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I’m not an appliance engineer but as an electrician I have replaced a few oven elements in my time. Anyway my own oven started playing up yesterday, was cooking for 9 people and it had been on about during the morning. During a critical time (just as I was getting the Yorkshire pudding in) the...

Hi chaps. Just did a boiler change from vented to combi. The customer did have a shower which was running through a salamander pump. The pump has now been removed as it’s redundant but water is mixing in the shower valve and it’s affecting hot water performance dramatically at all hot...

Hi chaps Is there such a thing as a wifi input status monitor? I'd like a device that will connect to my wifi network and allow me to see the status of various inputs so I can remotley monitor if my garage door is accidentally left open for example via a mobile app. There are inexpensive wifi...

Hi chaps I’m taking out a Worcester Greenstar tomorrow amd replacing it with an Ideal. The existing flue is vertical and runs through the attic of the bungalow and terminates near the ridge on a pitched roof. The new flue will follow the same route. I’ve never fitted a vertical flue before...

Hi chaps, I'm looking for a little help with an UFCH system. The customer complaint is that none of the heating zones appear to be working, I have been to look at the system, all zone valves are open and the boiler is firing. There is hot water as far as the mixing valve but it doesnt seem to...

I have been asked to replace a faulty shown in picture concealed shower valve but there is no makers info on it that I can find. Are most makes interchangeable in terms of pipe centres etc? thanks In advance

Hi chaps!! Can anybody tell me how to remove the cistern from a toilet like this please? You can’t get under the pan to remove the wing nuts as you can normally. Thanks!

Hi chaps! Got asked to replace a siezed stop tap today, the plastic pipe coiming from the outside of the house was 17mm OD and black, my own house on the same estate has the same pipe. Can anyone tell me what adapters I am likely to need to replace the tap with and where I might get them from...

Hi chaps, I wonder if anyone has come across this before. Customer has two old wylex fuse boxes with rewireable fuse, one board is for lighting, socket outlets, cooker etc and the other is economy 7 for immersion heater and storage heaters. Customer wants both boards replacing but the previous...

I’ve been to a wall mounted oil boiler today, customer reported lock out issues. I attended and found that the fire valve knob had accidenatlly been pressed, I suspect a child had stood on it! Reset the fire valve, bled air out of the oil and the boiler fires up but only runs for about 2...

We have a single phase welder which we want to connect to a 3 phase welding socket. The socket has an integrated RCD and is wired back to a 3 phase breaker. we have connected the welder across 2 phases but when we plug it in it immediately trips the breaker. Do 3 phase breakers trip on...

I have a detached house with a detached single garage which borders the side of the property so it's only about 300mm from the boundary. I would like to extend the garage backwards (loads of room) and remove the flat roof and replace with an apex roof but this modification will take the...