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Thanks guys, I appreciate your advice, Any idea where thew fan switch may be located? Mark

Guys, I own a 2000 Vauxhall Combo. Recently I found that it was overheating. On closer inspection I noticed the fan wasn't working. Three wires connect from the loom into the fan, these are (from left to right: red/blue black brown white I have disconnected the terminal pins and...

Guys, Wonder if you might be able to offer me some advice as to which products will suit my needs. I would like to have music piped through my house, for example when I am in the bathroom have music played from a central amplifier to that specific room. I have no problems in wiring up such...

I needn't worry about weakening it, just getting through it Mark

No access from the other side, I was hopiung there was so I could use a right angled drill adapter. It may certainly be worth me looking at the arbor extensions, I presume you can't link 2 extensions together though? The reason I was looking at other types of wood bit was because my hole...

40mm waste pipe (pushfit) Mark

Guys and Girls, Wonder if you can help. I need to provide a 45mm (ish) hole in a joist. Wouldn't normally be a problem using a hole saw, however the only way of getting to the joist is through the external double skinned wall (this is due to the position of the other joists and the...

Once again many thanks Paul I'll try the tap washer on the isolating valve and see if it makes any difference. The problem is that it seems to be more related to the fine tuning on the thermostat itself but there doesn't appear to be any was of adjusting this. I've followed the calibrating...

Thanks for the reply Paul The thing I don't understand is that the shower had once worked and nothing has changed in terms of the supply to it. It is fed off a combi boiler, unfortunately the valve is concealed, is there anyway of checking or adding the restrictors? Ideal Standard don't...

Guys, Wonder if any of you could help me out. I've been to look at a couple of Trevi showers in the past month that had developed problems relating to regulating temperature correctly. Following advice from Trevi I have cleaned the thermostatic by descaling it. Unfortately this appeared...

Guys, I wonder if any of you guys with experience of this system would be able to offer me some advice. I have a Galaxy 3-144C Control with all the usual PIRs, door contacts, bell box etc connected to it. I also have the Mk7 Galaxy Keyprox keypad. What I'd like to know is whether I am...

If it helps, BES sell these identical valves, find them at www.bes.co.uk, item number 11204. From my experience these valves are pretty lame, not as good as the aforementioned Torbecks. From the look of it I reckon your WC might have come from Wickes, I've fitted a few in my time. Some...

Paul, Thanks for your reply, I take it you are in Scarborough? Do you work mainly around that area or in a number of different areas? I'm able to travel but other commitments limit just how far I can go. Mark

Guys, I'm a 28yo based in Leeds looking to gain experience in gas with a heating engineer in West Yorkshire. My aim is to gain the relevany qualifications to become CORGI registered. I have 3 years plumbing experience and would quite happily work for free one day a week. If you could help...

As it happened I used both (not together though). I used ptfe on the fittings that were easily accessible. Jointing compound was used on the less accessible fittings. Both worked great so maybe the arguement will never be fully settled. Once again thanks. Mark

Guys, Thanks for all the advice. Just to let you know that it worked and everything is bone dry!!! Mark

Cheers Guys, Is jointing compound to be used over PTFE or vise versa? It's not potable but I think I have some Fernox stuff in the back of my van. Obviously got plenty of PTFE as well! Any ideas on how I can get the nuts back far enough from the olives? The nuts don't really want to...

Thanks for the speedy reply. Soldering would obviously be the best solution but getting the pipework dry enough would prove impossible, even the age old bread trick wouldn't work. What's the score on 28mm plastic fittings? I suspect that that'll be a no no as well. Can see I've got a...

Guys, Was working at a house the other day where a couple of sections of 1" pipework had to be removed (for underpinning purposes). These have had to be put back. I used 28mm compression fittings to reattach the pipework together. Had a few issues getting the nuts and olives on the pipework...

Guys, I have recently laid some self levelling compound (mixed with granite chippings and latex). It went down ok but as it's dried I have noticed hairline cracks appearing. The maximum depth would have been around 10mm where the floor was out badly. I'm hoping to tile over this surface...