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No i was going to connect the live and neutral to the same block........just kidding ;)

Excellent i'll pop down to B&Q later on then and get me one of those chappies. Just waiting on the electical boards contractors to get back to me now.

Thanks for your advice guys, i am still waiting for the leccy board to arrange a date to upgrade my supply and fit an isolator, doubt it'll be before xmas now :( What is this henly blocks you mentioned, some kind of junction box i guess, don't know where i can buy this from. Not the kinda...

To be honest i wanna keep the cost down, besides i've already bought the shower consumer unit before i realised i only had a 60A connection. Jeeze this damn shower is costing me a fortune, the shower itself only cost £100 and i must have spent more than that already on installation materials not...

I am trying to get the local electricity board out to upgrade my electricity supply to 100A and get an isolation switch installed so that i can have a second consumer unit fitted for my shower. Is there anything else i need to ask the electricty board to do? Do i need a junction box or something...

I think you're talking about a double pole switch? Sure, you can get these from loads of places. My Grans house has this arrangement however she had it converted from one switch for both, to two separate switches like you have, because the fan was a bit noisey at 2 am in the morning apparently!

if i were you, i'd get a sparky out to inspect / test it. This should be done periodically anyways! ring round and get some quote, shouldn't cost too much?

Basically you can think of the heating system a bit like the human body. The 22mm pipes are the arteries supplying hot water from the boiler (the heart) and is supplying a number of radiators via reduced 15mm pipes (veins) i.e. you want the veins comming off the artery, not a vein supplying a...

True, i didn't see the little american flag at first! So what happens if they have a dodgy appliance, it trips the MCB for that ring? so you'd have to go round and unplug everything to figure out the culpret?

not sure really, wait and see what the experts of this forum reckon :wink: come on guys :lol: AL

Are you sure it's a pumped system. Might be a gravity fed system?

so who put them on that way around? Was it like that when you moved in. AFAIK the lockshield should be on the input pipe and is used to balance the system (to limit the water flow into the rad) and the output pipe should have the thermostatic valve on it so you can fine tune the flow of water...

I have room in my house for 3 young ladies :wink: Plenty of hot water to go around :lol:

You say the valves are the wrong way around? I take it you have a lock shield on one side and a Thermostatic valve on the other? If not, you probably have to lock shield valves one with the +/- cap on it and the other with a plain non adjustable hat. These do come off and can be changed round if...

have you checked the fuse in the plug? And is the water switched on? and correct water pressure available?

Me too, had the same problem suprima 50. Did the same reflowed all the main solder joints (had hairline craks barely visable) and it's worked fine ever since ;) All thanks to this forum. Saved me loads of money :) AL ps remember to make a note of where all the wires go before you take the...

That sounds like a good idea. Thanks

Okay, i need to get all my guttering / facias/ soffits and down pipes replaced. UPVC stuff seems to be the norm, it looks nice, plus my neighbour has it, so it'll be nice if it all matches. My question is, when replacing the downpipe which is currently a round cast iron jobbie with square...

Talk? might give it a try. Now my next question is, should i use johnsons baby power or perhaps something from the brut 33 range :P AL