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Hi Im wanting to replace my real flame gas fire with a proper wood stove. So I have a few questions :lol: Firstly heres a little info about the house, its an 1800s sandstone house, other houses locally have coal/wood fires (so there should be no smoke restrictions). The room has been...

Just to say thanks to all who helped me! Managed to cover the reducers with ptfe tape and it seems to work a treat! (touch wood). On one of the Rads I took the olive off and fitted the new reducer and nut and that works too :lol: Although I had to cut the pipe to make it shorter :shock...

Thanks for your help guys, I take it brumylad that the olive you speak about is the new style reducer that kevplumb is talking about? Anyway I Plan to try all your suggestions tomorrow night (the missus is going out! :lol: ) so fingures crossed, hopefully it all works or Ill have to drain...

Im not sure which valve I have the box says 013G6006 RAS-C2 COMBI Angled, 8/10mm Valves. I have already tried ptfe around the old gland (adaptor) all be it a small amount. So I could maybe try and pack it a bit more? Or try and fit the one from the box if its the right one? Is it possible...

Sorry about my lack of knowlege but is an olive the copper Ring that is stopping the old valve nut coming off? If so then How do I put the new one on? An olive would not be able to hold the new nut on the pipe as the whole is too big, it would just pass over the top? I think the brass...

Thanks everyone for your help! The Jobs done, but not without a slight problem. I replaced my old thermostat valves for Danfoss RAS-C2 Combi valves. When I took the old ones off I realised I coudn't get the nut off the pipe because of a copper ring around the pipe. So I had to use the old...

Sorry to be a pain, but does anyone know what the auto-airvent on my combi-boilers is? and where is it? Thanks

Thanks for your answers, just one question to kev plumb. What is the auto air vent, and where will that be?

Im needing to drain my central heating system! I have a combi boiler and I just want to check I have the right ideas. My plan is to Turn the Boiler off, connect a hose to the train valve and open it. once the water stops flowing ill open the air valves on the radiators starting from up...

Im thinking of flushing my heating system, I hear its good practice to do this once in a while. Also to use some kind of preservative or cleaner. Can I use this even though I have a Combi Boiler? If so what do you recommend and how do I get it into the system? Thanks for any suggestions :P

The lights were only 36W tubes so am I right in saying that if there are 6 tubes in total, thats 216W, so that should only require a 2 – 3 amp fuse? As for the emergency lighting, well Im not sure, there doesn't seem to be any in the main lab area (which is pretty big!) the only ones I see...

Just done a little electrical job at my work, were an electronics place really. Anyway, this morning two of the light fittings were out (the're flourescent fittings with 3 tube per fitting). They said to organise a sparky to come out and look at it, but I suggested that I would have a look first...

Thanks for that Ban-all-sheds. Well explained. So there must be a set impedance required by the regs. Do you know what that is if I swing from a gas pipe to earth (a Socket maybe?).

Ok heres my story although I have to say this wasn't my fault (Honest). One day the missus says she got an electric shock off the sink! I think to myself thats impossible, and told her to be quiet (probably static or something). Anyway several complaints later i agree to get the multimeter...

Freezing the pipes? Is that using that spray you get? Like you say could be risky if it doesn't freeze properly. But like you said I could cap the pipe, but can you get these caps for a microbore pipe? I have 3 Radiator valves to change what would you do? Thanks for all your answers it's...

Can anyone tell me what the regs say about earthing pipes. And Im sure this is a stupid question but why do we do it?

So I Just open the Valve under my boiler and wait for all the water to come out and for the pressure to drop to '0'. Then replace the valves and refill the system with water from the tap valve thats there and wait for the pressure to rise back to 1bar? Job done :? isn't it?

mmm, my drain valve is probably a little lower than the TRVs, would this make a difference? Will the water stay in the pipes even if there's about 1 1/2 bar of pressure in the system? :?

I Think I'm right in saying my Central Heating is a closed circuit, as it is fed by a combi-boiler. So do I need to drain the system if I want to replace some Thermostatic valves or will the water remain in the Pipes?

Oh I see! Am I right in thinking I can have a many sockets on a ring as I like?