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I use my kitchen spray tap in a very off and on fashion lol the shower pump is very annoying. I want to fit a hot water return loop on a timer also, because it takes ages for the hot water to come through (the kitchen is very far away from the airing cupboard). That aside, can you see any major...

Zone valves allow you to have separate electronic thermostats/timers to control the heat in different parts of the house e.g. the kitchen, the bathrooms, the living rooms and the bedrooms on separate thermostats. This is common in new properties with underfloor heating, depends if you'd prefer...

The problem with combis is, they fire up every time you turn on a tap, and can't very well handle having more than one tap on at the same time. The boiler heats the water to 80 degrees, and the water in the thermal store is also 80 degrees, do does it make any difference? Thought the idea of a...

Thanks SimonH2, that's given me a lot to think about. However, I was intending on keeping the boiler and radiator configuration as it is, and have the boiler loop running through the internal coil in the cylinder as it currently does. Then, rather than fitting flanges or removing the immersion...

Limescale?! the flexible hose connectors usually have small pieces of mesh on the ends that get clogged with lumps of limescale. Try turning off the water, removing the hoses and cleaning. Also, I've cleaned limescale from inside a pump before by disconnecting it and pouring some limescale...

Usually, there's one red (live SUPPLY), one red that goes from here to the next light, one black (neutral SUPPLY), one black that goes from here to the next light, and a red and black which go to the switch, so three sets of two (T&E) cables in total. How have you wired up the 4 cables in the...

google "alu-clad" sash windows. Just an option, they look 100% more attractive than pvc windows, they are timber on the inside which you can paint to match your decor, and white maintenance-free aluminium on the outside

it is the best idea to run all cables to central point, that's what I did. You can also install a "loft box" so that you take the RF out from the sky box and feed it to tv's that are only used occasionally. You can watch the sky box from another room, and control it using a "magic eye" that...

It's a good idea to run a couple of coaxial cables to each tv point. With satellite TV (e.g. sky) you can install a "loftbox" and remote "magic eyes" so that you can watch sky from one box on any of the tv's. If you run all your coaxial cables to one point, in future it is extremely easy to...

You can use a regular lightswitch in a bathroom as long as it is 600mm away from the boundary of zone 1 (the edge of a bath tub or shower) for obvious reasons. You don't need a waterproof lightswitch in a bathroom, it just needs to be far enough away from zone 1 is all. By the way, wouldn't it...

Fire rated recessed spotlights usually have holes in the top of the metal enclosure to allow heat out. You can butt the insulation up to the edges of the light can in the ceiling, but can't put insulation over the top, as that would cover the holes and cause overheating

Hi, I'm not a plumber, but I'm fairly knowledgeable and confident with domestic plumbing. Currently, I have a 24kw worcester greenstar conventional boiler that feeds the existing radiators, underfloor heating and old vented copper 900x450 cylinder which is fully insulated. I want to get rid...