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Thanks for your comments. I have installed a new 13 AMP FCU and the boiler is up and working. I will switch the boiler off when not needed. My Dad will speak with an electrician to investigate further as this is the second time this has happened. I think what JohnD mentioned would be a good...

Hi, I am on holiday, staying in my parents static caravan, and the hot water boiler stopped working overnight. The boiler is a Heatrae Sadia Multipoint 50 litre which is wired to a fused switch on its own circuit. The boiler installation booklet says it should be wired to a 13 amp socket, which...

Hi people, The diaphragm has split in my Derwent macdee metro 3 part syphon, single flush. Instead of fixing it, I am looking to replace the syphon with a whole new one that would provide a dual flush. I have uploaded two pictures of the toilet. Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement?

Cheers John. The wood is tanalised, but will be painted with preservative as well. I will look at some appropriate screws. Thnaks for the help. Dan.

Cheers guys..............3 arris rails it is then! Would you recommend a specifi screw? Just that there are so many out there, it would be easier for me to get what you reckon is correct for the job. Cheers folks!

Thanks John. I will go for 50cm/20" deep on the post, which will basically mean a fifth of it will be in concrete. As you say, will go for screws over nails. The fence will be 165cm tall, then topped with a 30cm/1 foot trellis. How many horizontal arris rails would you say that I need...

Hi folks, I am looking to install a new fence at the back of my neighbours garden, approx 2 metres wide. I currently have the following bits in my garage, 1 x 2.5 metre tall galvanised fence post 2 x 3.0 metre arris rails A job lot of tanalised featheredge tongue & groove. I plan to...

Thanks Noseall – I suspected the Bitumen based stuff would have a similar life expectancy to what I have got. Thanks for your comments Nick. The problem I have is that the roof is made up of 12 sheets, 6 each side, and pretty much all of them have cracks in them, some nearly 1 metre in...

Hi folks, My current garage pitched roof is leaking from various places. I have made numerous repairs this year and last year. I have been informed that it is a corrugated fiberous cement material which has about a 10 year life span. Anyway, I need to replace it and was after some...

One last question folks. I managed to fire up the central heating when the pressure was back up to appox 1 bar, the radiators seem reasonably hot. The pressure has dropped back to zero, due to the PRV leaking, should I switch the central heating off altogether????

Thanks. I have located the filling loop and have managed to get the pressure back to 1 bar, and fired up the central heating. The pressure valve must be leaking as I can see some water dripping from the pipe running to the outside of the house. I will speak to our plumber tomorrow and...

Ow cr*p :oops: Thanks people. Tony - Boiler fires up no problem for hot water. Rob - I have noticed a pipe that runs from the boiler to the outside wall, which appears to have been dripping a bit. I take it this is where I am loosing the water that you refer to? Thanks. Dan.

Hi folks, I have a Vaillant Combi Boiler, either a VCW-GB 242 EH or a VCW-GB 282 EH, can't seem to be able to confirm this. The hot water from the taps is working fine, problem is with the central heating. The central heating did not come on this morning and the pressure gauge was...

Whhoooaaahhhh!!!!! Job's a good un!! Think I will go and sit on a chair on the patio with a nice cold beer. Might need my sun glasses though, things seem to have got a bit bright!! :lol: Thanks everyone for the help! Most appreciated. :wink:

I am most probably misleading you a bit, not knowing the correct terminology. The conduit is the round plastic stuff, pretty sure it is what electricians use for running electrics in. Bit late now for changing it, would have dig the patio up. :shock:

Oh, with you now. The twin & earth leaves the bottom of the bulk head light via 22mm conduit which runs down the outside wall of the back of the house. The conduit carries on under the patio, with a few tonnes of hardcore on top, which is all cemented in with flag stones on top. The conduit...

Thanks bernardgreen & jj4091. I have now wired everything up and it works. 5 brick lights beaming away, connected to my bulk head light. However, Crafty has got me worried about the earth thing. Each brick light has a screw inside it for the earth to attach to, which is what I have done...

Sorry, not quite with yer there!! All 3 black wires go in to the bulb holder. Two in to one part, the other in to the other part. No red/brown wires go in to the bulb holder. So, the red core, live, that I need to connect goes to where? One of the two connectors in the bulb holder? Or...

I have got 60w in all 6 lights. Inside the light switch it says 5amps 250v. So, that means I have 360w of lights, Is that over loaded then?

Hi peeps. I have installed 5 brick lights in my patio wall. They are wired up one after the other in a daisy chain manner, finishing at the last light. I now need to wire the first brick light in to my existing bulk head light on the house wall, which is operated by a switch just inside the...