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Grateful for your comments ericmark - sure they'll come in use when I begin the work. After searching the internet I found the following sites useful for explaining the in's & out's of the points in question, not to mention some good, clear wiring schematics...

Many thanks for the reply Plugwash. I'll have a root round the internet re: a quad lnb and multiswitch setup. Any recommendations of good websites/suppliers would be more than welcome. Best regards.

I recently bought a 100m reel of double screened PF100 and want to wire four rooms that will allow the channels of digital TV/Satellite/DAB to be watched/listened to, independently in each room. Looking at several wiring diagrams on the internet suggests using a loftbox/distribution amplifier...

Good morning all - I'm about to fit a stone shower tray that advises bedding down on a weak mix. After reading previous threads on the subject I know I've to use a 5:1 mix but found conflicting advice on whether to use sharp or soft builders sand. I'd appreciate if someone could give a...

Good morning all - I'm about to fit a stone shower tray that advises bedding down on a weak mix. After reading previous threads on the subject I know I've to use a 5:1 mix but found conflicting advice on whether to use sharp or soft builders sand. I'd appreciate if someone could give a...

Good Morning All. In ch+dhw mode, when there is an initial call for heat the burner ignites without problem and heats for around five minutes or so. After this, the burner goes out with the pump continuing to circulate. The temperature at this point has risen to 60°C, with the system pressure...

Thanks for your appreciation Agile. As for any relative experience I may have, I’ve been an Electrical Commissioning Engineer for twelve years, supervising the electrical installation and then commissioning a variety of industrial plant (by and large controlled by PLC systems), both here and...

Appreciate your reply Agile. Only my sister's is a 66 mile round trip and I'd much rather go armed with all the info that I need to resolve any possible cause of the problem, rather than make individual :roll: trips! Incidentally, she's had gas fitters call at her home to solve the problem...

Thanks for your input nickso - I’ll check the pressure switch and its associated wiring. Incidentally, after reading through the Installation & Service Manual, section '7.6.1 INSTALLATION FAULTS' shows possible causes for fault 04 as 'insufficient water pressure & Air in boiler’...

Good morning all My sister has a Vokera Linea 7 (pre 2006) which is intermittently cutting out showing fault code 04 - Low water pressure. Ensure pressure gauge is above 0.5 bar (see 3.1). Reset boiler. The pressure gauge shows 1.5bar, this with the central heating cold. I've reset the...

Thanks JohnEBoca, 2scoops0406 and breezer for your help and comments. I've borrowed my Mum's telescopic shears and will fettle the conifers tomorrow, all being well. Thanks once again :) . Antony

Good morning all. We have several conifers (about 2.5m high) that are sorely in need of a trim but I don't want to cut them now and find that they go brown and die :cry: . I'm no gardener but something rings in my mind that you shouldn't cut a tree/plant 'when the sap is running', or...

The landing has a central heating rad' (but has a lower ambient temp' than the bathroom); the bathroom has a towel rad' and auto extraction via a humidistat. Antony

Afternoon all - I'm about to glaze an internal window above the bathroom door and am unsure which side the textured side of the glass should be - bathroom or landing. Would putting the smooth side of the glass in the bathroom cause condensation to run off the window all too easily and cause...

Thanks for your sound advice agile & superdupergasman. I sourced the AAV from the internet (£8.46 inc vat/postage, tho' took 2 days to arrive). A couple of wraps of PTFE and we're now able to shower at home :D ! Thanks again. Antony

Last night my faithful ? :? ? old boiler stopped delivering dhw. On first inspection there was very low pressure and a wet cellar head floor. I recharged the boiler to 1bar and traced the leak to the auto air vent, which was dribbling out from the aperture in the small black cap (water still...

Thanks for your replies & comments everyone. I reckon common sense suggests using deltaT50, ensuring that I'm 'future proofed' when I eventually go for the condensing boiler. Cheers Antony

I’m currently sizing some additional radiators for an existing central heating system (all rad’s have TRV’s) that has a non condensing combi boiler that’s around 8 years old. The new radiators will be fitted in the next few weeks but I’m planning on changing my boiler in a year or so. Am I...

Thanks for your input MW. I'm planning on calling into building control tomorrow to verify the reg's and plead my case :roll: - if I'm lucky (as Bahco commented) I'll mount it vertically. As regards smells entering the house, if the valve does it's job this shouldn't be a problem.

Taking it through the roof would result in the stack exiting alongside the pitched full height dormer (which is set at 90° to the original roof pitch), where fitting stack supports would be very difficult (and I would guess unpractical) to comply with terminating 900mm above the highest window...