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I guess the only question is how they affect gas pressure.

Yes, the boiler guy mentioned magnetic, but i can only find y strainers and Sulphidation Filters.

Hi all. We have a new combi boiler brought down by shale/contaminants in the gas supply. All fixed under warranty, but not sure whether the issue will have been fully resolved by a recent internal pipework upgrade from 22mm to 28mm, or if the cause will be upstream in the meter or supply...

Cheers. Every day is a schoolday :-)

The bucket was just a temporary measure to figure out where the water was going (and how much). Not sure what volumes of water to expect from the condensate pipe over the course of a week - any thoughts? Would a damaged heat exchanger not be picked up on a service? Are they expensive to...

Thanks all, very helpful. I will check the other pipe. Heating has not been on yet.

Thanks. Yes, the one in the centre leading outside.

Hi all. Short version: I have a combi boiler which is losing pressure. Long version: Boiler was losing pressure since around June/July. Put a bucket under the overflow and worked out that we were losing 1/2 pint per day. Boiler was serviced and fitted a new pressure relief valve on 11th...

Thanks all, no the shower switch was new when the shower was put in a few months ago. (There's another post on here somewhere where I had to lift the floor above to add a noggin to get something solid to screw into.) Anyway, we tend to leave it on. I don't think the cabling was was loose, but...

It's a 32A mcb EZ9F16132

I swapped out my old shower for a 10.8kw one from screwfix. Worked for a while, but at the pull switch it's melting the cables going TO the shower and tripping the breaker. The full run is as follows: About 9-10m of 6mm2 from mcb to a junction box above the switch. 10mm2 from the junction...

Looking at options for tiling a bathroom 2.3M(L) * 1.7M(W) * 3M(H) For the floor looking at replacing old uneven boards with 25mm marine ply (and sealing). I think the walls already have tile-on-tile, so going to take them back to what I'm sure will be pretty rough/uneven brickwork. Was going...

Yep, what I thought. Thanks

I've had to square up a wall prior to fitting the pvc panel, so at the moment the surface is bare plasterboard. The panel covers the whole of the wall (1000mm wide, one side of a chimney breast) so I'm not sure what would be gained by skimming and painting the plasterboard prior to gluing the...

You need to stick them to something. Bare brick isn't square /plumb enough.

We had a problem in our ensuite once where the vacuum created by flushing the toilet sucked the water from the u-bend in the sink, allowing smells from the soil stack to go back up into the room. It was caused by not properly venting the system, and fixed in the short term by running the taps...

What's best behind pvc wall panels? Was thinking of standard plasterboard with a skim and mist coat, but there may be better/quicker options eg. Knauf Aquaboard primed with something?

The offending article... Slightly wonky angles on the joints.

I'm replacing a shower tray - the old one had push fit waste fittings below the floorboards. I've used the old waste pipe, but I'm a bit nervous about using compression fittings and sealing them in. They don't leak at the moment but in ten years time...? Any harm in using silicone to seal tbe...

Fortunately someone had already cut a hole in the floorboards... Put in a noggin but need some longer screws - 90s are just too short.