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I bought a house last year and discovered the boiler is a 2015 Ideal Logic + 30KW Combi that has it gas feed on a 15mm pipe. The distance between the gas metre and the boiler is around 1.3m pipe run, possibly less as it is installed adjacent to the wall of the gas meter. There are 3 elbows on...

Open the cover up from an Ideal logic + 30kw and saw this glow. I can’t think it’s normal but is it something to be concerned about ? Is it likely an attachment that needs replacing ?

I have an Ideal C30 boiler it has a filling loop. I cannot see an isolator valve to the cold feed. I am refurbishing my kitchen, shall I add an isolator, thinking of adding a pegler full bore for the boiler cold feed so it is easier when we change the boiler in the future. Shall I add one or...

Can I please check, what sort of torque settings you use for the blue flying RCBO lead of a 32A, 20A and 6A Hager RCBO? The manufacturer says 2Nm2 however I see the 32A has a 4mm cable and not sure what size is the 20A and 6A, looks like 2.5mm stranded. My electrician used around 1.4Nm2 after...

https://hager.com/uk/products/h/ada932u-rcbo-1p-n-6ka-b-32a-30ma-a I'm just wondering if the above is a dual pole RCBO as it is marked as 1 +P Need a 32A RCBO for a Zappi charger. My electrician put a single pole RCBO

Have you guys got any preference over these two makes of cables? I have heard that Prysmian are now manufactured in Turkey?

My cooker hood does not have a fused isolator They put the cooker on the ring with a double socket next to the top of the cooker hood I want to bring the isolator next to a socket. Above the worktop for easy access. Am I allowed to connect the fused spur as in the diagram. So basically I...

I had a failed EICR in one of the rentals and i get mixed opinions about it. My electrician said that if the installation has not been modified then all the C2s should have been C3s and they do that so the electricians that carried out the inspection get more work. I went through an agency for...

I’m kind of stuck trying to find the best way of routing led lights in my kitchen There will be one led light strip underneath the edge of the worktop and one lef strip underneath the wall units. One driver will drive both strips. It’s a very small kitchen On the plastered wall I’m...

I went to my loft to checked the electrics after my electrician installed a new CU and partially rewired the house and found that he has joined 2 x 2.5mm cables for the sockets using a wago light box. This box is rated at 16A but the cables are part of the sockets 32A ring. The wago connectors...

I am thinking of splitting the house ring as it serves the whole house and create a new ring for the kitchen. I am also thinking of creating a radial for a Samsung Fridge freezer and a dryer. Do you think a B20 RCBO on a 2.5mm cable will serve both these appliances ok?

I would like to add a new socket in my kitchen ring and the way I want to do it ChatGPT tells me is not the correct way! Can you please assist. So I have an existing socket with IN and OUT. I am proposing to add wagos in the back of the existing socket and bypass the IN from the old socket and...

I have a Bosch oven that the light inside the oven is not coming on. The oven works fine, I bought it new from a user on Ebay( not a shop ) about 2 years ago. The light never worked from day one. The bulb is ok as I bought new original bulbs and swap it but it still not coming on. What shall I...

I have an error on my panel Protec 6500. I traced this to a smoke head that is not flashing. Protec said called out fee is £650 per day but might be less!! I am wondering can I twist this off and re sit it and check the cables underneath? Also If I need to change this sounder I can buy one of...

I am too close to the bath waste here as the elbow goes further than the waste and I have no move on the vertical waste pipe to move backwards. What do I do?

I want to install a shower rail above the bath. The vertical grout line I want to install the screws on is slightly off centred to the right. 1. I have two options, forget the grout line and fit the rail centre ro the bath tab or 2. Install the rail on the grout line and move the adjustable...

The agency asked me to box this up for a rental. How do you do that so you still keep access to the boiler cover and also allow for the little valve underneath the boiler to fill the boiler !

I installed this telescopic hob extractor and although a recirculation I am a bit concerned with the hot air that will be coming out of it. Usual with a chimney type the air is recirculated and gets directed at the front of the hood. Now with this what do I do if I leave it like this and...

On of the stair steps collapsed, I found out a piced of wood that held it in place had been like paper. It was the original wood from 1906!. How do you fix it as it is the second step and have not great deal of access. I am thinking to compact some sand at the bottom with mortar and add bricks...

I’m wondering what height do you install the cooker hood from the top of a ceramic electric hob? The manual says 450mm for an electric hob but I find this far too low. Even 650mm feels low. What height do you use?