Recent content by rad_pete

Hi all So, prior to buying a thermoststi. Show I've been looking at some of the online PDF install instructions for the various triton thermo showers which work with a combi system. In the manuals it talks a out the min/max static pressure and running pressure. I've bought a pressure gauge...

nice job simonH2. yeah, i think i can probably spare 50mm which might do it coupled with a bit of a channel. im now just wondering if my boiler will be powerful enough. it is the vokera compact 24 combi and to be fair, i get a fair old rate of very hot water coming out of the bath taps so...

thanks for the reply. looks like the 24 is the max kw output. the reason i aks about the depth of the channel required is becasue it would need to go on a single skin block wall. am thinking it may be a little tight! ta

Hi all Im thinking about putting a thermostatic shower in but am curious about a couple of things i've seen on the various posts. 1) People seem to have issue with regard to boiler sizing, will a thermostatic shower work ok with my vokera compact 24 or is it too small a boiler? 2) What...

thanks for the response matey. yeah, seems to work so far. i did manage to get the PAN connection coming straight out the wall but the issue was the the junction connection thing was sticking too far away from the wall compared to the old cast iron one. ie the cast pipe is about 1inch...

Hi all. So im getting around to replacing the cast iron stack while im swapping the toilet out and have a couple of questions. As the boss etc is so much bulkier that the original cast iron one it sticks out to far from the house so ive turned it 90degrees and come at it from the side. it...

Good idea with the rope, I'm sure there will still be a calamity though, ain't fun without one ;-)

Awesome, cheers guys. I like the hard hat advice, am thinking of cutting it off in small manageable chunks too rather that letting it fall and smash on the drive.......can't be bothered cleaning all the bits up ;-) Thanks for the advice again.

Cool. i think it'll be worth doing as the cast thats above the junction point in to the bathroom is falling apart anyway ;-) Obviously im not going to be digging up in my drive so will it make just different how far up the joint is made? i was think of simply cutting it off aruond a foot or...

Hi all. Just a quick one. I've seen on a few different post notes about replacing the horizontal portion of a cast soil pipe when fitting new toilets, but its not really possible for me. the run from the soil stack to existing toilet goes straight from the stack in to the house direct and...

So, is the reality simply that I just have to live with it then am I able to update the mcb (doesn't sound like a good idea for some reason). I suppose that although a little inconvenient, as long as I know that theee ain't really a problem on the ring then I guess I can live with it. Thanks

hi there. so, i do have a few things plugged in but they're not in use when the mitre saw is on, only the lights. the mitre saw does apparantly have a soft start function but to be honest, i certainly isnt as soft a start as the table saw. but this is a 240V mitre saw. its worth noting...

Hiya. Its the 16A MCB thats tripping. Thanks

Hi all. There's a mini consumer unit in my garage which runs a lighting ring and sockets ring (6A & 16A breaker respectively). Now and again when im using tools in there the sockets breaker trips, mostly when using my dewalt mitre saw (only now and again though, not every time. It seems a...