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There is a double bend near one end of both pipes, blocked by a brick wall from coming through. must have been installed with the floor up. Its bends though rather than elbows so i'm confident the cable will make it through.

Was this with an RCD? There is a bit of a need. If i could get the pipes out i could use the space where they are but i cant get them out so i'm thinking put the cable in the pipe and actually using them as a guide might help get the cable there

Am i right thinking you're all talking as though RCDs aren't a part of the equation, is that because by policy you dont assume they will work? That makes sense as I can imagine all sorts of shoddy practice would become normal if its like "whatever, the RCD will save you"

its a good point but I think most wouldn't cut into a water pipe any more than an electrical one unless quite sure they know whats going through it by finding at least one end, which would show the wire. As for as danger goes is that even a worry once the wires are RCD protected? Not sure if its...

But isn't the issue that if the live wire touches the metal all 5 meters of pipe is live so someone might touch it and get electrocuted if the electric isn't channeled to the earth. come on this must be the case isn't it? Its all irrelevant seeming these days though isn't it with RCDs? I was a...

lol what. If I run a wire from the pipe to earth wont that drain off all those electrons or whatnots safely down to the earth if the live wire touches it? isn't that the point of the earth wire and it normally doesn't do anything much? This is how I always feel talking to my accountant "I...

I did half a plumbing YTS scheme in the late 80s. Taught me all i needed to know about knowing nothing about electrics and despite trying its still a dark seeming art

ah i wasn't thinking of connecting the cables earth to the pipe, but the pipe to The Earth in case the cable cut through, somehow chaffed etc. is that still wrong tho ?

Can you explain that for an electrically illiterate? I can see both ends of the pipe, they were for a bath from a storage tank and I removed both. still curious to know what you were saying though.

How do you know the pump is working as good as it should be...? Mine appeared to be until i measured the capacitor. They are run capacitors so you can't tell just because it starts ok. Mines maybe 5 years older than yours. Non-condensing and no fault codes or display, so a very simple thing, it...

It was just old threads make me think i should earth it but they were so old maybe before it was automatically assumed to be RCD protected. I noticed its just bare cables under the floor normally. This idea was mainly to make use of whats there to feed the cable through hopefully easier than...

I've seen a few not entirely conclusive and almost 20 year old threads so thought I'd ask again I've the floor up in 2 bedrooms but hoping not to on the one in between them. There are 2x 22mm mostly straight old water pipes running under the middle bedroom I could use rather than try to get...

Thanks for updating the thread. I've a similar age Vokera so was interested. I recently fixed mine with a new pump capacitor which might have appeared as a similar issue to yours, weak flow. It was still running when it was a fraction of the original capacitance but struggled to heat the distant...

It goes down to exactly 4 bar with the kitchen tap fully open and jumps to close to 9 bar when it is turned off with a noticeable judder through the pipes the mains comes in via a black rubberized hose out of a poured concrete floor and I only have max 25cm of copper pipe before the tee to the...

Obvious potential solution would be go up to a 22mm valve and back to 15 straight after. Am i being silly to worry about this? Another aspect is I've just received a pressure tester from Amazon and I'm rocking 5 bar mains pressure. Nothing has broken so far but is that high enough to warrant...

I'm glad i paid the extra few pounds for mine. That said they have a locking device which automatically engages if the handle is in the upright position, which i wanted so it is pull down for off as that seems most intuitive. 2 seconds to cut that off with an angle grinder

Are check valves available full bore? If not I might not bother having one. The central heating being pressurized I can see the need and full flow to top that up isn't ever needed. But every other appliance is just water flowing in with no backwards pressure likely and even if say the washing...

I'm certainly glad its changed. The existing stopcocks needed grips on to get them to move and seeped around the handle. A couple of gate valves in the house needed grips to get them to shut off fully. Useless for wife and kids in a panic situation. Good quality ball valves with a nice big...

So it seems that the one in the street is what is referred to as it shuts off entirely and only my premises. Of course I'll have one where the pipe enters the house but the regulation really seems to be covered by the one in the street. Could argue its not convenient if need a tool to reach in...

Here you go, this is the sort of thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335763910824 the bigger wheel is geared down so your get a full speed 6 inch and a 8 inch wider slower wheel. That company was sold off and the non-british made stuff was nothing compared to the original but for this price it...