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Hi, apologies in advance for the vague information given! We have a 1920s semi, where the chimney breast has been removed and supported on gallows brackets in the loft. We have occasional stains on the upstairs ceilings, but after heavy rain last night (Storm Angus!), I've noticed a new massive...

Hi all, I have a Potterton Gold system boiler & unvented cylinder. The pressure has been dropping regularly over the last few months and I've been topping it up weekly via the loop, but today the PRV gave up completely and will not hold any pressure at all and water flows through the tundish...

Hi - we have a skylight on our landing and when we moved in 2 years ago, we had the glass repaired - it was single glazed georgian wire, and was replaced with toughened laminated glass of the same thickness (two pieces of glass sandwiching a plastic barrier) - I'm not sure if the old skylight...

Hi, we moved into our new house this year in the summer and one of the first jobs I did was to reglaze a broken skylight. The skylight is a fairly conventional wooden box with a metal frame on top. It doesn't open or have any vents. It originally had one pane of georgian wire glass (and...

We've recently had our CH system changed from a back boiler to a modern condensing boiler (with an unvented cylinder for the HW). The existing pipework for the radiators is apparently a single pipe system - there are flow and return pipes going to the boiler, but they then deviate into...

Hi, I currently have a 16A radial circuit which goes directly from the CU to a socket round the back of the (wall mounted) TV. There's nothing else connected to this radial, so the draw is minimal (250w or so for the TV). The single socket is wired in 2.5 T+E. I would like a socket to be...

Hi, we've recently had a new boiler/unvented cylinder installed to replace the old open vented system in our house. We are having a rewire at the same time, so the boiler and cylinder are currently disconnected from mains and programmer. My plumber asked me to get hold of a wireless stat, so...

Hi, I know there have been loads of threads on this, but.... We're having the ceiling in the bathroom replaced (old sagging lathe and plaster taken out), and I thought it would be a good time to fit downlights*. The ones I've bought are not IPxx rated, but are 12v . My ceiling will be over...

Hi, just had a new boiler and unvented cylinder fitted. The plumber hasn't wired in the immersion heater (he wanted to surface mount the cables... right through my house) whereas I want to lift the floorboards and put the cable down properly. He asked if I could run the cable from the CU to the...

Hi All, I've got a radiator in my hallway which I'd like to move to the opposite wall, but the way it's plumbed seems really unusual. Other radiators I have have a main flow and return pipe, with a T-junction off both for the pipe to the radiator, but on this one the pipes both come off the...

Hi, just wanted to know if someone could let me know what the brackets in my loft are for? I've recently bought a house and would like to board the floor of the loft out (once the CH and electrics have been done), but these brackets sit a good 3" higher than the highest beam. If possible, I'd...

Hi, just wanted to check what my options are with dimmer switches. We just moved house, and in the previous house we had chandeliers in the bedroom and lounge which used normal candle bulbs. The switches we had were remote & touch timmers - they perfectly suited our lazy lifestyle as we could...

Evening all, I've just moved into a house which has an ancient Baxi Bermuda from the 1970s (which, in fairness, still works perfectly). We're extensively redecorating the house (with assistance from an electrical fire 4 days after we were handed the keys :cry: ) and I thought it would be...

Hi all... sorry to drag up an old post, but this page came up in a Google search. I've also got one of the old fashioned Fuse-boards (with actual fuse-wire in the cartridges etc). I currently have 5 circuits - 2 x 5A lighting rings, 2 x 20A mains and 1 x 15A immersion heater (from memory). My...