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there is a trip switch i guess you call it called an MCB rated at 32. This is meant to be for the boiler and does not trip but the house does. The sparky told me the electric boiler was wired to a seperate circuit so I dont understand why the house is tripping and not the trip switch he put in...

Just keeps tripping

Im no electrician but I have had a guy wire up an 8kw rated electric powered central heating boiler and it is apparently wired on a seperate circuit, so why does it keep tripping the whole house? It does not trip the MCB rated at 32 by the way that it is apparently wired to. I live in Spain.

I mean actual 'floor paint' not stain or varnish. I dont want to sand it down as it will cause too much hassle. Just wondered if there was a paint that would stick well enough.

I would like to paint the floorboards in a bedroom which already have what looks like a stain type varnish on them. However I do not want to rub them down and was wondering if I could paint straight over the top? If so can anyone recommend a good paint for the job. I should add that I am not...

I have an old victorian cottage with low ceilings which I want to sell. The lounge ceiling is looking a bit tired and is bulging a little in one or two places and cracking quite a lot in others. If you push on the ceiling you can here the joists creaking above in the bedroom and there has been a...

water based egg shell? wouldnt oil based be more water proof? And what is the best substance to thin the paint with?

I need to paint the ceiling in my shower room which has been re-plastered. The ceiling is low and is obviously going to collect a lot of moisture. Will a normal emulsion do it?

Im fixing a dado to run up the stairs. First it runs straight along a wall into a corner before it then runs up the stairs on another wall. If it was just running straight along two walls I could just do a simple 45 degree cut for a corner but the corner cut I need is obviously on a 45 and...

Is the circulating pump for the hot water as well as the central heating? I have just changed my programmer from a danfoss to a sunvic and at the moment I can only get the boiler to come on when I hit the hot water button on the programmer. The sunvic is meant to be able to fit straight on...

Whats a multimeter? I can get some hot water but the boiler keeps shutting down after about 2 or 3 minutes so it is never going to get really hot

The bolier is an old concorde and there is only one honeywell valve. The pump started this morning for about 20 minutes on highest speed so it certainly had power to it at that point, although I did smell something different so maybe it was burning out but then again maybe I was just...

The boiler fires up but shuts down after a few minutes. Therefore, radiators do not heat up. I have a tank upstairs with a grundfos 15-50 pump next to it and a honeywell valve?(silver metal box with an arm on it) above that. This morning I turned the speed dial on the pump to its highest...

Sorry Im a total novice so not sure what info you need. Can you advise on what you mean by basic description?

My gas boiler fires up when switched on via the programmer and runs for about 4 minutes before shutting down. None of the radiators get warmed up at all. It will fire up on its own from time to time but keeps shutting down after a couple of minutes. Any ideas?