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Thanks BoxBasher! :)

Should upstairs cold water be supplied from: 1. Mains supply 2. Attic Header tank 3. Either, it doesn't matter The reason I ask is because I want to fit a power shower which mustn't be connected to the main supply. I'm also moving the location of the bathrooms in my house, so have the...

Thanks for the reply. I did that sometime ago. And I've had the rad off the wall to check the flow from the TRV and valve. The flow seemed OK, but who knows what its doing once the rad is back on...obviously not very much, since the rad stays cold. :( [/i]

It seems much of my system is a single pipe system... ...but some rads with same tail layout as in my diagram are getting very hot....so could this just be a case of fouled up valves preventing good flow into the rads? Also would the design of modern rads help convection and therefore...

Thanks for the responses. I turned off all other rads but it only got a little warmer :( I think this oldest part of the house is a single pipe system; the room above also has a rad plumbed in the same way and suffers in a similar way --- both 15 mm tails connecting to the same 22mm main...

I've read the Sticky :wink: Moved into this large 1951 house about a year ago; it has had two extensions in 1959 and 1961. I'm not sure at what stage the CH was put it; it may have all been done at once or it may have been done in bits & pieces to tie in with the two extensions. Most...

I'm re-wiring my house (just about finished) with the help of a tame electrician --- I'm doing the work and he drinks tea, eats biscuits and offers advice :) 99% of my sockets are on the ring but I have 2 on a spur each...and my electrician is insisting that I put an FCU on the ring with...

Hi All, I have a rather ancient (~1960's) extractor fan half way up the wall in my bathroom. The on/off switch is operated by the steel shutter on the front of it. The fan (and shutter etc) is earthed and on the lighting circuit. A few inches above the fan is a std size connection...

Here is a prime example of why I find getting help on this Forum is like pulling teeth: Original question was to determine whether the work he was proposing to do fell under Part P. He wasn't asking whether he was capable of doing the work. And here we have an answer from a long-standing...

Good post Darren! I was hoping for help from this Forum...but it's like squeezing water from a stone. Paul :(

OK, thanks! I guess I was hoping for the slightest reason that could justify me using the cavities. :wink:

I take it thats a "No" then... :wink: Why do so many of your replies seem so un-constructive? I guess I was hoping for a bit of a discussion, you know, pros vs cons.... But maybe it really is that clear cut... "in 2005, under no circumstances should wall cavities be used to lay cables"

Hi, Newcomer here...although been lurking for a few weeks. :) Recently moved into a large brick-built house that was built in 1951. Only one previous owner and he was the builder/surveyor so things are not your normal standard box shape but the walls are massively thick with wide...