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Hope this is the right forum :wink: Getting quite a downdraft (but only on occasion) into my wood-burning stove. It's not all the time because the flue has been cleaned and only happens when the wind picks up. So to the question, what is the best sort of cowl to stop these downdrafts, as...

Just as a follow up... Went out and bought a new regulator valve this morning and a gas engineer was in the shop mentioned that it had a small 'air balance' hole in the side which would fill with water if it was fitted upside down and that if it froze in the cold weather it would cause the...

Ah right, thanks ian. Appreciated mate Cheers.

Hi Mickyg, The cylinder is kept against an outside wall, and it goes from a short flexible into a copper pipe. All in all not more than about a metre and a half I suppose. Had a frost last night and I had the regulator valve covered with an old blanket and it seems to be working OK this...

Sounds good guys thanks. Just one more question if I may - I have looked on Amazon (where else these days!) for a regulator and there are two types. A screw on one which I have, and a clip on one. Are they interchangeable and if so, which would you recommend? Cheers again.

Is that the bit on the gas cylinder, or on the cooker itself Micky? Cheers

Same cooker from day one Ian, and the last time it went off with just the grill was being used. It has also cut out when the oven has been used on it's own and when one of the hob burners has been used - so it may not be a problem with demand. Could I have an issue with the cooker itself...

Thanks for the two quick replies! We do not have a change over valve on it. We just roll in new cylinder when it is empty and connect it up. That flat item between the cylinder valve and the feed pipe, is it called a diaphragm? For the life of me I can only think that is what's causing the...

Not sure if this fits in on this forum but maybe somebody here will know. For our cooker, for the last couple of years we have been using a 47kg propane gas cylinders to supply it with gas. Our current one which was connected about 2 months ago still seems pretty full going by the weight...

These 18v cordless will work fine from a 12v car battery. Just pick up a cheap one - perhaps with a duff battery, cable it up with a pair of crock clips one end and leave it in the car boot..... just in case you need to cut a padlock of a certain device - which shall remain nameless. Power to...

Hmm, interesting. I'll run that past the Mrs. As said I'm just worried it'll look awful if I tile or even brick up the wall - made worse of course by spending both time and money! Cheers

DIY decorating although the stove was a professional installer who made no mention of the wall which is papered over plaster over stone. The stove sits about 6" away from the wall.

We have a free standing wood burner behind which had been papered. Now of course it is starting to peel off having dried out so much. So what now? I was quoted £70 for a slab of 1m2 8mm steel plate that I could fix to the wall, and tiles of course are the other option but how and what...

Our kitchen has a floor made up of quite large natural slate slabs one of which has been damaged in the past and repaired with cement... and it looks a mess. Any ideas out there on what I can use to repair it? I'm thinking maybe I can chisel out the old cement and fill the hole with some sort...

We had our roof done two years ago and it cost us £8k. The roofer was able to reuse half of the original tiles and fitted second hand Welsh slates to match and finish. Copper nails were used throughout, all new battens, and silver foil insulation. Good job and a good price we reckon. He also...

[/url] Ah thanks, Polycarbonate are what I came up with on doing some more checking but, I did not realise you could get roof bars as well. Hmm interesting. The sheeting looks pricey but with second hand slates being it seems around a £1 each it might balance out. Cheers

I have an existing outbuilding/shed of a good size and which has a conventional slate roof. It's not really used and as it gets plenty of sun the Mrs has suggested we replace the slate roof with either glass a perspex sheeting on one side turning it into a sort of potting shed/greenhouse sort of...

It's all twin and earth so not quite out of the ark sparkwright, can only guess at junction boxes so probably on that score, and yes, same number of neutrals on the cu. The same number of lights go off I'm sure - but I'll re-check that. The three reds are all connected to the same fuse. It is...

Thanks for all your replies guys. I used to work as a TV engineer before retirement so I know things are not always as they seem - and I'm also a convert to all aspects of Murphys Law (or Dumkoffs Law if your name is Murphy!) Yes, any one of the reds disconnected in turn and all downstairs...

Thanks for your reply. Removing any of the three causes all the downstairs lights to stop working. I had thought that two would be radial as you say but three? Just a thought though , it might something to do with two of the switches working in tandem (you know the thing - either one or...