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I’m making preparations for burying an electric vehicle charger cable to be installed by British Gas. I’m digging the hole 450mm deep and have been told to put 150mm of sand covering the ducting. I’m preparing it as per BG instructions and taking photos. my question is what type of sand to...

Thanks everyone for all the info. I just got the quote from a local company for a Solidor which is going to cost me £3,200 I nearly fell over! I wouldn't mind paying that price if it's a good product with a good warranty included, so it's decided it for me. I'm going to order a door via a...

I tend to judge companies by their reviews as it matters to me if they do not provide a good service with good products. Looking at some of the postings I may look at Door Stop, although I now see their reviews are just as bad, it seems a nightmare trying to find a reliable company.

Hi, I'm looking to have a local company purchase and install a composite front door and they use Solidor and Door-Stop. They recommend Solidor over Door-Stop but the Google reviews look atrocious for Solidor with so many complaints (114 reviews and around sixty of them giving 1 star very bad...

Hi, I think I have the answer from another user so am reassured about replacing the zone valves so I think I am all sorted now: Yeah, it'll be the one going to the heating circuit to blame, those heads come off quite easily, you can check that the valve operates easily enough by taking the head...

Hi, I have one pump by the boiler downstairs and two pumps upstairs due to the water underfloor heating. I have normal radiators throughout the house but just underfloor heating in the lounge downstairs. The house has 4 bedrooms and I have had no work done recently.

Hot water coming out of the hot water storage cylinder into upstairs radiators after heating/HW turns off and running out of hot water in the mornings. I have a Glow Worm 24HX Condensing boiler on the ground floor with a pump in the same cupboard, a hot water storage cylinder in the airing...

Hi, I have tried just the HW on and both CH and HW and it seems to be working fine now. I will change the actuator head as it's probably indicating that it will stop working again soon. Many thanks for your help.

Hi Ianmcd, thanks for the info. With your suggestion: "with it locked in position you need to switch the CH on and turn up the room thermostat and see if the HW pipe now gets hot" Did that operation prove that it was the HW ZA5 valve? I understand I can just snap off the actuator and replace...

Now I've started the CH and HW everything seems fine, the boiler is on and there is HW going through the zone valve to the HW cylinder, not sure if is temporary or may have fixed things. Did the above operation prove or do anything ?

Hi, Thanks I've done as you said, turned CH and HW off then locked the HW ZA5 to the open position, turned up the room thermostat and put the CH on and waited half an hour. All the pipes to the ZA5 valves seem to be cooling down, so no the pipe to the HW cylinder is cooling also. I checked the...

We may have two pumps due to there being underfloor water heating in a couple of rooms downstairs. I've not been able to get the hot water cylinder inlet pipe hot, just warm and just warm coming through the showers. The heating and HW has been on for the last couple of hours now and although...

Sorry I don’t know why I have two pumps as the system was fitted by the previous owner. Both seem to be working though.

I have a Glow Worm 24HX Condensing boiler on the ground floor with a pump in the same cupboard, a hot water storage cylinder in the airing cupboard upstairs (Kingspan 1500 x 450 grade 3, 162 Litre. cylinder) in the eaves area I have another pump (both pumps are Salus MP200 domestic circulating...

Cheers, thank you.

Hi EFL Thanks for the reply. So you don't think there would be any overload on either the light or the power supply unit to the doorbell if I connected the socket to the light switch ?

Hi Winston I looked online and I see that any work done on the consumer unit would need a certificate and would need an electrician, which would seem too costly for me. My outside LED light is on for a couple of hours a night. It's a Philips LED 6w light. With an on/off switch wired directly...

Thanks for all your advice and suggestions. The only reason I was thinking of using the existing on/off switch is that I feel that wiring into the consumer unit might be a bit much for me to tackle, as I'm not sure what would be involved. I will have a look online to see what is involved...

Hi EFL Many thanks for the diagram, (I'm impressed). Thanks.

Hi EFL Thanks for the info, hopefully someone can give me a few details on how ?