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OK thanks. The curtains are fairly standard, made of cotton and linen, floor to ceiling by patio doors. I have an existing double socket approx 6 inches to the side of where the curtain starts from. The intention is to take a spur from this double socket and add a fused switch to control some...

Hi, This is probably a silly question, but is it OK/safe to add a new fused switch on a wall behind a curtain? The fused switch is taken from a socket nearby. Thanks.

Thanks for the point about the noggins. I have just been tapping the wall and I think there may be a couple of horizontal noggins in the way. Any thoughts on the best way to handle these? I guess I may need to cut out a vertical piece of plasterboard for the full length between the socket and...

Excellent, thanks for the clarification.

That's great, thanks for the quick reply. Have the regulations changed in recent years? I thought a few years ago regulations were introduced to stop DIYers doing things like this although I never fully understood exactly was allowed. Appreciate your help.

Hi, I am hoping to add 2 outdoor wall lights to light up my patio. I have a double socket indoors next to the patio door, which is not a spur, so am planning to run a 1 metre length of 2.5mm cable from the back of the socket to a new fused switch on the wall above the socket. Then run some 1mm...

Excellent thanks. From memory, I think that the person who fitted the original shower pump couldn't budge that isolation valve and ended up breaking the red hand wheel. So I guess even if I borrowed another wheel I will not be able to turn it.....we live in a hard water area which presumably...

Great, thanks for all the info. I have now found the cold pipe that comes down from the loft and into the bottom of the cylinder. It is tucked right behind the cylinder, can`t see it going into the cylinder bur l can feel it. Following the pipe back upwards, there is a gate valve which has no...

Many thank guys, I like to try and understand how things work! Good idea about trying to follow the drain cock back, assuming the inlet is in the same place. Unfortunately though none of the cylinder on the left hand side is accessible as it is very close to the left side of the airing...

Thanks guys for trying to help me. I have looked underneath the cylinder and reached round the back as far as I can but cannot see any other pipes low down feeding in. In the picture, the higher of the 2 pipes going into the cylinder (half way up) comes from the motorised valve. Attached is a...

Hi Terry, many thanks for replying. Here is a photo of the cylinder. It is the red gate valve in the bottom right corner that I have turned off. It was fairly tight and I had to hold the red wheel lightly with some pliers to turn it. It turned 4 full rotations. The cylinder only had a little...

Hi, I am replacing my 12 year old shower pump which has a leak. I have read lots of posts about isolating the hot water so I can remove the hot water feed to the shower pump but am still a bit confused (note: isolating valve on the flexipipe is not working properly). So far I have: 1) Closed...

OK thanks. So if I replaced just the actuator, it may burn out again if the base gets stiff again? Is 5 years about the life expectancy of one of these? I see from the Forum that some people are not big fans of Danfoss valves. Any suggestions about replacing it with another make?

Hi, A few weeks ago our CH came on when HW only was selected. I seemed to fix this by moving the lever on our Danfoss HSA3 3 port valve a few times, backwards and forwards between Auto and Manual. A few weeks later and it has happened again, so the same as before, I seem to have freed this by...

Thanks very much for taking the time to explain further, I get it now! The missing link for me was the water that passes through the motorised valve then goes into the coiled pipe in the cylinder and NOT actually into the cylinder itself.

Thanks for the replies. Sorry, I still don't quite get how the motorised valve part works does, although clearly it does. Looking in my airing cupboard, water appears to flow into the motorised valve through a single vertical pipe coming up through the airing cupboard floor, before going...

Hi, I'm sure this is a probably ridiculous question, but here goes. I have a Danfoss 3 port motorised valve. I understand water enters the valve from the vertical pipe at the bottom of the motorised valve and goes to either the HW, CH or both depending on what has been selected from the...

Very many thanks to all the replies, all helps to give me confidence to do the job myself! Useful to know there will still be a fair amount of residue water. I would not have been expecting much so may have lost my nerve after a certain amount! Any ideas how much residue there will be? Half a...

Thanks for your reply. I've been scouring the web for info and I think you right. Sounds like after I have stopped the cold supply I need to run the hot taps in the bathroom and this should empty enough hot water from the top of tank for me to remove the hot supply to the shower pump.

I need to replace my shower pump located in the airing cupboard. The existing pump has a hot feed taken from a pipe which goes into the top of the hot water tank in the airing cupboard. I am not sure how to isolate this hot water supply to the shower pump. Do I just need to drain the hot water...