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Hi, I need advice on a cheap and cheerful heavy duty drill/ kango that can help me bring out a drain pipe for a ground floor shower. I need to drill a hole from my outside brick wall, then into concrete filled cavity, then concrete block on the inside and then through 30cm length of...

Hi, I've an extractor fan light kit with timer for a shower with a connector block that has 3 terminals: L, LT and N. Is LT Switched Live or Live for timer (i.e. permanent live)? Also I don't see any earth connection on the fan and the fan isolator swich? I can use the backbox at the...

Hi, I have a new single storey rear extension which has thermal blocks on the inside and a partition wall made of concrete blocks. I intend to get the walls rendered (thinly) and then skim finish on top. The ceiling is covered with plasterboard and will just have skim finishing on top...

Hi again, I am doing pipe work for the new radiators that are going on these walls, once they are plastered. Apart from the standard gap of 40mm for the valves from the wall, how much extra gap should I leave for the coats of render and skim finish? Please note while advising that the...

Walls, windows, doors, floor and roof are signed off, they are satisfied with the insulation. The only bit remaining is the soakaway and drainage for the new shower/ WC which would be done once my outhouse is ready (a week away I hope). Forgot to add that the walls still need plastering.

Hi, My valve does not control the pump. Its controlled by the boiler only. Yesterday, I opened the boiler control board, found the connections for pump wiring there. Traced them all the way back to the junction box. It appeared that the pump live was not fed to the pump but connected to...

nice one ianmcd... I am also thinking of same. I think the boiler has permanent live. However from the remaining 4 wires (5 core flex) from the boiler, one of them should be live for pump that governs the pump over. I need to identify that wire tonight. I shall report back.. Thanks..

Because he provided no guarantee that it would work. He told me that in many cases the old boilers don't work when they are moved. He wanted to do only the pipework if I did not want to install a new boiler. To be fair, he has charged me for for that only and the pipework is neat and...

Leaving rats alone and just sticking to the issue: The pump powers when I supply direct power through the switch and the boiler/ heating runs fine. However, the pump would not turn off when the timer shuts the boiler down. So I think it needs to be wired in the same block as the power for...

Hi Tony, When the boiler was moved, the PCB and its connections were not touched. The cables were removed from a board on the wall near the pump, marked and then a new long cable was connected between the existing boiler cable and the the box/ board on the wall.. The electric tester does...

Hi Tony, The plumber said he has not changed any connections and he has put the same connections on a new cable (which is 7 meters longer). The pump was running fine before but its not running now as its not getting any power. When does the pump start? What is the sequence? Is it...

75pete, hertsdrainage2010, you guys are spot on, some success! Went home for lunch. Pressed the overheat reset (it sounded like I broke it). Started the boiler again and bingo it fired. I did not leave it running for more than 30-40 seconds each time I fired it to avoid overheating every...

Great reply again pete, The pump is not running, there was no current at "L" in the microswitch. Probably stopped by the boiler control board due to overheat/ overload. The plumber did bleed at Flow and Return pipes at top of boiler but I would also use the boiler drain valve today as...

Hey 75pete Marvellous reply. I will look for the fuse, I could see the PCB lying flat at the bottom inside a cover. How do you check the heat over load? The thermostat knob broke while taking off the boiler, so the plumber just twisted the pin (where the knob sits) manually to far...

Hi, Another fresh problem for a monday morning My old trusty Potterton Profile 50e boiler has just been moved to a newly extended wall in the garden (approx 3.5 meters). The pump is still at the old location and the only thing that was moved was the two 22mm CH pipes and a new 22mm gas pipe...

Hi, I am installing an additional loo downstairs that needs to be connected to an existing 90mm/ 3.5 inch soil pipe (copper) running to the toilet upstairs. Found something like this but could not find not a Tee...