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Ok, cheers for the advice guys, seems like this is a little more complex than anticipated. Will seek professional advice. Thanks, Lee

It's the first floor in a domestic house and there is only the ground floor (base), first floor and then a loft. The house was built in the 50's and the beams are steel wire reinforced and are shaped like / \ . I don't think there is any screed on the beams just wood on the top and bottoms...

Hi there, We have just started to remove a brick chimney stack in the house, we have removed the entire section down to the upstairs floor. However it appears that 2 of the concrete joists for the floor are resting on the stack, if we remove the stack these the joists will of course be...

Thanks for the replies, it was a reputable company who fitted, and the paperwork will be sent along with certificates shortly. Everything as far as I know is correct 22mm gas pipe ... I have a feeling that the stop tap to the boiler has been turned up, as our push on the tap style shower...

Hi we have just had a Worcester Bosch Greenstar 28i junior combi fitted along with central heating conversion and new rads. The hot water on the first day was ok i.e very hot. However because the fitters had left one of the drain cocks slightly open, I had to call them back the next day to...

From John Guest (speedfit) Website: Connection to Chrome-Plated Copper Pipe Speedfit fittings can be connected onto chromium plated copper pipe if the chromium plating is completely removed to the full depth of the fitting. To ensure maximum grip, the fitting of a collet clip is...

Hi there, I am getting a new garage door fitted with automation. After getting several quotes I have narrowed my prospective door fitters down to two companies. However the problem is that the two companies supply different motors. Company A would be fitting a Hormann Promatic Motor...

Yeah cheers guys, I phoned them at the same time I ordered the isolator, but they told me they had a backlog and that they would phone me back, I'll get on to them ASAP. Thanks for all the comments Regards Lee

Yes the metering company did the work about a week ago, because I requested an isolation switch. The only thing on the cable is 'Volex electrical products ltd' The cable has definately been like this for a long time as far as anyone in the house remembers, plus I should take this point to...

Hi thanks for the replies. The new tails and isolation switch is the only recent work carried out on the supply and the earth cable from the consumer unit has been like that for a few years as other people say in the house. I can see no possible place on the incomming supply cable where...

maybe you should have gone to specsavers :shock: no but serious, is that a you see no possible earth connection or that you don't see what i'm talking about? lee

Hi there, I have recently noticed, that there seems to be a lack of earthing to my electricity supply. I say this because the earth wire which comes out of the consumer unit was tucked behind the equipment mounting board connected to nothing! Please click for larger image! As you...

Similar thing happened to my system a while back, Initial thought was room stat, but i got my multimeter on it and found it was working. After testing the circuits in the cupboard and finding everything ok, posted results on here we traced it to a stuck motoried valve, see my post it may help...

That is a nice stat! Yeah thanks for the advice guys. However something tells me that the stat is not faulty and is 'in the design' as croydoncorgi stated. Maybe if I buggered about moving it somewhere else it may respond better, but I can't be bothered so I will replace it with a new...

Is this usual, if so can the heating system be tweeked? I have already turned up the boiler stat to full (which was set quite low) due to the cylinder stat never reaching 60 degrees, and this seems to have made the response of the heating system better, but is still not perfect. I have recently...

Hello, I have just recently replaced and old tired looking room stat which although was working correctly, it looked unsightly! The new Room stat is a Sunvic digital stat, http://www.sunvic.co.uk/tlx7501rt.html , which is definately fitted correctly. However it is not performing as...

Yeah its strange about the valve but it did Work for 25 years so hopefully we will get another 25 :) some how I doubt it but i'm gonna be positive about it and see what happens! I Pretty much have the wiring figured as electrical and electronics is my strong point. Anyhow I will leave the...

The small pipe that goes down into the floor is the bypass. The new valve stops the heating getting hot perfectly! Lee

Yes your diagnosis of the zone valve problem is tatally correct! Today I partially drained the sysyem and removed the zone valve, after I finally managed to remove it, I noticed that the arm was indeed stiff. I also noticed that the valve was fitted with the input to the valve (A) at the bottom...

Ok here are some pics of the system. What do you think is it ok to add the valve? please click a thumbnail for a larger image!