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Just to add my 2 penceworth, I agree. The earth in the ring main is far too small to be adequate. I'd bite the bullet as much of a pain as it can be (I know from doing it in my house about 6 months ago) especially as the 10mm cable is not the easiest to work with. Are all your boiler...

take the eggs out first I'd advise.

could be down to an aincient diy'er who did not have the benefit of this forum in the days of steam? :)

ahhh I see. sorry Mr american then. your problem beats me.

maybe the pipe isnt connected? (ie, the installer disconnected the filling loop and took it away?) I was under the impression that they werent supposed to be left in situ due to possibkle contamination of the mains supply in event of the water being switched off?

I would imagiine that the first fill is a mixture of hot and cold and that it would be mostly hot. The secont rinse cycle fill is probably cold only, therefore I imagine the problem lies with the cold water supply. It might be your mains pressure (if your hot water is stored in a tank) or you...

cheers kev. thats what I thought, but doesnt hurt to check. have you read my incredibly boring water meter/stopcock story? you seem a knowledgable chap.

rewired my house last dec with an electrician friend of mine. used a wylex c/u and but not rcd protected. ("i visit customers every day whos rcd's have tripped because one of their appliances is more than 10 minutes old and you dont want your freezer defrosting all over your kitchen while you're...

hi all, got an indesit washer dryer (wd *** cant remember exact model) want to run it off of a cold feed only in my brick build shed which has its own water supply to the outside toilet that is attached. anyone see any problems with this? (other than the power consumption and extended...

i was bored till i read this.

hi all, got a Q for you. just tiled my bathroom. got a 900mm quadrant shower tray and big ol geramic tiles on the wall in the shower area. half are on plaster and half are on a wbp ply stud wall. I used bal whitestar adhesive and was thinking of using epoxy resin grout (in the shower area...

Hi all, hope you can help. (i'm sure someone out there can) I've got a 1950's house with concrete floor d/stairs.(joy!!!) My rising main (15mm I think which strikes me as a touch small, but who am I to argue?) comes out of the floor and up a riser in the kitchen. There is a brass stopcock...