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Our downstairs cloakroom/toilet has an extractor fan which isn't connected to the lighting circuit (as far as I know). It's got a pull cord and there isn't an isolator anywhere, so I presume it's either wired into the socket ring or the lighting circuit and permanently live. I haven't traced...

done. there was a lot of sludge in there. All magnetic. I don't think we got it all out, but we must have pulled 10 litres out of the system and I wanted to let it refill, so will have another go today.

Thanks. I get that, but if the filter hasn't been emptied for a long time then presumably the sludge it hasn't removed could block the separator.

Hydrogen seems very unlikely, but as I let about half a radiator of gas out the other day, I'm definitely not going to try igniting it to see what happens. Thanks for the pointer for testing the inhibitor. I've got that going on now, but as the system hasn't been drained and refilled for a...

We've got one of these from when the a new boiler was fitted a few years ago. Shouln't that pull all the magnetic crud out of the pipes? As I mentioned in another post, there's a lot of air in the system, so I assume the valve isn't doing it's job? Will sticking a mag on it help, or should I...

Thanks for the response. Additional picture below. 7 does go the pump, and I confirmed with the arrow on it's side that it's pumping down. Forgive my stupidity, but why is this a problem? From the LEDs and control panel on the front, it looks like this is the correct orientation? Cold water...

I'm trying to get my head around our CH system and while I think I get most of it, I'm a bit stumped by one or two features. I've labelled the pipes and the bits I'm curious about. Hopefully, someone can explain. 1) Is the expansion for the hot water? Lower down is a T which goes up and...

Thanks. Learn something new every day :)

I've recently pulled up the carpet in my daughter's bedroom to redecorate. Before I put down laminate, I need to lift the floor to sort out a badly installed cabling. The floor aleady has a few odd shapes which look like cutouts? I have found about five, all of which look like they've been...

I'm running CAT6 cable from the ground floor of my house up into the loft, so my kids can have very fast Internet connectivity in their bedrooms, and so I can make the wi-fi super quick. The best route for the cable takes me through a stud wall and up the stairwell into the loft. I've opened...

It's to run occasional power tools, cctv, and a switch so I can drop giga-bit ethernet to my kids PCs. I was under the impression that running any socket off a 5amp lighting circuit was a no-no?

I'd like to put power in our loft, but I'm not sure of the best way, or what regulations might cover it. There's a spur that a previous owner of the house put in, but tracing that lead back to a ceiling rose in a bedroom, so I don't want to go anywhere near that. What should I be considering...

A while ago the tap on our kitchen sink broke. I decided to take the opportunity to change out the whole sink, which was grotty and old. So, I removed the waste pipes, cut the feeds, and installed iso valves. So far so good. I knew there wasn't going to be a lot of overlap with the...

Thanks. The cylinder isolator is indeed a red-handled gate valve. It was pretty stiff, so I worked it open and closed a few times, but it's the first time I've touched it in the five years we've lived here. Interestingly, closing it and opening it appears to have fixed a long-standing...

I'm in the process of replacing my kitchen sink. Unfortunately the previous owner of the house was a bit of a bodger, and he didn't bother with things like isolators, which means, in order to replace the tap, I have to turn off the supply to the entire house. Obviously, as I replace the sink /...