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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Having realised the three way valve was round the wrong way, and turned it round the right way, the whole thing is fine now. Thanks for all your help chaps
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    I have photos now of the valve and control panel wiring. How do I post them in here?
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    The cylinder thermostat is new. I will check if valve is on right way round. If its on incorrectly will that make the hot water come on separately?
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    the immersion switch is off usually. we have been turning it on for about an hour a day amid the warm weather because that's the only way we could get hot water when the heating was off.
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Our kids play rugby together, he didn't charge me labour and he watched me fit it
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Also i know the new valve works as i heard it working yesterday morning, the fact it turns the hot water on is good, but it just kick starts the central heating now as well. for years it has been the other way round. Something is forcing the water to be constantly heated as the temperature was...
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Thanks for the responses. Over the weekend i will write down makes and models of all the parts and take some photos of the wiring. Yes, he charged me £70 as that's how much the valve was from Screwfix. i saw the bill.
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Thanks for that. Sadly four experts have been round so far and charged me each time. The first one, a lady, told me it was because of the room thermostat, fitted a new one which made no difference. Three months later I called in another expert who told me it was not the Pom thermo, which...
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    Scalding hot water and heating / hot water confusion

    Hello guys / girls, I have scalding hot water and cannot get my central heating and hot water to come on independently. I have replaced the gauge which clamps onto the side of the hot water cylinder, fitted a new control panel and even put a new three way valve on in a bid to solve these two...
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    All sorted now. Have order a 7a one. Thanks for your help.
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    looking on the net i have noticed mine is an R8 Veritas, which battery is best?
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    brilliant, thanks. Does one of those fit either alarm as i have no way of dinging out which one is the right one?
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    Hiya, it is a Veritas system. I have no other details, only a piece of paper with the code on which was left for us by the previous property owners. It has a box outside with a green light wjhich flickers along the bottom of the box usually, when it goes off a blue lights flashes. All it offers...
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    thanks guys, what kind of battery is it and how much are they in the UK? are they widely available?
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    House alarm goes off durring power cut or when fuses trip

    Good evening, i have the above problem and i understand i have to replace the battery in the interior control panel to stop this happening. However as soon as i undo a screw on the control panel the alarm goes off. How do i stop this happening? Thanks in anticipation Doug
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    why does my burglar alarm go off when i turn electricity off

    Guys i have looked everywhere for the control panel box but cxan't find it. Someone said it was palm sized and would have two wires coming out of it. Is it the box the alarm sound comes out of? I hgave looked in the loft, the airing cupboard and elsewhere but can't find anything whuich looks...
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    burglar alarm goes off when i turn leccy off

    it is a palm-sized box with lights and keypad so the battery must be in there
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    burglar alarm goes off when i turn leccy off

    I can't find the main box. Is it the one with the lighst and the keypad on or is there another box somewhere else in the house?
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