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hi j, hes coming back sunday afternoon to change the set up,said its ok for now but not to use loads of electrics at once. Been using things and checking it periodically and its cold to the touch now he has tightened up the wires. Just niggling at the back . . .! would you to deffo...

Hello all, bad smell traced it to the breaker ,was very hot and melting plastic in top right corner, so called a spark asap he said it was loose wires there , he tightened them up and now it works fine but is coming back to install a whole new box system. would it be ok to leave it as it...

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it was the pointing after all

Hi everyone, long time no log in! Anyways Bad leaks in the bedroom during driving rain ,played detective a bit but am reluctant to play spider man on the roof,at my age. Took a photo do you think this is the culprit? had the house repointed about 3 years ago but they didnt do the chimney...

this is it anyway if i get it up for you before the summer!!

I have ow disconnected from their new gutter and placed the downpipe bend and my gutter back at the correct old level. Theirs is now about 3-4 inches higher and both are open ended at the mo ,mine would pour down the pipe but I guess theirs would over flow some down the pipe and some may miss...

Whil;e I was on my hols my neighbour had new gutters installed , we live in a semi sharing the downpipe ,just on my side of the boundary . Looks nice but it is about three inches higher than the original and where it meets the downpipe they raised the downpipe spout up and have bent the...

Sorry for the delay,thanks for that I have wired it up to the rose now all three wires! There is also an earth on the new fitting that earths it to itself ( well on to the little bracket it screws on to that holds it up? is this standard? thanks again.

Firstly Thanks for all the replies guys, it wont fit where the rose is as there are so many wires coming in to and out of the rose fitting and the light itself is pretty flush. the wires inc two earths ,there are reds and blacks and green earths in the rose and same colours around the house...

Hello again gents, I have a light fitting i want to put up using the existing ceiling rose cable ( keeping the rose in place) but new light fitting has an earth conection on it. The cable off the rose only has the two pos/neg no earth. can I just wire it up using these two and ignore the earth...

Hello again gents, I have a light fitting i want to put up using the existing ceiling rose cable ( keeping the rose in place) but new light fitting has an earth conection on it. The cable off the rose only has the two pos/neg no earth. can I just wire it up using these two and ignore the earth...

that is food for thought hugh and deffo something i will consider as I am aware in a few years I may well have to change the whole system as it is quite old but financially for now ( just lost my job ,things are tight ,blah blah ect ect ) I just need to tick over,but thanks gents for now and a...

have just found a company called copperform who do the primatic I measured cold water infeed 100mm from floor copperfeeds is 100mm my lower `c/h pipe I got at 150mm from floor c`pperfeeds is 140mm my upper is 325 from floor c`pperfeeds is 318 all 1...

cheers guys Hugh, there is deffo space above the present tank I boxed it in and can easily alter it to suit. and this is located on an external wall . so the only real big difference between primatic and indirct is the f+e tank ( apart from the air bubble in the primatic as opposed to the...

its a monthly amount by d/d stays the same year round , bit like a fixed rate mortgage ,use more in the winter ,less in the summer,same amount you know where you are,....i think! :)