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Hi all, I have recently moved in to a rented house for the first time and its great apart from one thing, the heating pump runs most of the time. I was told it was probably a faulty 3 port valve head so just replaced that and as soon as the power was back on the pump started running again. The...

Hey all, A mate has got a nice table lamp with a now broken toggle switch. He has asked me about what switch to use to replace it with but I don't know. The lamp uses 3 core flex as it has a metal body holder for the bulb, the switch (toggle type) doesn't have an earth lug on it but has a metal...

Hi all, A strange question here. My wife makes wedding/event cakes and the such for a living at home and said she would sometimes like the oven and hob in a different part of the kitchen. Both are electric btw. Would it be possible to make a movable unit which houses the oven and hob...

HI all, Just moved in to a new house (well old actually lol). It has a solid fuel range and the bloke hadnt put the pump and stat on. Now the winters here/coming I want to get these on so I can fire it back up. I have the pump and the pipe thermostat, I know the N for the pump goes to the...

Well its not really hissing but a 'Shhhhh' kind of sound when the tank is filling back up in the loft or when you run a cold tap or the washing machine is filling up. It stops instantly with the last 2 but at night if one of the kids has a bath then noise is bloody anoying. The ball valve and...

Should be an easy one for you guys. (Im dense lol) Can you get a Cylinder stat with a High and Low limit together or would I have to buy 2 seperate stats. Its for a solid fuel heating set up. I want the pump for the rads to kick in when the 28mm return reaches 65 but then I want the pump...

Ive got a rayburn that has 1" threads for the back boiler. Can I use 1" taperedx28mm fittings in there or will the tapered thread not seal properly? Thanks as always Nick

Should I just use a 15/50 on speed 1 or can you get a smaller pump for smaller systems? All rads are on the same floor as the pump btw. Cheers Nick

Guys, How much do you all pay for 28mm copper pipe? Just wondering as a place near me wants £40 for 3m. Is that about right?? Cheers

Has anyone here done or know how to convert an Oil fired rayburn BACK to Solid Fuel? We are going to buy a used Rayburn and one has come up that was solid fuel originally but converted to oil. How hard would it be to re-convert it? Thanks for any input Nick :D

Can anyone tell me what this fitting is? Its fitted on a 28mm gravity flow that used to be from a oil fired range but is now a wood burner. I needs replacing as its leaking. Oh and dont mind the fake brick wall paper, we only moved in 3 weeks ago and the house is a georgian place that belonged...

I recently moved in to a georgian cottage with 2ft solid stone walls etc etc. The rising main is the old Black plastic 3/8 stuff. The problem is the pipe condensates and looks like it has done for a good while and its playing havoc with the lime plaster/render. The local water supply is for...

One of the Energy saving bulbs in our house will not fire up to full power without hovering your hand within 2" of it!!!! It only does it when the bulb is cold but its a dead cert you will need to do it. I wonder why that is :?:

Hi guys, I have a wood burning stove in my living room with back boiler attached which is plumbed in 28mm to gravity fed DHW with a heat dump radiator. Im having 3 more rads installed upstairs on a pumped circuit which will be teed off the 28mm flow and return pipes to/from the wood...

In a domestic environment is it ok to use 4mm T&E for radial circuits using a 32a MCB? Standard rings would be a nightmare in this house. Cheers Nick

Hi guys, We are moving in to our new (1820s) house next week and need some advice on water heating. The house is in a very small village with no gas, we don't want Oil fitted as the house has 2 very nice Woodburners. Neither have back boilers on. The house did have a woodburning...

Hi guys, We have an 'Ideal Elan 2' boiler, its old but works very well. 5 Rads in the house, new Grundfos 15/50 pump. Well it was changed 1year ago. We dont have any TRVs on the radiators at the moment. 3 weeks ago the heating started to make a VERY loud humming noise that over powered the...