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Hi All, basically I live in Estonia, I have oil fried central heating, but oil has somewhat doubled in price since last year so the minimum order of 1500 litres which heats my house for 4 to 5 months of the year is now almost €1500. I am currently selling my house (or trying at least) so it...

I have a twin bowl kitchen sink with U bend (previously tried to change it with s bend and bottle trap but same result), The dishwasher is attached to the waste via the spigot on the trap set up. the flexible pipe from the dishwasher is set up exactly as it should be and a high up swan neck. All...

I have a ceiling fan light (it didn't come with instructions etc) It has a white, black and blue wire and I wish to have the light work from the switch (not the pull cord) and the fan from the pull cord. Problem is that to the existing light which will be replaced there is only a live (brown)...

There is one project I have (a houseboat) where the client wants 3 separate 360 degree PIRS to operate a circuit of 30w indoor lighting through out the living area. I can't talk them out of it, this is what they want unfortunately (too lazy for simple switches I guess). The idea is that one...

Below is the wiring I intend to make for the central heating system. This is what honeywell suggest but I want to make sure and take 2nd opinions from the knowledge on this forum. Basically it is for central heating only- not hot water, I have a boiler, pump, room stat and programmer, no...

any ideaa if it is necessary for a fire cut off valve to be fitted to the oil pipe? I have been told that it is not necessary since a fire would not spread to the tank because it would run out of oxygen. I will get one to be on the safe side (they must be invented for a reason) any idea what...

I have an oil system boiler which serves only the central heating, pump, room thermostat and programmer with trv valves on all rads except one, there is no cylinder thermostat or port valves. So my 2 questions are: 1. What plan does this come under Y,S etc? 2. In order to do the wiring...

I have a couple of questions: 1. The distributor/plumbers merchant here in Estonia advises 12mm plastic coated copper for the piping from tank to boiler (it is normal here) to help against frost/freezing (we occassionally get -30deg). Any advise - should I stick with 10mm? 2. Should i bury...

I have a sealed system, boiler is a combi Trianco. I am only using the boiler for central heating not hot water (if anything goes wrong and it stops working I still want hot water at least). Situated under the boiler lid/top there is one flow pipe with the pump, pressure release valve and...

I intend to install my own Oil boiler, tank (tank is sited at least) and oil pipework (have been planning it since last year but things got in the way). Water piping and rads are all in, just ready to hook up to the boiler. I have a number of questions, I see a lot of topics regarding...

I currently have a series of 5 lights in my garden which are on the same switch. 4 of these lights have their own built in motion sensor, but one (which is an older light attached to the house which i want to keep) does not have a sensor. This means that when the switch is on the older light...

I tried this question before but no one who responded seemed to be able to help so perhaps someone else might know? Basically I have a new dimmer switch that I need to know how to wire, pictures are below. I have currently 2 switches side by side, one I wish to replace with this dimmer. And...

Hi all, First I will explain my fuse box - it has a main switch to turn everything off and two rows of fuses, the 2nd row has also a breaker switch at the end which can turn off only the 2nd row without affecting the 1st row. Now everything has been fine, no changes to electrical...

Hi all, First let me brief you that I am fairly capable but things in simple language are better for me than abbreviations. Basically I have a lounge switch and an outside light switch side by side and I wish to change the lounge light to a dimmer switch. I thought this would be easy since...

Hello all, I have a couple of questions, but before anyone says leave it to a professional, i am living in Estonia and here is not the same as England (they charge a fortune and install some strange looking cast iron Jäspi boiler and tank and boiler in one location inside the house). I am a...

Hi, I am basically having a oil fired central heating installed soon, and I am reading up on the information so I know what is going on and am not ignorent as to the installation. Most things i understand, but in the oil line supply (two pipe system) the manual says that in the 10mm suction...

Myself and my neighbour share one common waste water pipe to a very small cesspool tank but we have to empty it sooo often because it cannot take the capacity. We can't split the usage cos the pipes were installed under the floor all already joined. So, we had they idea of putting in a valve...

Hi all, I have a plug socket connection to the bathroom from a dedicated fuse at the consumer unit which was intended for the washing machine. But I wish to use the connection for an electric towel rail instead. But I don't want to plug anything in in the bathroom this seems unsafe to me...

I currently live in a semi detached property and we have a single shared waste pipe to my septic tank (all the piping comes together to one outlet beneath my house). The piping is under the foundation and buried 1m below ground ouside to the tank. What I wish to do is separate or install new...