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quick question: if replacing a cylinder stat, a danfoss for a honeywell, for eg, do the wires in the terminal box go in the same holes, like for like?

sorry that';s what i meant, it can be sucked back into the supply pipes! the part 2 and 3 valves have a higher oultet and an air gap which prevent this!

this i know for a fact!!! part 1 is the portsmouth pattern type, piston and washer but not allowed to install now without a double check valvae as water outlet is lower and can cause backpressure. part 2 is diaphragm, brass bodied part 3 is diaphragm, plastic bodied part 4 - torbeck...

are there any plumbing firms in the west london area that are willing to take on a mature adult to work with them for free to learn the trade? I have some knowledge/skills and am very enthusiastic and hard working. but need some on-site experience before being able to properley get a full-time...

has anyone got any tips for me! i want to turn my stopckock off which is under my sink. it is accessible but it won't budge-or hardly anything. i have tried a bit of wd40 on the spinlde and some heat with a blowtorch but still i cannot move it!! any special tools i can get to help me with...

i hasd this problem a few weeks ago and instead of trying to get a correct size donut washer i used plumbers mate over the slight crack in the original donut. it has worked, no more leaks!!!

lol i know what you mean, but basic plumbing electrics like wiring an immersion heater to the fused spur, or the wiring plan for s-plan, y-plan central heating systems, via the junction box!! but i agree with you in principle!

what do you mean i know nothing!! i know how the courses work for a fact!!! I'm not saying it's a perfect situation, it's the way it is nowadays. I also know for a fact a lot of dodgy plumbers muck up because they do not know how systems work properley, etc. It's true, anyone can do plumbing...

hey-don't give up if you want to be a plumber. I have seen an advert in my local paper this week looking for plumbers. I believe there is a shortage of GOOD plumbers and a lot of work being done is a result of it being done poorly by cowboys in the first place!! I was thinking about doing a...

lol, no seriously though in a junction box there are like dozens of wires in different rubber holes!! just didn't want to get any in the wrong holes!!!

what doesn't add up?!!!!

just trying to learn more from you pro's!!! :D nothing wrong with that is there!!?

ok than ks for your help. i just wondered what order the pump connected into the junction box and if there was a set way. i know the numbers go from 1-8!

i know but i want to learn how to do it properley!!! apparently it's basic plumbing electrics!!! just wondered how its done! :)

yes i know they go into the pump!!! but they also go into the junction box on the wall (plactic with a screwed cover)!! the cylinder stat and three port mid pos valve also go into it as well as other leads. !!!

when fitting a new grundfos pump, 15-50 (like for like replacement) do the wires go into the junction box in the bathroom in a certain order? is this a standard order for all systems ? will the new pump have instructions on this ... ? is this easy to do? thanks all for your advice!

ok here goes-my system is close coupled, and is as below: http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll158/stevehayes2005/DSC01236.jpg in my mates system, it is also close-coupled but with a metal air separator! but the 3 port valve seems to be on the primary return from the cylinder (the...

anyone had trouble lagging a cold water storage tank in the loft? the bin bag type? so fiddly to get everysingle big covered! and i've run out of string!! i was going to change my floatvalve as it was sloghtly dripping-nothing major but i wanted to get it done! are tank connectors better...

oh interesting. are those leadloc fittings hard to use? i have heard about them, i know rising mains of copper and 15mm usually, so what are the old lead sizes?

how would you fix a leaking stopcock? turn the external stopcock in the pavement off and drain down? weird thing to have happen !!!