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these are two separate appliances. I'm pretty sure I'm able to do it myself, question is is it legal? I know I need CORGI man/electrician for installing new appliances but what about job I want to do. can I at least disconnect them myself and leave connection to professionals?

Hi, I'm planning on tiling kitchen floor to do so I need to remove units and appliances including electric oven and gas hob and when tiling is done connecting them back again. Can I disconnect/reconnect any of those appliances myself? I suppose I'm not allowed to touch gas but what about...

Thanks for your reply. Thickest Ply i could find is 18mm (B&Q, WICKES). I thought two layers of 9mm Ply screwed together will be less susceptible for deformation. Will single 18mm Ply be enough or should go safe and put 12mm chipboard topped with 9mm ply? Will 5mm gap around new...

Hi, I'm about to start bathroom refurbishment, to do so I have to replace part of the old chipboard floor because it's got big "hill" right in the centre of the bathroom (probably there was not enough space left for expansion). Bathroom floor is 180x180cm. At the moment there is 22mm...

Hi, I'm thinking about replacing my bath mixer with thermostatic one. I've got open vented system in my house, will it be suitable for this kind of tap as they require at least 1bar water pressure. Thanks.

Thanks AGAIN! After installing new tstats my CH is finally working properly thanks to you D_Hailsham! I had some problems with getting system to work properly but my electrician helped me out, turned out that switch in MV wasn't connected to the system and when cylinder tstat reached...

it took me some time to work it out but here is how it looks... Following your advice I went to B&Q today and bought THIS and THIS the main reason why bought wireless thermostat is that the current one is in vestibule and there is no rads so it's very inaccurate. I will fit it...

My F&E tank: seems to have separate expansion pipe thanks I'll try that. I'm not sure have I got the message right... If the programmer is in CH&HW position and room tstat calls for heat then boiler fires up and HW is heated because there is no MW to cut it off. When room tstat reaches...

D_Hailsham You're the best! Sorry for my delayed response but work and our little baby girl takes all my time :) this picture should give answer to your questions and mine: I'm at work but I will check later about the vent pipe. Looking at the picture by closing valve D and...

Nope :) that's HW tank return no idea... but I think that someone fitted them to control HW temp. but instead of fitting Zone Valve in place of Valve D and Auto Bypass Valve in place of valve E they just fitted ordinary valves yes C and G marked on picture posted by you is the same pipe...

do you think this might be a good solution? Compression Reduced Straight Coupler 22mm x 15mm I think that's where auto bypass valve should be but instead someone fitted just normal valve. This connection goes from tank flow (A) to tank return (B) and its fully open, you can see it better on...

Thank you very much, this is the answer I was waiting for. Now at least I know what's wrong and what to do to make it right and although I'm not a newbie to DIY and I could get professional electrician for wiring if there is any threading or welding involved I'm gonna have to leave it to...

yes, I thought that both system are using same thermostat, is that possible? - is there any other way to keep HW from overheating? tstat on the boiler is in COOL position and I'm almost sure this one is working (changing position affects boiler work). is this a DIY job or I need...

there is a thermostat in my HW tank but I don't know is it working/connected properly here is what I did last night: - programmer switch HW only I knew that water is already very hot but boiler kept firing up so: - I wait until boiler fires up again and after that I turned HW tstat to...

So far no response... We've got little baby in house and nights are getting really cold now and I don't want to leave CH on for the night because of this ticking. Can anyone explain to me why even when water in taps is damn hot and CH is switched off boiler is still firing up every 2-3min for...

Got the message, no DIY boiler maintenance but what about my other questions? can someone give me some advice about this ticking? I know that metal gives those noises when expands and contracts but what worries me is that it gets more frequent with time (raising pressure?). I've also...

Hi, It's my first post on this forum so first of all I would like to say hello to everyone. Now to the problem. I bought a house recently (3mths ago) and it's got rather old open vented GCH/HW installation which contains GlowWorm FuelSaver MK2 boiler, HW storage tank and 4 radiators (3 of...