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This is just speculative, i won't be getting anything done about it until summer comes. I am just planning what order to do some of the bigger jobs and ear marking where money will be going. Basically the rear of my house is dashed, over paint. It is a mess, cracks and bits falling off...

@ skotl TBH i am a little ashamed that i said it was fine when it is illegal, i took that in good faith. I am very glad i called in here and asked this question now, saved a lot of potential frustration in the future! @ john No worries lad. TBH i would have been surprised if they where...

I was employed under him as a labourer, as with the others i have worked for. There have been a few i have done this for. Basically they all told me where they wanted the cable and channels with specific instruction. They would (apart from the cowboy) watch me the first few times and each...

Confirmed i have an electrician willing to feed into the conduit so long as i provide good photographs of where i run conduit. He had no hesitation but said it will be no cheaper (which i do not mind). £1600 for the full job. He said he would prefer that opposed to rigging the attic and...

Just spoke to the local building control. I conceed, i have been misinformed but i do think it is because i was working under him at the time so he obviously trusted my work. My apologies for that and thank you for correcting me, saved me valuable time. The BCO did however say i can...

To be honest the guy i asked was a very good and professional electrician, perhaps he just had trust in my work and was willing to do it because i was already working under him at the time and doing exactly that. The cowboy i mentioned in post 1 i would not let near my house with a 10ft pole...

Just to clarify this is the only part that will not be visible, the red is 20mm conduit which can easily have cable pulled out again. Everything i plan to run under the floor is very easy for him to inspect as i have put plenty of access hatches (one at every fitting or terminal) with round...

I am full well allowed to lay cable. I just cannot connect it without building approval. A sparky will decide if it is correct and if he is willing to sign it off for part p, if they are not happy that is up to them. I do not need to open a ticket to lay cable so long as i dont tamper with the...

Yea i just re read it and my wording does sound a little rude if, it aint meant to be though so please bear that in mind. Hopefully though it does not get taken the wrong way, plus i have now clarified some points that may be of concern to people.

Aye, rent it out in the distant future. That is only potentially too. I have not said i am trying to cut corners at all, where did i say that? I have directly said otherwise actually :) Save money on installation, yes, cut corners, no. Everything i intend to do that i have not asked or have...

"How will the electrician know the exact route the cables have taken?" Gonna photo the channels before i plaster for anything recent and have already done it for the conduit that is covered. The floor hatches will still be accessible so confirming it will be common sense tbh. Plus i have a...

What should be on seperate rcd [assuming the sparky does not use RCBO]? Lighting on each floor or the smokes? I am not sure what goes on at the box, i used to knock channels and run cables following the sparkies instruction, not mess around with boxes (so i have little idea what must happen...

I was rigging the attic light + smoke on it's own shared circuit even though it is only gonna have one spot rail (so i could have each floor on a seprate trip switch at the box).

Hi I am running cable in the upper floors of the house at the minute, i wont be getting them connected and signed off till after the new year so i have no sparky to consult. I have worked for a couple for sparkies in the past but i am a bit rusty on the regs (plus one was a bit of a cowboy...

Looks like the actuator is at fault. It's insides are loose. Went to lock it in the 'manual open' position and noticed a loose piece of plastic wriggling around. I have removed it and locked the valve open manually and circulation to the heating has resumed. Great, but the hot water...

Just in case the installation manual is any use.. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/572326/Vaillant-Turbomax-Vuw-242-1-E.html#product-ECOmax824E

I have repressurised correctly. Not being a plumber i figured they would have similar components and functionality. I expected if it was needed i would be asked for it... :) The model is 'ECOmax 824e', there are two variants AFAIK, this one is the one shaped like an octogon cut in half...

The boiler is not doing anything when i switch the central heating on now. I have spent some more time on google. Could it be the 'flow regulator' or would that only effect the hot water?