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I'm unclear whether or not I need an Air Admittance Valve in a new WC and wash basin installation in my home. It will be easier for me to build an external venting stack in this instance. There's very litttle room for a AAV stack inside the new bathroom. The new bathroom is on first floor...

Gareth, the chicken cooking analogy is great, I'll try that. (or adapt it to the toaster setting: something the teenagers can relate to) I'll look into the limiting peg idea, I could set a maximum of 4. If they turn the valve down on a warm day and freeze the next day who cares? I'd be...

The upstairs rads in my house are controled by TRV's. The problem is no matter how many times I try to explain to my family how a thermostat works, they insist on whacking the valves up to Max every time the weather turns cold. So, today for example when it's a mild, sunny spring day (yesterday...

Thanks for all the advice, I'm not particularly hung up on a gas oven. I've had a look and fan-assisted gas ovens don't seem to exist. The extra efficiency of the (electric) fan oven probably brings running costs closer to gas. Plus, if its a better insulated oven it has to better than the...

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Yeah, That's the kind of oven I have; "not for cooking, just warming things up". You've got to laugh...

Thanks for the detailed reply Terox. Funnily enough although the oven is very cheaply made, it was not cheap to buy (not from Howdens anyway) Luckily, we "negotiated" a dicount of approximately 70% via our joiner who fitted the kitchen. (the "list price" of the cooker hood was £700 before our...

It would be good if someone with knowledge about these built-in appliances makes a comment. I could fit a single electric built-under oven as long as it uses less than 13A on full load. I have a spare fused spur. However I'm not convinced that an electric oven wouldn't share the same problem of...

My kitchen has a Howdens (Diplomat) built-in, gas oven fitted. It is a very poor piece of equipment. My main issue is that it seems to have a fan on the outside of its casing (at the back?) which, when the oven is on, blows air around the casing and out into the kitchen. I assume this is a...

That's good. The junction box/rose is redundant then, because I'm only supplying and switching one light fitting? So I can just use the switch box for what it is; simply a control for opening and closing a break in the power supply to the light swith? I did wonder about this and I think I've...

Hi, I'm wiring a single ceiling light in my garage (using 1.5mm T+E). I've looked at the circuit diagrams here and begun laying the cables this morning. However something is bothering me. Is there a reason why I can't just put the ceiling rose or junction box next to the light switch on the...