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Re the air break - in the photo below what if I drilled a hole on the upper side of the pipe at the horizontal section where it leaves the house, so that in the event of freezing it would not back up but exit through the hole? It would obviously then run down the side of the house, but that...

There is no hole in the coupling - that is just part of the moulding (see photo). I had a look for further info online and a 32kW boiler like mine discharges about 1-2 litre per hour of condensate when operating fully. Some people have had problems due to condensate pipe freezing and condensate...

Apologies! - I have been working all weekend and not had a chance to post. However they came up and fixed the condensate pipe, which now goes some way under the ground into the earth, and has been concreted over - though the guy did not put lime chippings onto it. I have trusted he has done it...

I am certainly not planning to be angry with them - I will simply be asking if something can be done regarding these various issues that is all, and hopefully they will be OK about that. Regarding the copper pipe - on driving past some neighbours houses today I noticed a couple of them with a...

Yes - the path where the condensate pipe goes is a walkway By 'no response' of electric shower I mean no indicator light goes on, no sound is heard, and no water flows, absolutely nothing happens. It was working perfectly before the GCH installation. I have no idea what they might have done to...

The company are quite reputable, and have a good rating on the local 'Trusted Trader' scheme run by the council - here is their web site :- http://www.domesticplumbingheating.co.uk/ I also noticed that after they left, my electric shower no longer works, and will be speaking to them about that...

Thank you for this information. So my question now is - are the central heating installer company obliged to install a suitable soakaway, as described in the diagram gasmanstu72 posted above ? And is this a requirement for building regs ?

Thank you very much - I think I will take up both these issues with the installer. I think the gas pipe would certainly look a bit better with a conduit.

Hi I have just had a GCH system installed, and on inspecting the work I noticed the outside copper gas pipe going from main gas box to the boiler upstairs has no cover over it. I am just wondering is this normal practice - I would have expected it to have a conduit of some sort over it? Also...

Hi, thank you - its a bit messy though under the carpet with a lot of nails etc so do you reckon it'd be alright under the window sill just sitting above the radiator?

I am about to install a full new central heating system in my home and am just wondering about one potential problem - I have two cables, one for phone and one coax for Virgin Media TV/Broadband running alongside a skirting board in my living room where a radiator is going to be installed under...

Yes that's right the cabling especially is very scruffy and ancient looking, all flaky paint over it - a nice new white cable will be in order

I am wondering if the main master socket (the one the VM engineer connected the incoming VM phone socket to - ie in my front lobbie) being very old (pre 1991) would work OK with 2 new slave sockets - there might be some compatibility problem? Maybe 3 masters were put in for a reason - or did...

I am about to get two new interior doors fitted in my living room plus skirtings, and I had to remove telephone cabling passing through the old door frames. As it is very scruffy I will install new solid copper cabling after the new doors go up. However on disconnecting I realised I have...

That's it - the brackets all seem perfectly secure, I used the 1" wood screws, and I got the brackets dead level with the spirit level. The only problem now is the blinds leave slight gaps between slats when fully closed so I will need a curtain as well, otherwise they are decent blinds for the...