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i visually traced all wiring and there is no signs at all of any failure, charring, arcing. The only unusual thing I noticed is that the actual unsheathed wire from the probe to the t/stat dial at the point it enters into the oven casing, the small gromet for this entry hole had burnt and...

Hi, I turned some jacket potatoes into lumps of coal yesterday by leaving them in the oven much too long and burning them! AEG COMPETENCE B1180-4-M single electric oven. I then went to use the oven tonight and; Neither the oven element or grill element are working. The grill...

just to update. it was asbestos. i found the word etched on one side. the tank only fed the boiler as the bathroom and kitchen both take from the mains. I teed off this in 22mm to the drop to the shower and it all seems ok. thanks for your help seco.

house is about 50 years old. is it likely to be asbestos or that glass reinforced concrete stuff?

great. it is exactly what i thought but wanted a pro to confirm. should i go for the correct route - any advice with regard to drilling a new hole in asbestos apart from pay someone else to do it!!!! what drill bit? what height from bottom? opposite side to current feed out?

thanks for posting so quick. i fitted his kitchen a few years ago and am pretty sure i took the feeds from the mains for his appliances. i am guessing only the upstairs bathroom is fed from the tank. This i can all check later. from your experience are you saying the only downside...

Hi, I am replacing an electric shower for my bruv with a triton t90xr pumped electric as his flow rate is appalling. His current set up is from the cold water mains which I have just found out despite being 100% assured by him he had a tank feed! The instruction say it must have its own feed...

after further research i am guessing chairbricks are just for coal fires to aid drawing the air and are unneccessary when fitting an inset fire. would that be correct?

I am refurbing an 1920's house. I intend to fit an inset gas flame fire into a fireplace where an older style gloworm fire was. I have fitted a new hearth but now the opening is only 51cm high so i have angle grinded 5cm off the granite back board to enlarge the opening but there appears a...

it is a sorrento chrome lever action monobloc from howdens (MFI trade arm) Tap3601 it does appear to mix within the tap because when i turned on the cold without the hot feed connected and selected mix then cold water came down the hot feed inlet. the non return valves are separate. from...

i am no plumber (in fact i am jack of no trades) so..... i fitted non return valves because the tap came with two flexi pipes down to 10mm and two 10mm to 15mm non return valves. i didnt have any 10mm compression fittings so assumed the non return valves are necessary and could attach to the...

i presume a bi flow mixer would require at least a modicum of pressure on the hot side? i have deduced the pressure on hot side is so low it can barely push open the non return valve. i havent even got the cold feed connected so this must be the case can a monobloc be run without a non...

yep, pressure on cold is very good. i am just fitting a ballofix valve to cold side to try and reduce pressure to see if that help. i hadnt bothered until now as the cold feed is directly above the stopcock. i am putting the ballofix just below the non return valve so it wont affect cold supply...

i have fitted a new kitchen sink and monobloc tap. The tap kit had 2 non return valves so i fitted on both hot and cold feeds. The hot pressure is now very low to non existent. i have stripped it and checked and no blockages. the cold is mains and the hot is from an immersion tank and it is...

got it checked under warranty and turns out to be a faulty pump and a faulty pcb. poxy cheap combi's.......only £500 but i guess i should have bought a worcester!

I just found the benchmark card and he hasnt filled it out. I know most of his details ie corgi reg etc but he is on hols this week which is why i was asking here. He works for a firm and fitted my boiler as a bit of moonlighting will ariston expect to see this card if i call them out. i...

flow pipe goes scalding hot until the boiler cuts out direct hot water is only tepid

I had a new Ariston microgenusII 31 combi fitted last month and it has been perfect until today. It appears to be overheating and cutting out. The boiler fires to supply central heating but the temp dial on the front raises quickly to 90c and then cuts out only to start again about a minute...

thx for replies fellas. the steel is recessed up into the ceiling so very tricky to clad in plasterboard except the underside. i was gonna double skin the underside anyway,

i am about to embark on plasterboarding my ceiling in a new extension which will be a kitchen. Someone in passing has just said they think it will require double skinning with 12.5mm plasterboard. Is this correct? It is a single storey extension with a flat roof that has been knocked through...