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Hello. There are 8 radiators. I can understand that when there is, say 100 litres in the system, 10 litres might not be enough, but does that mean allow for 10% expansion and so 8 rads might be 160 litres so I would only need a 6 litre expansion, not another 18 litres? Thanks,

Hello. I want to get one of these installed into a mid size terrace with 5 people living in it. It already comes with a 10 litre internal expansion vessel, but I have been told I should get an extra 18 litre external epansion vessel. I am short of space in the kitchen cupboard where the old...

Thanks securespark, that's helpful too. I'd be interested to know what people would have reccommended as a best practice wiring solution in his scenario ?

Thanks Adam_151, your reply makes a lot of sense. I can understand that it might be more prudent to leave an older lighting CU untouched (yes, it is VIR - that much the electrician DID tell me. But not what VIR was). But if I understand you rightly, it sounds like there are various...

I don't know if it is important or not - that's what I want to find out. What I was expecting from the work specification was that the whole house would have a single main on/off switch on the CU so that it could be turned off easily in case of an emergency. If the experts want to tell...

he hasn't done this yet (although the work was (theoretically) completed at the end of September...). But I am chasing up very keenly on the Part P certificate, which he says he will issue with a recommendation to re-wiring the lighting circuits at a later date - which sounds appropriate to me...

Hi all sparkies I've just had a professional (NICEIC etc) electrician install a new CU at my house (that I'm away from at the moment and renting out so can't get to see what he's done easily). When the tenants move out I'd like to get the lighting circuits rewired but I can't have it done...