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Hi I am having two separate issues with this not very good boiler. The first is it cuts out and won't fire even though temperature has not been reached on the thermostat. It does this after it has been running for a while and rads are hot. Could it be a thermo cut out as it gets too hot? The...

I am doing some work for a customer but i am at a bit confused why i have no water in a loft conversion and i am looking for some ideas. Customer has a cloakroom in the loft extension. They have a monoblock tap on the sink which don't give good flow at best of times, however, i have no hot...

I am about to refit a ensuite for a customer and could do with fitting a 4" fan. Only throble is the ensuite is very narrow and the only external wall has a window across. Unable to go through roof without removing tiles. Bathrooms are not a problem for me but the ins and outs of house...

Please can someone advise if i am able to use marmox board straight onto 22mm chipboard flooring using flexi floor cement? Should i also screw down or will cement be sufficient?

I am fitting a bathroom and want to canvas opinion on whether this is possible. Customer lives in a bungalow and has one wc (separate sewerage to bath/shower waste water). I have pulled the floor up and have found a large radius bend below the floor which comes straight up through the...

I am considering looking at installing unvented cylinders and was hoping someone could give me a bit of info. I mainly do bathrooms and odd plumbing jobs but generally this does not involve cylinder work with the exception of putting flanges onto vented systems for pumps etc. Looking to...

Just want to canvas some opinion. I have a customer asking me to insert a shower valve (2 way recessed valve that runs bath and shower) into an adjoining wall with next door. I have explained that it is probably 4" block with nothing behind until you hit next doors block so not really feasible...

Hi. Having a problem with a unswitched FCU to dimmer switch which turns on outside lights. Problem is they wont work. It is wired as follows. Ring main live and netural to "in" on back of FCU. Neutral out from fcu connected to directly to wiring feeding outside lights. Live from fcu to dimmer...

Drained down boilermate to work on rads and as thought boilermate would not refill. Tried to backfill through rad ( already of the wall so valve easily accessable) and rads now full of water. Problem now is no hot water in rads. Couple of questions : 1.Taps have very hot water so...

The plaster on my bathroom walls is completely shot and going back to blockwork. Walls will be tiled so only needs to be good enough for that. Was thinking of just undercoat plaster on blockwork. Any suggestions?

Have got a shower valve (thermostatic) that in running almost fully on cold. Pump APPEARS to be working fine & cylinder hot ( Bathroom taps coming out nice and hot). Can only think there maybe some obstruction from hot feed although water out of valve appears adequate, or valve knackered...

Hi I am thinking of making the space under the stairs into a cloakroom. Happy with all plumbing and stud wall issues but need advice on extractor fan. I want to put in an extractor, however as a terraced house there is no access to an outside wall. Only way is to go is straight up...

If you are changing over a bathroom light / electric shower (with correct cables already present) but not extending circuit on either for a customer (not in own house) does it fall under Part P?

Hi Just built a conservatory and thinking about installing electric underfloor heating. Also want to put a double socket in there. Can i spur of the existing ring main and run both from this spur? If so what is the best way of going about this, spur to double socket then fused spur to...

I am about to undertake a self build conservatory and have plastic facia on the back of the house where the conservatory will be. What size wilol i require when putting the lead from the house to the conservatory. I was thinking 150mm code 4 is sufficient or do i need to go bigger ?

Hi can anyone tell me what the error code for 3 flashes then a pause is on this machine. I have searched the forum and have found different error codes but not my one. ( Trust me to be different!) Does anyone know how to go about fixing this. Any help appreciated.

Anyone know of a way to remove acrylic undercoat from block paving. Already tried a pressure washer but no good

Anyone know of a way to remove acrylic undercoat from block paving. Already tried a pressure washer but no good

Does anyone know how a boilermate II FE 200 works. Is it basically an unvented system with a small F&E tank on the top for hot feed only with all cold feeds run from mains? Help and advice greatly appreciated

I am considering pumping the water for a bath The bath has a bath tap with shower attachment which in not very good. Two options. Just want to canvas opinion from plumbers for the best one. Currntly there is an ensuite with a shower which is pumped from the airing cupboard (which happens...