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Very clear answer, Hugh. Thanks. Chris: I'm trying to eliminate the space taken by depth of the cistern, so any close coupled arrangement defeats the object.

Thanks, Hugh. Could you clarify the first point? With a low level cistern, does the seat normally fold open onto the cistern itself or just below it, i.e. resting on the pipe?

Hi. The close-coupled WC pan in a small toilet space sticks out too far and I'm looking at ways of setting it further back. If I changed to a low level cistern, would it save a little space by the seat resting back on the downpipe or do they always rest on the cistern itself? If so, would a...

An update, if anyone is interested. I paid the agency who'd sent Sparky and in return they emailed the ECIR certificate. Amazed to see it had passed! They told me it had failed and would need £700 remedial work (including £300 for new certification). He had marked the RCD tick box simply N/A and...

Really interesting discussion, guys. I'm still a little hazy about about the key question - is £150 per certificate the electrician's charge or is it a fee charged by the council or whatever for registering the job? Is any such charge imposed? If it is all electrician's charge, I must say it...

Thanks for the interesting discussion. To clarify a couple of points, the only work I agreed to was the ECIR at a fixed price of £119 (a fairly typical price through these landlord compliance agencies). I assume the sparky was qualified despite having an unpronounceable name. RF, I'm not...

EFLI - yes, it includes the certificates. That's how they (try to) justify the price. Why can't he self-certificate?

I rent out a flat in London. With tenants about to change it needed an EICR, which has failed due an old "hot wire" fuse box and lack of RCD. The property agency who sent the ECIR sparky have quoted £700 for the work. I queried it, pointing out that the flat is small with few circuits, and...

I am having trouble with a Victoria Plum shower which has a manifold similar to THIS. The symptoms are a small adjustment of the temperature control produces a massive swing in temperature. It is just possible to achieve a comfortable temp by micro-adjustment but it's not very steady. It has...

Fine, I didn't know the 60 degree requirement. But if it's heated water from the mains only feeding a shower would that matter?

JohnD - bit of both. But it's quite a big house (five bedrooms, heat zoned upstairs /downstairs). It's OK at the moment but I'm not sure how much it will like another 30+ sq m of underfloor heating. Dan - what was your temp target there? I have a formula that's showing 50 litres heated in one...

Sorry guys, should have said - oil boiler heats the main cylinder. Also this is part of a 30 sq m, 2-storey extension JohnD - "Underpowered" is a bit subjective. Boiler is big enough currently but does take its time getting everything up to temp. A bigger cylinder is a good idea but the...

Hi all Problem. We're about to add an ensuite to a bedroom. Elsewhere in the house is a shower fed from the main hot water cylinder, and another which is a Mira electric. This takes about 45 amps. The main incoming house fuse is rated at 80 amps, which rules out another electric shower. Looks...