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I have spoken to the building inspector today. He is happy for me to do the wiring and then to have an electrician to wire in the new consumer unit and test the system. My g-friends relative is a sparky and hopefully he will be ok with this. If he isnt my builder (who has an excellent...

I just assumed to put the sockets onto a ring, i thought this was the best way to go. I get your point though, i will speak to the electrician

ok that makes sense. I havent met the electrian yet, i just wanted to have some knowledge before i meet him. I find when dealing with tradesmen that if you have some knowledge before hand is a good thing The electrician wants to see the designs from building control but the architect left...

I already have an electrician and am going to meet up with him. He is happy for me to put the cable runs in and to wire the sockets switches, lights etc but he says he will need to check them. The house i rewired was a simple job that consisted of 2 ring mains and 2 lighting circuits with...

I am having a 7m by 4m extension built. The builder is putting up the shell to make it water tight and i will be doing the rest I am going to do the wiring myself and then get an electrician to put in a new consumer unit and to also sign it off for building control. All the wiring in the...

fitted the actuator tday and now the CH works. Thanks again Delboy

Am having a single story extension built in the new few weeks (waiting for building control). The builder is in agreement with you and said replacement is best. There seems to be a very large mark up on this gutters/soffit/fascia business. Some people i know have been quoted a lot of money...

Firstly i think fascias are the upright bits that the gutters fix too, and soffits are the bits that you see if you look straight up from the bottom of your house? I hope this is correct!!! I am going to replace/cover my gutters, fascias and soffits with upvc ones. I have been told that the...

I took the actuator off, it was dead easy, just press a button and detach. When i set CH on, the actuator didnt move so you were right all along, i need a new actuator. Now all i got to do is buy one and fit it!!!!!! The bit on the valve body that the actuator turns moves freely. I was amazed...

The system was a very basic one before it was updated. For example i couldnt have the hot water on without having the CH on. this is why i put thermostatic valves on the rads (i didnt know about the summer valve) The new boiler was fitted by a corgi gas registered plumber so i am assuming he...

I am going to take the actuator off tomorrow night to check if its working. If it does work then i will have to replace the whole valve. I have been very busy working this week and am working sat. Hopefully i will be finished in time to get an actuator and to fit it on sunday. I have been...

I have 240v at white and grey with CH on, orange 0v

Checked to see if the Ch was working tonight and it wasnt. Checked with mulit-meter. Results are With CH and W off , white and orange 0v, grey 240v as expected With W on, white and grey 0v and orange 240v, as expected With CH on, white and grey are 240v, and orange 0v Now i was...

I get it now and i understand what each wire does and what i should be looking for. As I dont like spending money unnecessary, I am tempted to leave things as they are and wait until the heating fails again (maybe it wont- i should be so lucky) and then i can check to be sure its the actuator...

Its a Salus motorised valve MV322 It has 5 cables. An earth which goes to earth, orange goes to terminal 12, grey to 14, white to 15 and blue goes to a bank of cable connectors which have no numbers. Terminals 1 to 9 have nothing connected to them I get home tonight and go to the terminal...

I put the valve onto manual and the heating works!!!! I think i am getting really close to finding the cause and thus a fix. You have been a great help I remember now. The last time the 3way valve went the plumbers merchants said you can replace the motor (thats the top part). However they...

Thanks What is the actuator? From reading your reply it seems to be the 3way valve I have a done a lot of home electrics (re-wired a house etc) but the only electrics i have done with the heating was straight replacements of the pump, 3way valve etc. When i last replaced the 3way valve the...

the boiler has a electric starter- no pilot light the boiler does fire if the boiler stat is the dial on the front of the boiler that goes from low to high, then it is turned up We do have hot water There is a lever on the 3way valve. It can be on auto or manual. It is on auto, but...

As part of my pre winter home check i tried my central heating, unfortunately it does work. I have some knowledge of my system in a DIY capacity, In the past(over 2 houses) i have changed a pump, 3 way valve, 2 way valve, moved and added rads. I apologise if i havent used the correct...