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I'm planning the rewiring of my kitchen. For my dishwasher I will have a switched FCU connected to the ring main (above the work top) with an unswitched single socket connected to the FCU on a spur (behind the appliance about a foot off the floor) I know that when connecting the FCU on a ring...

I'm trying to figure out how my flat is plumbed. I have temporarily capped the hot water supply to the kitchen (the pipe comes directly from the hot water tank, also in the kitchen) The pipe that is capped does not heat up when the rest of the pipes do. Is this just because it has been capped...

Thanks for the replies. I'm making a bit of progress, I bled the pump and the heating came on for a while before going off again so I bled the pump again. Looks like it will eventually work if I keep doing this. :D

I've bled all the radiators but still no joy. I can get the boiler to ignite but after a few minutes it goes out. Could it be coincidental that this happened at the same time I removed a radiator or will they be linked? Is there any way removing the radiator could cause this problem? Thanks

Thanks, if removing the radiator hasn't caused the problem any ideas what it could be? I lost quite a bit of water when removing it.

I removed a radiator last week and since then my central heating does not work. I asked advice in B&Q and the guy said it was OK to just remove the radiator then cap the pipes as the pipes were off shoots of the main circuit. I'm now guessing that that is not the case. Do you think I've...

I'd like to remove the window fan in my kitchen and replace it with a non electrical one. I've removed the old xpelair one and am left with a 185mm diameter hole in the window. B&Q only seem to do up to 162mm. Any ideas?

I removed a radiator at the weekend without draining the system and only got slightly soaked. A friend told me afterwards though that you can freeze the pipes with a spray (lasts about 45 mins) while you work on it.

Thanks, I've booked a week off work so I can get all the wiring done before the meters are changed.

I'm rewiring my flat and have so far completed the circuits for the kitchen. (ring main, cooker and immersion) I have bought a new consumer unit but haven't connected them yet. I've also just switched to a new electricity supplier who are going to change my meter and also move it a few feet...

Thanks breezer, removed it yesterday :D

It's 3 inches away from the wall because there was an old door, a fireplace and some pipes on the original wall that we wanted to cover.

I've got gas central heating and a radiator that I need to remove, do I just turn off the central heating, remove it and cap the pipes or is there more to it than that?

It's looking good today :D It just needed to be braced to the original wall (about 3 inches away)

I'm installing a new kitchen and my dad is helping me out by putting up a stud partition wall. He has put up half the frame and today put up the first piece of plasterboard. I'm a bit concerned though as it doesn't seem too stable. The wall is 9.5 feet high and he's got studs 24 inches apart...