Recent content by julianyoung

O.K. Dave. Many thanks for your help. Julian

Thanks Dave, A Corgi Fitter installed the boiler and did the initial flushing and draining. He will be back next week to do the final commissioning and signing off. I fitted the shower. We tested the hot water and central heating after the installation but did not check the flow rate as...

Just had new combi boiler Biasi Garda HE 28 (35deg rise at 11.7 l/min) and new Aqualisa Thermo shower fitted (35deg rise at 9 l/min). Boiler appears to work O.K. as installed by Corgi fitter. However when shower was fitted a week later there is insufficient hot water to run the shower. The...

Many thanks RF extremely useful info. Julian

I want to put 4 downlighters in the wooden soffit board under the eaves of my house to illuminate a balcony. Can anyone advise if there are any special regulations i.e. are the lights classed as being outdoors and what about being mounted in a flammable material (wood)? Can someone suggest...

Thanks for your replies. I believe that the gutter down pipe discharges to a combined soil/rainwater system but I will check this. If this is the case then it appears that condensate discharge into the gutter will be O.K. but if there is a separate rainwater system then it will have to go into...

I am installing a condensing boiler in my loft space. Can the condensate drain pipe pass over the facia board and discharge into the gutter or must it be a closed discharge into a drain or waste or soil pipe please. Julian Young

Many thanks for your very helpful replies. regards, Julian

My daughter has a 2 bedroom top floor maisonette. It is small but has an enormous loft space. The best place for the boiler would be in the loft space above the kitchen and bathroom where it has easy vertical access for venting, the dhw pipe runs are short and there is a brick wall to fix it to...