Recent content by rich42

I have got a garage attached to the house. About 20 years ago, the roof covering was replaced with a rubber membrane.. It has been fine all these years. Now, I need to put a vent for a tumble dryer through the roof. I see you can get specialist vent pipes, are there any potential issues I need...

I have had my 25y old open ch system converted to a Combi system. The guy that quoted the system said it would be flushed before doing anything. Anyway, the guy who tuned up, ( i think he left his horse tethered to his van) did not flush the system, amongst other things i wasn't happy with. He...

I am looking to replace my 25y old gloworm vented system bolier with a combi. Looking for pluses and minuses for the following choices: ATAG IC Economiser 27 Plus Viessmann Vitodens 050-w Ideal Logic Max 30Kw (have i missed any?) The house is a 3 bed semi, one bathroom. Reliability is an...

Thanks for the info. Looks like I will be appointing a Party wall surveyor to look after my interests. Rich

The house next door has been bought by a developer who wants to extend it up to the boundry. I have no objection to his plan. He mentioned that a party wall agreement will be needed. What should I expect from the PWA? Will it cost me anything? Regards Rich

I am looking at changing out our conventional boiler for a Combi. When we had the drive done a few years ago.....we had JCB incident, which resulted in Transco fitting a plastic pipe inside the existing broken metal service pipe under the drive. It was mentioned that we would need a new...

Many thanks for the helpful reply. I am not supprised that it only took 14 mins after I posted, for some numpty to say "leave it to your electrician". Some people on here forget the website is DIYNOT, ie DO IT YOURSELF, not book an over priced sparky. Just before the introduction of part P, I...

I am looking at getting my plastic consumer unit replaced by an 18th Edition unit as I need some more circuits adding. One thing I am unsure of, is how to seal the cable entry holes. The meter tails would enter a single circular hole and I believe you can buy a gland that will seal this...

Thanks for the replies. This came about after reading some messages on here, about cable current capacity, which got me thinking. I think my worst case load has been the clothes dryer, washer and kettle all in use at once. I do not get any tripping issues, so i must assume the load is within...

My kitchen has a ring main, in 2.5mm2 cable. It was installed in Pre Part P days. The appliance loads on the ring are: Dish washer 2.4Kw Fridge 0.25Kw Tumble Dryer 2.5Kw Microwave 1.3Kw Toaster 1.6Kw Clothes Washer 2.3Kw Kettle...

I have got a mains powered smoke alarm, which has three connections: Live, Neutral and Interconnect. Does anyone know what signal is sent out of the detector, to other interconnected detectors along the third wire? Is it high voltage or low (5V) voltage. I would like to use the detector to...

I need install a new circuit to an out building. The outside cable will be 6mm2 SWA, about 26m long. I am looking at a max load of 8Kw / 35A current max. I need to fit a cable from the fuse board, to a junction box on the house wall where it transistions to SWA. This section will be in 10mm2 or...

I am planning to install some 6mm2 SWA down to my workshop. It will be run outside, but in 50mm Square Metal trunking, for 5m then in plastic trunking, buried 400mm down. Does the cable rating need to be de-rated in this circumstance? Regards, Rich

I have a straight path, about 16m long and 1200 wide. It has been down about 23 years and is now looking very uneven in places, due to tree roots pushing the slabs up and down. As I need to lay a cable, I thought I would take up the slabs and resurface the path with some thing which would be a...

My house is a similar design and I am contemplating the same issue as yourself. I am looking at a full roof refurbishment later next year as I dont have any felt under the tiles either. I was looking at adding foam type insulation between the rafters while the tiles are off. I would be...