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Hi, I need to put a new supply to garage as old supply is a 2.5mm T+E spur off of ring main which runs overhead outside! Is it standard to a) run the SWA all the way from the house CU all the way to the CU in the garage in one continuous run or b) run T+E from the house CU to a junction box...

Hi all, Can i just ask for clarification on something please. I am installing an electric hot water heater in a flat. It is in a closed, unvented circuit. There is no boiler or anything else, just cold mains to all taps in the flat and a simple hot circuit fed direct from the water heater...

Hi All, I'm in the plumbing and heating section, but I think it is the nearest for an Air Con question - so here goes. I am refurbing a flat in Spain and I want to install a combined air con and heat system. I will use the two part units, being the fan unit outside and the inverter in...

Hi all, I have just replaced an expansion vessel which is connected to the feed of an unvented hot water cylinder. The old one was completely full of water and not functioning. The new one is doing much better and sounds hollow at the top and water filled at the bottom - so that is all good...

Hi all, I realise this is a reasonably well trodden path but I can't find the exact topic covered. I have an s-plan system with an external boiler. this means that the feed and return from the boiler to the rest of the gubbins in quite a long way (~10m) The feed comes from the boiler...

Hi All, In the bathroom is a fan which is on a fan switch located outside the bathroom up top near the top of the door. Also on the fan switch is a wire to the shaver socket - so that this can also be isolated from outside the room. So far so good. I have now bought a cabinet with a light...

Hi, The question is in the title really. I have used an EDPM membrane on an extension flat roof with a view to making it into a terrace (actually the door is in - so it is a bit more than that now). I'm sure that when i bought the rubber a year or more ago, that the supplier advertised it...

Hi, I installed a DIY solar system and new cylinder last winter. My friend, who is a plumber came around and installed much of the system and the central heating at the same time. The solar system is good quality one and comes with a high spec mains pressure cylinder and sophisticated...

Hi, I am facing a number of small, but mounting, problems planning the installation of a WC in new extension. Firstly the positioning of the joists is an issue, I then realise that i have bareley the fall to get to the stack and I now realise that the incorporation of two bends from the pan...

Hi all, Bit confused about the way forward with my timber frame extension. I am just ready to plasterbord and i need to clarify whether i need to use the foil backed board for the ceilings between the internal floors or not. I know i need the foil for all the boards on the external walls...

Dear All, I know this has been covered before, but I have got some additional information that has added confusion to the topic for me. We have a concrete floor and would love to use some old fashioned worn floorboards on top as we prefer the effect to new laminate or engineered flooring...

Hi, I have just started cladding my timber frame building with weatherboarding. I have only done a few boards and i had a conversation with somebody at the weekend that has thrown a bit of a spanner in the works. Just looking for clarification from somebody who has done this before (better...

Evening all, I'm roofing an extension and need to match the existing house. The existing tiles are supported beyond the gable in a normal way with the thin asbestolux type material which was in use for so long. I have been driving myself crazy trying to find the generic term for this...

Hi, A couple of questions about UFH if i may. I have been told that retrofit UFH and above ground level installations are rather impracticable and costly, so i make the assume that it is possible to have some radiators and some UFH on a mixed system with a single boiler. If this...

Evening, I am in the eary stage of planning an extension. We currently just have storage hearters and an immersion heater for water. I will be putting a proper heating system with boiler in when i do the extension as well as a solar panel for hot water. My issue is that I am unsure of which...

Hi All, I am in a bit of a spot as i don't have the installation manual for my gas fire. My corgi guy won't sign it off on the landlord certificate until he is happy that the coal configuration is correct (I know saftey is paramount and no arguments but i do often wonder what he will come up...

Hi All, I am in a bit of a spot as i don't have the installation manual for my gas fire. My corgi guy won't sign it off on the landlord certificate until he is happy that the coal configuration is correct (I know saftey is paramount and no arguments but i do often wonder what he will come up...

Hi All, We have got a gas fire, which works just fine and is very nice. We have previously removed the artificial coals for cleaning on various occasions. Somebody recently told me that the way that the coals are layed out on the fire makes a difference to how it performs. I'm afraid...

Hi all, I am fiiitng a new kitchen and have spoken to the guy who is going to fit the gas hob for me in preparation for fitting the units etc. He pointed out that there is a minimum distance between the worktop that the hob is to be mounted in and the bottom of the wall unit above. I have...

Hi, I want to have my boiler moved from the kitchen (downstairs) to the bathroom upstairs for various practicality reasons. The system is pumped indirect hot water and microbore heating with motorised valve, room stat and cylinder stat. Cylinder is sited upstairs next to bathroom where i...