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I recently moved into a new house which has 2 upstairs bathrooms: A family bathroom + ensuite. Each bathroom has a dedicated inline extractor fan in the loft, but I just realised that the one for the ensuite just extracts to the loft space (a classic! :LOL:) ... The main bathroom one appears to...

Yes, the hot water cylinder is very close to the 2 showers it serves, cylinder is in airing cupboard that is inside the main bathroom, feeds onto the roof and comes down to both showers, 1 shower in the same bathroom as the cylinder, other shower (ensuite( very close on the opposite wall. Both...

Not too far, boiler is in the garage, all showers are in the opposite wall, upstairs. But I imagine this could be a problem, the old (smaller 3bed semi) had the boiler pretty much dead center in the kitchen and it still a little bit to get the hot water upstairs... Good to know - but I suspect...

Do you still have the manual for this shower screen/enclosure? I ask because you are not supposed to silicone the inside of the screen on +90% of these. Water gets inside the aluminium frame and is supposed to drain out into the shower tray, if you silicone all of the bottom you are just...

Recently moved into a new house. Current situation: - 3 bedroom + office - Old vented system, cold water tank in loft, very small hot water tank in airing cupboard. - Boiler is less than 5y, an Alpha E-Tec 20r (been told it is not a particularly good boiler) - 11 rads in total (including 2...

Am I right in thinking this wiring was not supposed to be used for a timed fan, maybe it was originally setup for a non timed fan (just L and N) but someone that does not know anything (such as myself!) decided to get a timed fan and just thought "well this earth needs to go somewhere!"... Would...

The old fan, which was the same model, had the exact same setup (explains why it stopped working?) - what can I do here?

I am starting to think there is something about the wiring here that is not right... I can now fairly often see the odd behaviour of having both light and isolator switches off, THEN turning on the isolator on (only the isolator!) and the fan starts going! I also see my light flicker briefly as...

Just now went past 30m, fan still going while light is off... Which is over the stated time limit in the instructions! And I have managed to trigger more of that strange behaviour where both the light and isolator are off, then turning on the isolator and that starts the fan - again, does not...

Recently moved house and noticed the extractor fan in one of the toilets was struggling - the fan was very slow. One time I switched off the isolator and the fan never came back up once I turned it back on. Just now got around to fixing it by replacing it with a very close model (if not the...

Yes!! I had realised what was going on and just now read your comment, it looks like the screw might have been over tightened as it cut through the wire and left the earth cable loose (the end of wire came out when I unscrewed that screw)!! That or just removing the plate forced the break!

Old cooker tripped up the RCD yesterday evening while using the oven and since turning it back on it looks like the oven function has stopped working entirely - as in, light still comes on, fan turns on, but no heat. I imagine the heating element has gone bust. The hob function is still fine...

Sorry, what material would I use to cover the wood? It is quite rotten at the end of the photo, as in, I can probably break most of it off with my fingers. Is this the sort of thing I should be looking for...

Hi, wanting to get some advice on what to do here (you'll be able to tell I'm not the most experienced!). Need to replace a fascia board and possibly put in new guttering too, find pictures attached. The original work is rotting away, the worst section being to the left of the first picture...

I think you worded it in a way my simple mind could wrap around :) I think I definitely "bottomed" it, as in, it took quite the effort to get it position. Are these the type washers I should be using...

Edit Seems like what I was doing then! I can only assume the weather is the reason for it have started leaking? Tap frozen which must have made the water expand slightly? I'm slightly worried becasue the dingy old tap never seemed to leak, and it looked like it was put in place manyyyy years...

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Hi, This summer we had our garden tap leaking, so I followed good old Youtube to had it replaced, end result: Job seemed good, all summer = no leaks. Fast forward to today and I noticed a considerable leak exactly where the tap connects to the pipe (in red arrow): Now, it has been...

This is where I think something is a bit iffy with the shower - today, as the hot/cold cycle started, one of the things I tried was completely turning off the cold water tap, I then let max hot water run for a good 30 secs and didn't notice any more fluctuation. I then slowly started turning the...

I've just been on the phone with one of the installers (company called boxt) and that seems to be consensus as well, they say this is one of their most common queries. Say I'd like to try changing the fittings myself, are there any considerations I need to be aware of besides the fact that it...