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Hi, Wondering if anyone has any experience of these showers? We've had it for a few years now, all working fine. About 6 weeks ago, the microswitch that turns the shower on and controls the pump rate broke. I ordered the part and replaced it, all worked fine. Until today, when the same...

Hi, I have a three-zone system, one HW, one radiator CH, and one zone underfloor heating (ground floor). The HW and CH are controlled by a 3-way valve, the UFH by a separate 2-way valve. It's all working fine, though was only installed a week or two ago. My question is, what position is...

Hi, I've got a corgi guy coming on friday to connect my boiler to a newly-moved gas meter. Helpfully, I've just discovererd that the builder has laid an unprotected copper pipe in a concrete floor, as the proposed gas connection. I'm pretty sure it's unsuitable and that we'll have to use...

Hi, I have a 210L unvented cylinder with a 22mm feed coming out of it, connected to (in order) - cloakroom hot tap (15mm tee) - kitchen hot tap (15mm tee) - bathroom shower (22mm tee) - en-suite shower (22mm tee) A plumber (looking at something else) told us that we might get a...

Hi, I've been googling around for this without much success. What's the guideline for when a secondary return/circulating circuit should be used on a hot water system? In my house, if I turn the furthest shower/tap from the HW cylinder on (an en-suite shower room), it's 6L of water in...

Hi, I want to run a cable down from the ceiling, through a partition wall to a new light switch. Is there a tool that I can use to drill through the noggins, without opening up the plasterboard? I.e. something I can insert through a hole the size of a single backbox? Would love to avoid...

Hi, I have a long (25m) garden, and also about 20m of 16mm PEX pipe left over from an underfloor heating installation. I'm thinking of burying it down one side of the garden, with one end connected to the outside water supply and the other end finished as a tap/hose fitting. It won't see...

Hi, Builder's putting in 5 plug sockets in an attic space (already converted but never used) - when I looked at what he's done, he's wired them up like lights! There's a junction box and then the 4 sockets come off that. One socket then has a further spur off it. From what I've read...

Hi, Anyone know if a light like this (or similar) http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/GL41PB.html can be installed into a concrete block wall, to light a path at low level? The block wall is the side of a flower bed, it will be rendered eventually. How is the light actually fixed...

Hi, I'm going to get a screed laid over an underfloor heating system, which is over celotex panels, on the ground floor of my house. At the moment, the room is rectangular, but I intend to put up a partition wall to section off a corner of it which will be a washroom. My question is...

Hi, Hope this isn't a repeat! I have an en-suite in the loft and want to add an extractor fan that will vent out through the roof. There's an existing skylight for ventilation, but in winter it's too draughty to open it even a crack! I was thinking of using an in-line vent, like...

Hi, We're looking at replacing a concrete floor in the basement of our victorian house in order to get a bit of extra headroom. The existing floor was laid on a layer of well compacted hardcore, without a DP membrane. The layer is reasonably flat, but probably about 5cm higher around the...