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Combi boilers has packed up again. Hot water is absolutely fine, but no CH. Am thinking it’s possibly the diverter valve, although I only changed that 4-5 years ago, and am pretty sure that last time it was the other way round with CH working fine but with no hot water. When I call for hot...

I’m just about to fit some new radiators and I’ve purchased some of these Drayton drain off valves to place in front of the lock shields. https://www.screwfix.com/p/drayton-15mm-compression-x-1-2-bsp-male-taper-drain-off-tail-piece-50mm-polished-chrome/3450R I haven’t applied any PTFE yet but...

I recently installed a new fan light in the second bedroom purchased from Amazon. It works fine, but bizarrely when I turn on the bathroom light, the fan light comes on for a fraction of a second. I’m pretty sure it’s wired up correctly as both the light and the fan work fine, it’s just...

Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice on how best to run 15mm pipe for new radiators with sharp right angles on both sides of a wall. I've just had the downstairs living room and hallway re-plastered, and chucked the old crappy rads, and ordered some nice new P+ Stelrads to go on both sides of...

Is this an old BT junction box stuck on the front of the house? I can see a cable coming up from a pipe buried in the floor which goes into this thing, and then from that another cable (2-wire) goes somewhere under the front porch. Was tempted to rip it off the wall, as we’ve never used a...

I was getting ready to fit a new 9.5kw shower to replace my old 7.5kw shower. We had a full house re-wire a few years back and 10mm cable was run to the bathroom so no problem there. The problem is the last leg, from the isolator pull cord to the back of the shower (approx 2m run) which I...

Our old Triton T80 7.5kw shower is due an upgrade. We've had it over 10 years now, but it's never been particularly powerful, and also it tends to randomly go cold mid-shower for 15 seconds, before suddenly ramping up to scalding hot for another 15 seconds before resuming normal temperature...

Am about to have the living room redecorated including walls plastered, and thought I’d take the opportunity to do something about the radiator pipes that run horizontally just above the skirting along the living room wall. Ideally I’d like to bury them in the wall, but am very nervous about...

I've just installed a new full-cassette motorized awning from Primrose awnings. It seems to retract ok, but when I try to extend the awning outwards, it's making a buzzing noise and blowing a fuse when I try to extend it. I spoke to Primrose, and they're telling me I need to confirm it's been...

Hi all, would really appreciate if someone could help with some confusion I'm having with the wiring of a Texecom Premier Elite 64-W with dual Elite Odyssey 1 external sounders. Just to note, this is what I have: Texecom Ricochet Premier Elite 64-W Control Panel 2x Texecom Premier Elite...

Finally got round to trying to wire up a new Texecom Premier Elite 64-W with dual elite sounders for the front and back of the house. wired it all up, switched it on and only got the alarm out of one of the two alarms. I’d wired up everything into the same ports with the same colours, with the...

This is the EXACT same issue I’m having, although I don’t have any real backwards and forwards play. It’s partly my own fault. Tried unscrewing the screw with the first Philips screwdriver I could find… not the exact size for the screw… sheared the screw…. “No problem!” I thought, as I pulled...

looking for some advice. I have a DSSO spur in the loft coming from the upstairs ring. This was installed for a future burglar alarm control panel. Got the alarm control panel now and looking to install, but it says an unswitched fused spur must be used...why this is I don't really understand...

Wondered if anyone has any experience with the Powrmatic (not a misspelling, there’s no ‘e’) Vision “monobloc” aircon unit? They are a bit pricy, but a couple of reasons why I’m considering one for our bedroom…. Firstly, it’s a complete self-install solution… no F-Gas registered engineer...

Hi all, I'm looking to install a Texecom premier elite system as I hear a lot of good things about them, and it seems like a lot of pro installers use them which is a big thumbs up in my opinion. Before I share my kit list, a couple of things worth pointing out. Firstly, I'm reasonably...

Recently had a full home re-wire and now the living room and passageway have exposed joists where the ceiling was ripped down to cable the new electrics. before we plasterboard the ceilings I thought it might be a good opportunity to stick some insulation up to hopefully lower the heating bills...

Before I even begin this thread, I just want to state that I have no intention of doing this work myself! I'm not a qualified spark, and I will be getting one in. Part of the reason I'm asking the question is because I want to do some forward planning in terms of exactly where I want sockets...

Renovating the kitchen at the moment and thought it was a good opportunity to rip out the old water pipes that had seen better days and fit fresh ones. My main water comes up from under the stairs so I’ve fitted a pegler stopcock before it heads into the kitchen. There’s no sign of a DCV before...

Hi all, I'm looking to install electric UFH mats in the kitchen...... I have a bitumen surface after lifting up all the old tiles that were under the lino (have since found out those tiles may have had asbestos in them, but it's done now, so can't change that, so the bitumen surface would be a...

hi all, looking to get a new kitchen fitted and really want to tidy up the botch job plumbing work under the sink for a nice tidy job. This is the plan...... have I missed anything? Anything in the wrong order? Anything I should consider changing? cheers