Recent content by tomba

Hi, I'm replacing a flushing valve in the cistern of my upstairs bathroom WC, because it is filling extremely slowly. This house has an indirect cold water supply system (storage cistern in loft), which I assume feeds this WC. The current valve is a Fluidmaster 400, so I was going to...

Hi, I just moved into a house with a faulty built-in single oven (which overheats and cuts out), which I am now looking to replace (a Nardi FE867 http://www.nardi-appliances.com/product.php?xProd=48 ). The problem is that the size of the fitting aperture is limiting our choice somewhat at...

Many thanks for the explanation on bldg regs and control process Adam_151! If I decide to tackle this job myself I will post my experiences! Cheers, Tomba

The shower in question - a Triton "Ivory 3" has two power settings on the main control switch. We've been using it at its lower power setting, which doesn't trip the 32A MCB. If we try and use the 'full monty' the MCB usually trips in 10-15 seconds (although as soon as we moved into this house...

Many thanks for all your replies - much appreciated! The shower circuit (along with a couple of other circuits) is RCD protected (63A, 30mA)...so my next project is to run a new 10mm cable and install a 45A MCB. As a DIYer, would I need to get any such work inspected (by a pro), and do I...

Hi, I just moved into a house, where the previous owner has installed an electric shower (which obviously replaced the one that was there originally when the house was built). The shower is rated at 10.5kW (Triton Ivory 3) but the MCB on the consumer unit is only rated at 32A, so I also...

Hi, I haven't read through all the details of the previous posts, but when it comes to discussions about the basics of how heating systems work, I recently found a couple of good introductory training presentations on the Pegler website. One of them covers the basics of heating systems...

thanks! It turned out to be a faulty double check valve which was feeding the tap that was causing the banging. After chatting to an old boy plumber in the local merchants, he put money on it being the valve rather than the tap itself, so I tried removing that first. Now i have a good...

Hi, I just moved into a fairly modern house (three bed semi c. 1991) with a standard open-vented gravity-fed hot/cold water system. The cold water storage cistern is in the loft, and the hot water cylinder is on the first floor (same floor as bathroom). When I switch on the cold water tap...