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Hi I am replacing a ceiling light with a new light. The existing light fitting comes with fixed cable wire, which has then been connected to a terminal block. This terminal block has the loop in loop out and switch wires going into it ( see picture). My new light doesnt come pre attached with...

Hi all Was after some advice. I have a system boiler ( Ecotec plus 618) and a Heatsatre Mega flow ( 145l) about 20 years old . Over the past 6 months i have been experiencing hot water problems - specifically hot water just stops - i.e no water coming out of the hot tap . The cold water still...

Hi there i have a rad in the kitchen which is a Myson imperial ( 19 inches wide ( length) by 30 inches high . ( see pictures). The whole house has these. I want to replace this rad that has been in place for 26 years as its rusting. My dilemma is because of he location of the rad, there is no...

Hi all I’m after some advice please. My downstairs toilet fan needs replacing and tonight i whipped off the cover ( power off of course) to find the attached wiring - see picture . My surprise is that the red live is not connected to anything. Is this normal? Also the loop between the T And L...

Hi I have to fit a new monobloc tap under my kitchen sink. I have the new tap and flexi tails. Existing tap has copper rigid tails and have been soldiered in to a join (i’ve’d marked it yellow on the pic) I haven’t done this type of job before but will give it try. The piping on the left hand...

hi I had a quote of £325 to replace 5 TRV’s. I looked up the TRV’s that the plumber will install ( Drayton RT 212’s). He said he only installs these. They are £25 each . He mentioned inbitor which is another £20 so all in all around £175-£190 in labour. Is this a good quote? Rgds Diylady

Hi We moved into a new house on the 01 March. The heating system in place is a system boiler with a hot water tank in the airing cupboard ( boiler is a valliant Eco tec plus 618) . The previous owners whom we are in touch with have said it is cheaper to leave the hot water on constantly than...

Hi there I am moving house and looking to take my honeywell evohome set up with me. I installed the Evohome ( with help from this forum swapping it from a salus receiver to an Evohome BDr receiver) but now want to disconnect it and put the original wall thermostat back . The original wall...

Hi I have recently clear out our spare room and turned on the radiator . The radiator is about 2 and half years old , never teally used as is the trv and lockshield. I have noticed that the rad is not getting very warm. I have put the trv on 5 and still its only getting lukewarm. I checked...

Hi I am looking to replace my Salus RXRT505 wireless receiver with a Honeywell wireless bdr91 receiver so i can use evohome. I thought it would be a straight swap but the bdr91 has different labelling. My boiler is a valliant Eco plus about 12 years old. The salus was so installed a year ago...

Hi I’m looking at installing Evohome connected smart heating so wireless thermostat and valves in my home. I am unable to find out if my existing trv values are compatable. They have a compatability list and they are not on there . I spoke to them as well and they were unable to confirm. The...

Hi I have a couple of questions that i'm hoping someone can help me with. Last Week we had a Salus RT505TX programmable wireless thermostat installed to replace my wired one which was years old. Since installation the heating has been coming on and off at random times. I got the engineer back...

Hi, Does anyone know what this is ? I got up this morning to this. For background info. The wall was plastered back in April 2013 and then painted. I did use a watered down wet coat as the first coat (white) and then put the colour on. Is this what damp looks like? The paint is a...

Hi All I came home last night from a week away to find a small puddle of water by the valve where you drain your central heating system-(the one you connect some hose to drain the system) . it it situated in the corner of my kitchen next to the lowest radiator in the house by the back...

Hi I bought two new ceiling spotlights today (round ones) to replace old ones - (the bar type ceiling spotlight ones) and when i tried to fit them spotted a problem. My new lights do not have any wires to connect to the Terminal connectors that the wires out of the ceiling connect into...

A question. or two .... I have just brought a new monobloc tap mixer and included in the pack are two flexi flexi monobloc tap tails. One marked red and the other marked blue. Also Included Are 2 Isolator valves with a red and blue switch on each to open and close them. Having read the...

Help... I have a Potterton Puma 80 that is behaving rather strangely , so strange that I've had the boiler man out twice and the problem doesn't seem to be solved. The problem is intermittent but I have noticed that it usually occurs after running the hot water tap for a while - lets say...

Help... I have a Potterton Puma 80 that is behaving rather strangely , so strange that I've had the boiler man out twice and the problem doesn't seem to be solved. The problem is intermittent but I have noticed that it usually occurs after running the hot water tap for a while - lets say...