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Thanks for your info guys. I appreciate what you're saying and can understand that as you don't know me at all, you don't know how clued up i am. I'm by no means special, but in this context i am pretty clued up, more than competent enough in electrics and electronics to understand what i need...

I had a bet with myself that would be the first question out the gate, £20 up and it's not even 9AM, result! Oh wait a minute... I'm not, Dan, no, but my gas safe engineer is, otherwise i'd have to call him just 'engineer', which would be odd. I'm also not a registered sparky. Both of my gas...

Hi, I have an Intergas HRE SB 30 running an unvented tank for DHW and a 16 Zone UFH system. I completed the wiring last night and it's all working fine. However, the boiler has a DHW and CH mode which you can program for individual temperatures, but i can't see a way to call them...

Hi, I'm looking at putting some 24v RGBW strips into my ceiling at various points. Current requirements 25w per 5 meter strip, per channel. So about 1Amp per channel. My cable runs will be at most 8 meters to the control unit, running 5 meters of led strip. From my calculations i should be...

I've already busted through my budget on this build so i need to save where possible. Also, i find the electrics enjoyable, interesting, and something i'd like to do myself. Also, i'm married. Thanks, this sounds like a good solution i'll explore a bit more. Indeed - the hob is a 5 zone...

I see what you're saying, the reason i was trying to avoid putting in the cupboards is because 1) Most, if not all of my lower cabinets are drawers. 2) It's a pretty expensive solid wood kitchen, and the thought of cutting holes in the cabinets for sockets seems a bit wrong! I figure if an...

The grid switch was being placed in the utility room so it was out of view, but allowed easy access to turn off the appliance. Appliance wise - dishwasher, microwave, warming drawer, fridge freezer, wine chiller. Hob on island on it's own circuit, two ovens on their own circuit. So to...

Ok so lets assume i go with a grid switch to turn appliances off centrally. 2.5mm t&e running along the top 150mm of the wall for each appliance, can that then be dropped down vertically all of the way to floor and the unswitched socket sits on timber on the floor under the cabinets for each...

In which case the electrician which wired up my parent's new kitchen 12 months ago wasn't very good at all. Cables were dropped from fused spurs down the wall and the sockets left lose on the concrete floor for the appliances! So this brings me back to my original question - how does one...

Thanks for the reply. So i could spur off of an above worktop socket, drop down, and go left or right as far as i need to get to the appliance? If so, can i bring the wire out of the plasterboard and it can be open and visible under the kitchen units and run along the floor as far as needed...

Hi, I'm having a new kitchen built on the side of my house. I'm going to do as much of the electrical work myself as possible to cut costs, but employ an electrician to advise me, check my design, check my work at stages, and install and connect the consumer unit. I've been reading up...

I finally got around to getting up in the loft and having a measure, and i've put this in the attached diagram. I think i'll be looking at something like 2 x 150ltr cylinders, this way they can sit off to the side and allow access to the boiler on the gable. The tanks/boiler will be sitting...

I'll get up on the loft tonight and get some measurements. Looking at http://www.jouleuk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ErP-Fiche-Indirect-Technical-Data2.pdf the short cylinder at 300L is 1600mm high. No idea if this would fit or not, but i'll take a look and post up some dimensions. I...

I'm just outside of Southampton. Happy to go with 2 x 150l vertical. Understand what you're saying about A vs C rating and paying for itself, i wondered the same myself. I've also run some online calculators for boiler size, most are coming in at about 14kw based on my house size, windows...

Thanks, i've read up on the Intergas and it looks like it could be the right choice. With regards to the cylinder, i've checked Joule out, and had a look around - it looks like i'll only get an Erp C rating on Horizontal, i can't seem to find anything better rated. However, i also read that...

Thanks for the feedback again, after reading this and looking at the heatloss figures on the cylinders, it looks like this will be a better way to go. Can anyone recommend an A rated horizontal cylinder to go in the loft (boiler will be on the gable) and a suited boiler for the house. As...

Thanks for your replies. I had a good search on the forum for this question, there wasn't anything applicable, and a lot of the results were 8 years old or more. I've also done a hell of a lot of reading on the subject where i can find information applicable. I do of course value yours and...

I'll take a look at the Intergas, meanwhile, why do you say the 938 is 'totally pointless'? No wonder you have over 41,000 posts if you only ever do half replies! :) If anyone could advise on the thermal store side? Thanks, Elliot

Do elaborate, i'm open to suggestions :)

Hi, I'm having Solar PV installed in the next few months, at the same time we need a new boiler. I'm looking at the DHW flow rate is important as i like a powerful shower as possible, so i'm thinking of the Vaillant EcoTec Plus 938. The property has 2 bathrooms, water pressure is not a...