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    does UK require route the mains cable inside pipes?

    Hi all, I'm having some work done at my house and I noticed that when my builder altering my electrics, for example, the spot lights on the ceiling, he lays the mains cable for the lights on the loft floor. I thought it is not supposed to just lay there exposed, to prevent damage to the cable...
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    Ground floor toilet ventilation require knocking a hole on wall

    Hi I 'm looking to add an extractor fan to my ground floor toilet, it currently has no ventilation at all. But other than knocking a hole on the wall to install an wall extractor fan, is there better options? It is another bathroom above the toilet which is tiled so I can't do anything there. I...
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    Gravity hot water system - improvement ideas please advise

    that sounds very good value of money for all the works carried out. I had been quoted for 2.3-3k for cylinder installation and upto 4k for Vaillant boiler installation - that's all quoted by manufacture accredited installers. A local gas safe plumbing company might do it cheaper if they don't do...
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    Gravity hot water system - improvement ideas please advise

    think I'm going with unvented cylinder, and maybe the boiler at the same time. I'll picking the installers from the manufacture site, if the difference on quote from a bronze install and silver installer, does it worth to go with high rated installer? or does the maufacture only rating them...
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    Gravity hot water system - improvement ideas please advise

    oh and thanks all for the replies. All seems prefer the unvented cylinder, is the cold water tank type is really phased out now?
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    Gravity hot water system - improvement ideas please advise

    Thanks for the explanation, much more clear now. And I actually picked the engineer from the manufacture's approved installers' list so I think he's qualified - just bad sales technic I guess... I check the head room above the current tank, I think I can move it up 1.5- 2 meters the most, so...
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    Gravity hot water system - improvement ideas please advise

    Hello all, I currently have a gravity hot water system - a 110x60x60cm water tank and a small one (expansion vessel?) in the loft, the water pressure in the bathrooms (3 on first floor) are very poor, especially the master bedroom en-suite (the furthest way from the cold water tank) which is...
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