Recent content by izzy eckerslike

Run the hot water and heating continuously? does he think we're all rich like him or what That would ramp up my gas bill no end as we have the water on for just 20 minutes a day in two 10 minute slots 12 hrs apart which keeps it piping hot, couldn't do that with my previous boiler and...

Just had my boiler fail symbol flashing so I called the emergency help line and a message said they had an unprecedented number of calls and to check the condense pipe isn't blocked. I discovered it was frozen along it's entire 3mtre length as presumably the water had backed up after the...

o.k. thanks for that, maybe that's normal for the first year but likely to need a clean next time ?

We had a bloke come to give our boiler it's first year service, he took the front cover off the boiler via its 2 screws & then started using an electronic device. he said he could tell that the boiler didn't need cleaning by the reading he got on his device so there was no need to open it up...

Why would I do that ? it's a perfectly handy tool for for a quick check on live wires with the amount of testing I would be likely to do, I do have a multimeter also

Just fitted a new low energy bulb on the top landing -the newer ones that light faster & we noticed that even when it's off there is a slight flicker every now & again. I tested the bulbholder with my mainstester screwdriver & when it's off it still gives a faint glow off the live pin. It's...

Faulty thermostat that turns off before temperature reaches it's user setting ? do you have a wireless one?

Recovering our loft with insulation that expands to about 300mm, the instructions say do not lay over any wiring or reroute if necessary,lol but it's impossible with insulation this thick, in some parts there are more wires than others but what is the danger if any of laying over wiring ?

Considering you can currently get 4ft wide rolls of loft insulation for just £5 at B&Q & other outlets it's a not worth looking for older stuff from skips Filled my campervan up with it & currently adding a second layer all over the loft :P

You say you 'had them installed' did the fitter not get it running properly in the first place or was it fitted by a non plumber friend or whatever?

Fix it by raising the cistern, this gives more of a powerfull flush, the reverse of my original problem. I had a concealed cistern & fitted it at the height limit of the curved pipe & when it flushed it spilled over the bowl. Lowered it a couple of inches & it flushes perfectly. You will...

Inside the loft requires lying on my belly to drill ,outside is over a glass veranda that requires scaffolding :shock:

To comply with current regs I have to fit an extractor fan in our new upstairs toilet. It's a large dormer attic room & behind the wall is the loft area & the soilpipe with durgo which runs 3.5 mtrs to the wall to connect to the exterior vertical soil pipe. Getting this pipe thru the brick wall...

My dads got lead pipes running from the road to the bathroom & kitchen where only the final connections are copper. He's lived there since 1961 & he's just turned 90 with no bad health problems so I wouldn't worry at all

I solved mine by simply lowering the cistern which then reduces the distance the water drops & it stops it splashing over altho mine is a hidden cistern type I guess the same principle must apply. If lowering isn't an option then raise the bog & provide steps :P