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Hi and thanks to all that reply, I have a few questions about the Marley Modern tile and would be grateful of your input. Most roofing merchant websites direct you to the Marley website but surprisingly I can't find the answers there! Hope I don't confuse anyone! Here goes: 1) To create a...

Hello and thanks to all that answer, I have a split load board with a ring final on each side. I noticed, the other day, that the ring on the RCD side has a 16a mcb. I know this is not usually the case and so double checked that it was a ring and not two radials. It is definitely a ring wired...

Hello and thanks to all that reply, I've just finished replacing an oven cable from the cooker connection plate to the connection at the oven. During which I found the connection point (oven end) cracked and unsafe. I have used a terminal strip, of coreect Amp rating, to make a temopary...

Hello and thanks to all that answer,this is a follow on from a post earlier this week but i've started a new thread to prevent confusion. I'm changing a broken drayton programmer (not digital) for a drayton LP111 connected to a vaillant . The backplate is wired exactly the same so an easy...

hello and thanks to all that answer, This is an electrical question stay with it! I have a vaillant combi boiler which is not firing/pumping (heating) however the boiler is producing hot water and no fault codes are displayed. I have a drayton timer. sorry don't no the model number but its...

hello and thanks to all that reply, I'm sure you've heard it before but this really is a story about a friend!! He's just redone his kitchen and had a rewire. the lecky has wired a socket for the connection of a hob from the ring main. However, the hob ,possibly unknown to the lecky, is a...

hello and thanks to all that answer! I need to replace a glass panel in a pvc door, sorry but i can't take a photo so i hope i give enough info! i bought the house with it boarded up. its the type were you fit the rubber seals from inside which seem to be present. I have contacted a local...

hello and thanks to all that answer, I have a RGI coming to do a landlords inspection on a combi boiler and just wanted to ask if the entire flue has to be exposed? although it is accessible it requires the removal of boxing witch is filled,corked and painted. should i remove it prior to his...

hello and thanks to all that reply, I'm afraid its another bonding question!!!! currently: The water and gas are bonded direct to the MET (within 600mm) All the pipes at the combi boiler are bonded together, but not to the MET or any other circuit The boiler is about 1 metre from...

Hello and thanks to all that reply, I’m sure this post will cause a reaction will all corgi guys but I am going to post it and see what responses I get. I have moved an inconveniently positioned combi boiler to a new position in a small house including connection and a new flue system (6...

hello and thanks to all that answer, Just wondered if anyone can explain the IP ratings for lights, I know it relates to the safety requirments in a bathroom, but does each IP rating relate directly to a specific Zone. if so which relates to...

One of my upvc windows is missing a key, so its locked closed!! tried a few similar keys ..... no joy. Not too bothered about the lock just the closing mechanism,possibly drill the lock out?.... Any ideas....thanks

hello and thanks to all that answer, Just changed the f18 gearbox on an N reg vectra. All went well apart from bleeding the clucth, pig of a job!! eventually got it bled and took it for a test................ rattling in reverse and slight...

hello and thanks to all that answer, Could anyone explain why my room thermostat requires three core and earth, i had assumed it was a simple switch :- live, switched live and earth. had read something, somewhere about an anticipator- is this...

hello and thanks to all that answer just to confirm some information from an earlier post. can anyone see any problems with my proposal for the flue below? The flue length isn't to scale and is well within max length even with the 45's...

hello and thanks to all that answer, just wondered if anyone has the time to describe the principle of a condensing boiler or a link to a web page? what makes it efficient compaired with a normal boiler? are condensing boilers still classified...

hello and thanks to all that answer, many months ago i posted a topic about moving a boiler into a chimney breast and the use of the chimney flue.(learned a lot about boilers that day!!) I have now realised the error of my ways! not going to...

hello and thanks to all that answer, after looking at many cable selection tables could somebody please confirm what a cable clipped direct to a wall and plastered over (no conduit) comes under. i'm assuming "clipped direct" is for surface mounted.

hello and thanks to all that answer, just finished plastering a 1850's stone cottage, probably not the easiest first project!!. had a plaster with me but thought i would be a lot more use to him than i was!! is it just a practice thing? can anyone recommend any plastering books?

hello and thanks to all that answer, i've asked the leccies about bonding requirements however can't seem to get an answer on whether a combi boiler needs bonding back to the MET, the gas and water supplies are all ready bonded to the MET at...