Recent content by John P72

Hello, I'm buying a second floor flat which has a Potterton Powermax HE which is 20 yeas old, although the seller says it was recently serviced. After reading all the negative reviews I'm thinking this will probably be the first job to replace it. But what would be a good alternative and what...

Ok thanks

Sorry do you mean that I shouldn’t cut a piece off the red mains wire and use that?

Ok got it! Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated!

Sorry I was being thick! So as below and just use this to connect between the 2 live terminals?

Thanks, yes I don't have one. Sorry, please bear with me, not sure what you mean when you say use a piece of the large size wire?

Thank you both and the annotated picture! Apologies I don't know what he copper bridge is! I've attached a photo as below which I think is following the diagram but no copper bridge and the 2 left hand side hobs work, not the right hand side.

Hello, Unfortunately I had a dry rot problem in my house which required my whole kitchen to come out for treatment. On re-fitting the kitchen I can't get the separate cooker and hob to work fully. I didn't have chance to get a picture of the wiring before the company doing the treatment...

Thanks all for your replies and taking the time with the advice. I may have a combine sewer as currently I have rain water from my conservatory going into a drian with waste water from the kitchen / bathroom. But I'm going to get a plumber round to have a look and go further. In the meantine...

=> Yes that is my question of whether a channel (ACO) drain will do the job and can I connect to the soil pipe? (And to note 5 hours after the rain stopped I've still got over an inch of water sitting there).

Thanks Nige. I read that NHL 3.5 Lime mortar would be good for re-pointing? I think I've found out why I'm getting the damp too. 90 mins ago I had heavy rain and now the gully is full with 2 inches of water sitting on the footings and not draining away - see photo. I think I will need to...

I've now dug the gully alongside the house - please see the photos. When digging I reached the footings of the house and as mentioned before the path is on a slope, so I had to dig deeper at the front of the house (depth of 16") compared to the rear (depth of 10"). I dug out quite a lot of...

Thanks for the replies as it confirms that the path is too high. My description my might have caused confusion but to confirm there is no damp at either the front or rear of the house. Only at the side of the house where the path runs along the external wall. I'm keen to try the less...

Thanks for the replies. So to add a bit more information: "The damp problem runs across the whole wall? or is it localised inside the house?" => The damp appears only on the inside walls of the house. The external wall is pebble dash and has sandtex exterior paint so I guess it forces it...

Hi, I'd really appreciate some advice on a long running damp problem I've had in my house. I'm an end of terrace and along the external wall there has been a history of damp. The previous owners had it drilled and injected, and I've also had an area injected and rendered with the special...