Recent content by paulieg1988

This is my concern, am planning on getting a plumber in to do it, but still like knowing the various options to hand. Am I right in assuming a transition coupler won't seal on a rough pipe like this, even if wire brushed as smooth as possible?

Thanks for your time, I'll attempt to remove the pipe from the tee first, then that way i have a "plan B" if that fails and have another bit of the cherry at the stop valve

Would this do the job Agile?

Thanks for your reply, this makes sense, you're correct in assuming I don't need water in the downward direction. The external stop tap is just the other side of this wall in a brock built inspection chamber (higher ground level other side of wall) would this be an easier connection/higher...

Hi, looking for a bit of advice, I've got an old 1" galvanized iron pipe supplying my house and I need to relocate my stop cock due to an extension. I've dug down and found the pipe where i need to cut it and redirect. And as luck would have it I've found a Tee fitting with one leg blanked off...

Maybe I worded it a little wrong, I'm not dismissing RCD's in the slightest, but my issue is that some of the comments (in my opinion) could be interpreted by someone non electrically minded to mean that their house is literally minutes away from an inferno, no where did I say RCD's are...

I think some people need to calm down a little bit, YES the board looks crap, yes, there's a 6 amp circuit for the cooker, yes he's left far to much copper showing on incoming tails, yes there appears to be no rcd and NO I wouldn't recommend you change the mcb yourself, but some people are...

A picture of said light switches would be handy (terminal side obviously!)

Years of practice and skill i tend to put the connectors on the light first, then hold the connectors with the light hanging from them slide the connectors over a wire (normally earth first) then as long as the light isn't too hwavy you can let it hang on that while you connect the rest with...

You will most likely have a loose connection at one of the loop in/out terminals I would start at the nearest working light fitting to the 2 rooms effected. If you have a regular pendant type fitting you will need to be checking the 3 red/brown wires in the middle connector or the light fighting

Like has already been said, brown in the common and blue (which will obviously have brown sleeving on as you've learnt the necessary skills) into L2 if that doesn't work then the switch is faulty Could always turn the switch upside down and alter the other two if this is the case