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I have a very old Saunier Duval combi boiler in a flat. all it says on it is Saunier Duval, there is no model number I can see. It has a constant pilot light and think it must have been installed approx 1989. I'm trying to get hold of a manual for it so I can work out how to do basic things...

A little advice please. I'm upgrading the electrics in my flat and have discovered to my suprise that there is no bonding at all on the gas main and no bonding anywhere else except on the water main where it comes into the building. I can bond the gas main (run in copper) fairly easily within...

Hi again sparky persons, more E-advice required please. I'm installing a neon light (about 1 meter long) in to a small loft storage space behind a bedroom wall. I'm planning to source the power from the back of a socket in a bedroom which is on a ring main and easy to get at because it's in...

Consumer units that is, not bra sizes. Does anyone know if it's possible to get fittings such as MCB's that will fit in the old double D consumer units, if so where. Ta

Hi, I’m thinking of changing my consumer unit into a split load. At the moment all of the circuits are on an Rcd which is combined with a disconnector switch for the incoming supply, it takes up 4 modules in the unit. There is nothing wrong with it other than that if it trips (which it does...

Whilst I'm sorting out my electrics in the bathroom I thought I would also run this one by you My kitchen has a ring main all of it's own. Along with the usual sockets there is a waste disposer in the sink and a tumble dryer. If the tumble dryer has been used for any length of time running...

Hi, I would appreciate some help with this. I have a timed bathroom fan, it is in the loft space. Currently it is wired through a double pole isolating switch that is high on the wall outside the bathroom (3amp fuse), all the wires including the permanent live for the timer are on the...

When is a roof is worn out. I have an attic flat and have had two very small leaks, nothing more than stains through the flashings around two different chimney breasts. The management company's builder has repaired these but said it needs a new roof. Given the torrential rain this summer I...

I am trying to replace a bathroom light switch with a brushed steel one. The switch is outside the bathroom by the door. When I had a look it is actually a double pole isolator not an ordinary light switch. I can't see the reason for this. There are only two lights on the switch and the switch...

I'm just about to change a plastic light switch for a metal one. It says on the instructions that the switch needs to be earthed and there is a screw connector on the back for this. The metal box in the wall is earthed but due to the number of wires in the box it will be difficult to get...

I am about to tile a bathroom floor. This previously had carpet down and on taking it up I am left with an extremely flat flooring grade chipboard floor which seems to have been laid over the old floorboards when the property was renovated about 20 years ago. It says in the sticky for this...

Hallo sparkies, I am working in a flat that has been recently decorated. One of the doors has had it's hinges reversed so it opens from the other side of the door frame. This has left the light switch behind the door which means you have to fiddle about in the dark behind the door to turn the...

Hallo Sparkies, I have just replaced my watermain. It is now run in plastic. Previously it was 15mm copper and was earthed to an earth block by the meter. Two adjoining pipes supplying hot and cold water to a downstairs sink were cross bonded to each other and then to the incoming water main...

Hi, I am just about to buy and fit a chrome towel rail, the sort you plumb in to the heating, not an electric one. Does anyone have any views on what brands are the best quality, I saw one in one of the big diy sheds but don't really want to buy one from there if I can avoid it. Also I...

I am thinking of replacing my Potterton Profile 80e with a condensing boiler. Could anyone give me any advice. I know about SEDBUK ratings and the general principles of these boilers but what do people think are the best makes. Can you give me any fitting tips, the system is a conventional...

Name a country that has not at sometime in recent history committed extensive human rights abuses of some sort

A lot of complete rubbish goes through my head, mostly I ignore it but now i've decided to post it. This is a medical question. Let's say you drink a cup of tea and the liquid is completely surplus to requirements. How long does it take for the kidney to get it out of your blood stream and...

What is your definition of rich

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