

Sorted - thanks again for everyone for the help. The bungs made the job possible, but didn't completely seal the outlet pipe... I had to force the bung in place, and hold it there while I swapped the gate valve over - I only lost about a quarter of a washing-up bowl from the tank. But without...

Excellent! Thank you very much - that looks to be just the job!! 8) I'll get to B&Q tomorrow after work!