Recent content by Invisibabe

Thank you everyone for your replies, there's some really good points there. Very helpful indeed. I really appreciate it :-)

Hi folks, (apologies in advance if I've posted this in the wrong place) I'm seriously considering buying a new build property and am looking at ones by two different builders. I know that new builds can often be of poorer quality than older homes, but I'm in a particularly stressful period of...

Thank you, Lower and matlob, much appreciated! :giggle:

Ah, that was me. The original valve failed maybe a couple of years back and I replaced it myself. I can't remember much about it, but I guess I was a bit paranoid about further leaks. (y)

Thank you Chris and Terry for your answers. Would I be correct in presuming that extending the pipe would essentially require a replacement piece of pipe, which would need cut to the correct size? If so, I think this is getting beyond my skill level, and I would probably have to get a...

Hi folks, I have issues with a leaky pipe under my kitchen sink. The leak started when we had sub-zero temps a couple of months back. I managed to identify the bit of pipe in question as being the bit which leads out through the wall to the outside tap. I turned the valve(?) off and that...

This is great! Yes, I've located the thing inside the unit to turn in order to adjust the time it stays on, so maximum speed with timer control would make sense. What's the best way of adding the 'link' for the brown wire(s)?

The bathroom light is actually wired seperately. There's three switches for the room, one for the light, one for the fan, and one for the medicine cabinet which has lights of its own and a demister.

The labels on the old fan are N (grey), L, (brown) LT (black) and then the unused one is L1. The new fan is a 'Vortice Inline Extractor Fan 17021' The diagrams in the manual are below -

Hello awesome peeps, I'm just looking for a quick bit of wiring advice. I'm in the process of replacing a bathroom extractor fan with a different model, and I'm not quite sure how to wire it up (the manual it came with didn't have anything useful in this respect) Below is a picture of the two...

Hi folks, The extractor fan for my en-suite has died, which has surprised me a touch, as the property was a new build when I moved in about three and a half years ago, and it's not had nearly as much use as the extractor fan above the main bathroom. The fan is situated in the loft above the...

The thick gloopy stuff that plumbers use to help get a watertight seal? At least, they used to use it, cos I bought the stuff from a plumber's merchant's a few years ago!

Thanks so much footprints and Stivino. I followed your suggestions and managed to track the problem down to the non-return valve. Having no idea how these things work, I wasn't able to work out exactly what/why the water wasn't flowing through it, but I was fortunate enough to find a...

Thanks footprints. Yep, I knew about the quarter-turn thing, but it defo made sense to check! I tried your suggestion, and gave the brass valve a few good taps with the end a heavy screwdriver but it's not made any difference. I'm still only getting a trickly through when it's 'turned on' :(

Hi folks, A few weeks ago I turned on my outside tap and no water came out. It'd always worked fine, no problems ever, and had last been used a couple of days previously. As there was snow on the ground, I presumed it was just frozen. A couple of days after the weather had warmed up a good bit...