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Was looking round a new house build and as a one time Plumber was looking at the pipework in the cylinder cupboard. I was chatting to the Plumber and queried the way he had positioned the cold feed and expansion pipe. On the main pumped flow to the cylinder he had branched off into the...

I am a 6 year time served plumber & heating engineer, ex Corgi and retired for quite a number of years. I’m looking for general advice as follows. When we moved into our present home some thirty years ago there was only a coal fired backboiler for DHW. I installed central heating using a Glow...

Will shortly be replacing my Gas back boiler with a new one. The new one is less in height making the 5" flue liner probably needing extending. I have a few feet of this and wondering if there is a commercially made fitting to extend the liner, or if I have to use a piece of rigid off the...

My Glow Worm Majorca 2 back boiler has just reached its 30th birthday and is a credit to the Company and the tried and proven cast iron boiler. However spares are unlikely and only recently was lucky enough to have a mate retired who had some radiants in his garage. I was a Plumber for 20...

Please put me out of my misery and tell me how the connections are made on a 2 gang light switch. Found one in my store cupboard and sat for a couple of hours with my continuity tester and a couple of bits of wire but couldn't get it to work and beginning to think it was faulty. It has two...

Having a conservatory built early in the new year and will be wiring it up myself. As a plumber can understand and carry out basic wiring but would appreciate advice on what I plan. Where the conservatory will be located is next to a patio window. I have a SWA 2.5 cable from my garage coming up...