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Hi We have just fitted a macerator, (only fitted one before a few years back), we have run the pipework as per MIs. But when we flush the toilet it pumps it into the bath which is connected to the other outlet. The bath doesn't drain either. Am I being stupid as as far as I see it chews up...

Hi Just been asked to move a bathroom, we will not be able to get a fall on a 100mm soil pipe so the only way is to fit a macerator. The problem being the bathroom will only be wide enough to fit a WC and bath side by side and the basin at the other end of the bathroom. |Having only ever...

Hi A customer has just asked if they can have their one MR16 LED light on a dimmer, no problem says me, then thinks about it in the van on the way home, there is a minimum wattage on low voltage/trailing edge dimmers, they only have one light, on my nose around I found this to be 10W, now...

Hi Got a customer who has asked me to replace some light bulbs for LED ones, they are on a dimmer, the lights are 4 x GU10 50watt and 1 x MR16 Low Voltage (in a fan light). The way I see it I need to remove the fan from the set up on its own pullcord and power. Change the dimmer switch to a...

Hi everyone Fitted a veritas R8 twos months ago, customer just called me back to say that the system won't full set only part set, nipped round for a quick scan, couldn't get it to full set either, so tried my engineer code to enter programming, wouldn't accept that either, so re set the...

Hi we are in the process of tendering for a job, the customer has said they would prefer if we were registered with Constructionline. Whats the pros and cons with registering with them. Anyone a member. cheers Ian

We have fitted the above programmable roomstat to an existing system, we removed the old style stats. The problem lies in the fact the stats come on at the time and or temperature required but they don't switch off when they have reached the required temperature. On the Wiring diagram it has 4...

Hi We have changed a manual thermostat to a programmable thermostat on a printing compnay, 4 in total, they operate a ceiling mounted gas burner, we swapped as they were, but they are not working probs, bit perturbed, the problem seems to lie with the temperture setting, it is 10 deg in the...

Hi Just come across a property where the guttering is a shallow concrete, lead lined type, its on a end of terrace house, the start of the fall. When it has been raining as it has now, the water is cascading over the sides and causing big damp issues on the inner leaf. Just wondered if...

Hi Just had a confusing chat with Alpha Technical dept, the internal fuse was blowing on initial start up, we suspected the fan and determined that was the fault, fan changed and then the fan runs ok but again the fuse blows, points me to the air/pressure switch, one the fan has proved its...

Hi Guys/Gals After a bit of help on a flooring selection, we have just picked up a job to fit out a chinese restauraunt/takeaway, (like a chinese equivalent of KFC etc). The guy has asked for non slip homogenous floortiles in the kitchen, I have spoke to a flooring contractor who said it...

Hi We are after picking some brains please, we have a customer who has damp patches in her living room and bedrooms on a gable end wall, this wall is a SW facing where most of our wind and driving rain come from. When we went to the job there was clear silicone in the perps of the bricks...

Hi Just been to look at a property which has a Baxi Potterton Gold Combi boiler, the Danfoss 715i clock and a Horstamnn HRT3 room stat. The owner is complaining when the 1hr boost is pressed the boiler doesn't switch off after the hour. We have checked and everything seems to be working...

Hi We have just had a customer on the phone about the position of their consumer unit. The DNO have come to fit a new meter and because its bigger then the old meter, they want the customer to have their old CU moved as its too close to the meter at their expense. The guy says its new regs, we...

Hi I have been asked to connect the above stat to a Heatline Solaris 24PC combi, the owners have lost the MI's. dog ate them, cat sh***ed them etc!!! The boiler will have a link wire in, think I've located this, white termainal block near plastic cover, the stat has a N = L = L1 = L2...

Hi Have looked at the system, now the fun starts. We have two electrical boxes, one upstairs in cupboard next to the cylinder, CH Pump + HW pump, the other downstairs in the garage next to the boiler. The programmer is in the utility room. The upstairs electrical box is 1 CPC's 2 Blk...

Hi Can you fit a Room stat to a thermal store heating system and if so what do you connect the wiring to. Its a tower rs stat,

Hi The house we are looking at has a Baxi Solo 2 Pf boiler, a hot water cylinder, a pump for the HW and a pump for the CH, but no divertor valve, a little confused as every diagram we look at has a divertor valve. Can anyone help. Cheers

Hi We have a Baxi Solo 2 80 Pf, a landis & staefa rwb9 programmer. The problem we are getting now is that the cylinder stat is overriding everything. If the cylinder stat is on everyhting is on, the room stat won't operate, you can gear it click but it doesn't do anything. Also the light is on...

Hi Got called out to a job today which has baffled me a bit. The lady has had a new boiler put in and a new pump (as above) in place of her old one (not sure of the make). The only thing the plumber touched was the actual boiler and pump. The programmer wasn't touched. Now what is...