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Apprciate maybe I'll have to trust that everything will work out fine Ive found Neff hood which is around £200 coz its an old design. However its reputd to be quiet and powerful, so tha will do Cheers i appreciate your help and wil leave til next problem arises

So thanks for this guys you have confirmed that attaching a humidistat to bathroom extractor fan is feasible and cooker hood is not. A new hood can be easily fitted as I have paid for a fused switch and roof vent to prepare for the installation. Hopefully the tenant will comply. An electrician...

Thanks John D Sadly I need it because the tenant try’s to save pennies by not using bathroom fan, causing damp. The kitchen had not required extraction for previous tenants as they opened window and used conventional cooking methods. I have paid for roof vent and fused switch to be installed...

Thanks I asked an electrician about this and he said none of his colleagues had heard of it. He was concerned about breaking warranty. Overriding is part of the issue as the installed fans generally have 2 more switches with increasing speeds.

Does anyone know if there is available a cooker hood supplied with a humidistat switch or if it’s possible to fit one. IE the extractor switches on automatically according to room humidity ? I have offered work to electricians on a trades website and not received offers

that's really helpful Rab, Thanks

Can I put slight pressure on a plastic compression t to enable my 1 1/2 inch Kitchen waste to slope over 1.5 m ? Or can I bend the plastic drain 1 1/2 inch pipe ? I need 2 waste pipes approx 1.5 m long each, to exit into drain from opposite directions so require to use a plastic compression T...

mad rab's query about lead insert : I looked again and discovered that there is a smaller cast iron pipe inside the outer one, sealed with soft lead, i've scraped the lead awaya as much as possible to give space to mastic in my plastic insert. Again ghanks for your obvious long experience.

thanks nig f and mad rab, i've discovered a new possible problem in that the cast is rusty on inside and therefore is likely to leak into the stone wall eventually.So I've adapted my plastic insert to go all the way to the end of the cast. Ive sealed it by by running beads of silicone around...

I need to connect a new drain from shower, bath and sink to original cast iron out - let. There is no room around original to grip a rubber coller and cir clip. the inside diam of the cast pipe is just over 1 3/4 inch so i can insert new plastic one- and- three- quarter inch pipe inside the...

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