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It is a copper system, combi boiler, but to this radiator it is flexible pipes, like tap pipes. The flow pipe gets hot, as does the valve, but just above the valve at the start of the radiator it is cooler and then cools quickly away from the valve.

Hello Our bathroom radiator has started to not get warm or only get slightly warm very slowly. The radiator is upstairs and is the closest to the boiler on the upstairs run. It is a chrome, ladder-type towel radiator and the pipe sometimes gets hot before the flow valve but the rest of the...

Hi, my windows are painted with Dulux Weathershield satin. I seem to need to keep repainting every year as it cracks and water gets behind the paint (I think it gets between the glass and beading). I am thinking of trying gloss - would that be the recommendation of you experts? If I do use...

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There is a plate that says 13A, 2.65-2.85kW. Does that sound about right?

The tumble dryer says the energy consumption 3.3kWh. The PIR halogen light doesn't have anything on it, maybe 120w? The ceiling light in the outhouse is a standard 40w bulb and the new light is a bulkhead with an 11w low energy bulb.

Ah I see, having just looked up FCU. So the FCU does go into the 2.5mm cable before the spurred socket so that the socket and subsequent spur for the lights are all protected by the 13A fuse in the first FCU. Many thanks

Yes there is RCD protection on the circuit. Sorry but what is a FCU? So would the FCU go into the 2.5mm cable that is spurring from the ring before the spurred socket?

Thank you both for your quick responses. winston1 - yes the fused spur for the lights is spurred off the socket that is itself a spur off the ring. This is how it was done when the house was rewired before we moved in. EFLImpudence - the spur doesn't go via a plug, I think it is either from a...

I was planning to install an additional outside light but I am not sure whether I can given the existing wiring in the outhouse, which would be my source. The outhouse has a double socket running on a single 2.5mm cable, so it isn't in ring main, but it is part of the downstairs ring main, so I...

I have put the Kingspan up and used Gyproc nails as a secondary fixing. Just thought I would add an update in case anyone else is trying find out about mechanical fixings. Interesting comments about K17. I did some research on the web and could find anything about formaldehyde risks...

I hope you help me with a plastering query. Kingspan say that K17 boards require a minimum of 2 gypsum nailable plugs. I found the Gyproc ones that come in packs of 100 but these say they are for their dry-lining system, is this what I need? - I only need about 10. I also found some others...

Thank you for the responses. What kind of pins or nailable plugs do I need? Are the Gyproc nailable plugs the ones? These only seem to come in packs of 100 and I can't any similar product in smaller numbers - I only need about 10. The walls are 2 standard bricks with no cavity but a layer...

Hi, I am planning to dot and dab Kingspan K17 insulated plasterboard in a bedroom. Originally I was going to knock off the existing plaster back to brick but the plasterer has just told me to dot and dab onto the exiting painted plaster. The existing plaster is pretty solid but I didn't...

Yes it is an ordinary domestic house, a 1930's terrace. This 'feature' is only in the small entrance vestibule. I have no idea why they didn't plaster it when they did the rest of the house. Thanks to all for your advice.

I am trying to prepare some interior walls for painting. They are sand/cement, no plaster, and have been left as a rough finish with lines draw it with the idea of making it look like stone blocks. This has been painted with thick gloss paint. We would like to paint the walls with a...

Last time I played with capacitors it was with 5v, not sure I trust myself with mains voltage. Where does it have to go across? Although it is 2-way switching there is just a switch live and neutral at the fitting so there must be a junction box somewhere? I think I will just put...

It was fine with the halogens and it is at the top of the stairs, so it is on a two-way switch. I will try and find the section and have a read. Many thanks.

I recently connected a mains smoke alarm from a light fitting with 3x50w halogen spotlights in by using a junction box to break into the permanent live. All was well until I replaced the bulbs with low energy ones. Now the low energy bulbs pulse very slightly when the power is turned off and...