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I pumped the oil back out of the tank yesterday to make it lighter so I could raise it up a bit. Dont have anyone to help lift it so its a struggle on my own. I suppose about 25 gallons came back out with the remainder below barrel pump level. The boiler is way overspec for a 3 bed house but I...

I have a Grant Multipass 140/160 boilerhouse which has not been running for a couple of years now due to extension and oil tank location etc. Ive just put 45 gallons of oil in the tank last weekend and fired it up. It run all day last Saturday and Sunday and then just stopped. It now wont fire...

Point taken - will get some sentinell tomorrow.

Yes Coljack thats what I thought - If their test is a pass or fail its still their results that count so why did I need to also test and fill in test sheet. Any way it all worked out in the end. Perhaps its just a requirement of that company.

Cheers Micky - Yes it seems like a nice unit and the tank heats up nice and quick but its not really a combi is it ?The plate inside says it is though. Plenty of pressure at the showers and the litres per minute seem to satisfy N H B C. Ive got some Bond It P C 100 from Selco do you think that...

Hi - I have put a Gloworm ultrapower sxi with a 170 ltr combined tank in my new build (3bed 2 showers plus bath etc). Was wondering if any heating guys have fitted one of these yet and if they have had any call backs or faults. Mine seems good so far but havent run it for long as propert still...

Dont know if this helps - ive done all my electrics on a self build under bld control (Im not a spark but was 3 years into city and guilds way back in the sixties, and surprisingly a lot comes back) Bld control at my council uses their own part P company and they inspected my first and second...

Sorry didnt explain that properly. Yes its being inspected through building control by a company they appoint. Thanks again for replies,

Many thanks for advice - That kitchen fan is on the Kitchen lighting on 1.5 but there are 14 50watt mains halogens so 700watts plus the fan and the fan lamps - dont want to go near the 1200 watts so might change them to leds (the original intention) but the 50s lamps came with the fire rated...

If I have 2 smoke alarms do they need their own mcbos and then linked together with 3 core and earth. Me thinks Ive got it wrong with only one feed to the ground floor and then 3 core and earth to the upstairs. They do both go off together but could that just be the batteries supplying the feed...

So why did Homeplumb leave Homeserve ? - I subbed to them from when they were fastfix and home hotline and then homeserve - mostly drainage - They seemed to go direct with their own labour as they got bigger - looked like it was going the same way as British Gas (Dyno Rod). Work dried up in the...

I also thought that they didnt need earthing in order to comply with regs ?

Cheers steve - I imagine its ok to cut them to suit ? dropped one from a stepladder today - wonder if Ive damaged it - no external damage.

Many thanks for explaining - Theres a lot packed in to them little critters - ofcourse I knew all that just needed reasurance Ha - Why are the neutral leads coming out the top so long - Ive managed to squeeze them into the board that I bought last year but only just - they fit the rail allright...

I thought an rcbo was a kind of combined rcd and mcb plus overload but Im probably wrong. I understand the dicrepency over 30ma trips the rcd but what happens inside an rcbo or what scenario would make it trip where an mcb wouldnt - It were all fuse wire and silver foil when I was a leckeys mate.

So does not the bathroom lighting on an rcbo not comply ?

Many thanks to all - Bld control not signed off untill test cert issued - only connection cert for meter issued at present so changing board to suit part p company shouldnt be a problem as they will finall test anyway. Didnt know contactum were going down the pan so thanks for that. As for the...

Wonder if any sparkies can help - Doing my own self build and bld control will test on completion through their part p third party. Job was started on 16 edition but Im told it would be better to upgrade with rcbos for to comply with 17th. Have a split contactum c unit with layout as follows...