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ah, sorry, wife picking up tin as we speak (type) from wickes.. I just assumed it would say apply to lead on installation.. hadn't expected tin to be that helpful will RTFM :oops: thanks Trev

Hi, I did some lead flashing where a tiled roof butted on to a brick wall a couple of months ago.. I was advised to use lead patination oil but was unable to find it until I searched on here and found I could get it in reasonable sized tubs from wickes.. My question is that the lead is...

thanks for the info on underfloor and servicing gas4 realise this, but until there is either government insentives such as reduced council tax/rates (like in germany) or a solar system cheap enough to pay for itself and its maintenance in a reasonable amount of time I can't justify the...

so am I right in thinking that the suposed benefit (stops boiler cycling) has been rendered irrelevant by the blend valves that underfloor heating peeps now have to return water at the right temp? or is cycling still likely? am a little uncomfortable with the idea of pressurised tanks and the...

thanks for the idea ellal, hadn't thought of that - will look at the lights available and go from there.. cheers Trev

Hi, looking through some old posts it looks like thermal stores are a contentious topic, however none of the topics I could find discussed their use in conjunction with underfloor heating. A couple of the underfloor heating companies I almost went with strongly recomended their use. (Nu-heat...

clf-gas, got CRI I think (corgi registered installer?) but not sure on RGI or MI (Manufacturers Installation?) - and am interested in if it is only 'yes, yes' for fanned flue or if a normal horzontal flue would be okay too.. Agile, thanks, that's good news. Doing the roof work would suit me...

okay, thanks, that clears it up :) bad from a testing point of view and bad from a future extension point of view unless treated as a radial in which case why not just up the cable size I guess

no worries, will do :)

interesting read, thanks.. and explains why a long return leg is a bad idea.. what was said there would seem to suggest to me though that in the case where the theoretical flat ring above was 'pinched together' to make a figure 8, the current would from that point be perfectly balanced back...

thanks for the advice, am replacing the cable and breaking it into a normal ring as it doesn't look too difficult what with the extra sockets I'm putting in anyway.. however I'm now curious and I wonder if someone can explain as I think it might deepen my understanding of why rings are...

ta, am happy to pay an extra hundred ish to keep my kitchen layout as planned any specific problems with the G-W or just don't seem as high quality as others?

would be interested in hearing of alternative condensing boilers that fit in a kitchen wall cupboard.. thought about signing up to which as they did a comparison report, but the last time I did that I payed the subscription fee for a year before I got round to cancelling it! :roll: any...

sorry, my fault, wrong terminology :oops: , I haven't spoken to the installer yet as I couldn't get him on the phone earlier. I posted on here because I've found this site very helpful (I have been on the Electrics forum asking various questions) and I wanted to examine options that maybe my...

thanks, was starting to lean that way and hoping it wasn't an issue :) I take it leaks and such shouldn't be a problem if done properly? Out of interest though, I thought 300 was the min for both of those? (horizontal to boundary/window) is it the combination that is the issue?

Hi, I am having a new boiler installed in a single storey kitchen extension, the original plan was for it to go near the end of the room on the party wall in a standard kitchen wall cupboard, the flue would then come out of the top turn towards the back of the house and go through the wall...

Crafty, don't want to hijack, but are they dimmable? can't find anywhere on the site that says they aren't but it seems to be the normal sticking point for low energy downlighters..

thanks all, will look at how bad it would be to replace the cables with a fall back of crimping.. also just want to thank all the experienced people on here for giving up their time to answer questions. I've made several posts recently and all have had helpful responses.. great forum...

thanks breezer - I think I'll skip it then and just have a junction box :)

thanks for that breezer, can I just check, would you try and terminate 3core 1.5mm SWA in the 35mm single gang back box of the indoor switch? cheers Trev