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So from the comments I'm assuming that a "Potterton Performa 24 HE" is an OK boiler but not the best. I'm assuming its fairly reliable as no one has said that it's crap. But its even more important to make sure I get a good installer ....and in Winter the tennants of the flat can expect to...

Thanks for your comments. There is a bath with a shower over the top... Why do you think this means I need a 28kw at least? Is it because it will take 2 weeks to fill the bath or is there another reason?

Thanks Tony. He does strongly recomended it and I'm going to. With regards the many broken down boilers that you see... how do Pottertons compare? Do they seem to be more likely to break down / less likely or about the same as the average? Do they go for years or is it quite rare to see...

Thanks Tony! It's £350 extra for a power flush so I will be doing that. Any other comments anyone?

Hi, I am putting in a new boiler in a two bedroom flat, 5 radiators, 1 towel warmer, 1 bathroom. A plumber whose quoting for the work has said he'll give me a great deal if I have a Potterton Performa 24 HE as he can get them cheaply from his supplier at the moment. Looking through the...

Thanks gas4you. How do I check that the pump and valves are opening properly?

I have recently purchased a flat that has a Baxi Powered Solo Flue Boiler and an Elson 600C water heater. I think it is a open vented system as there is a small water tank over the boiler. The water heater seems to work fine but unfortunately the boiler turns off (i.e. the flames and pilot...

Final Update... In the end I cut the soil pipe back with an angle grinder, fed a flexible pan waste connector into it, and connected it up to the new waste pipe that came from the new toilet. The stack pipe and soil pipe withstood the vibrations and nothing collapsed. Thanks everyone for your...

Thanks, just realised they have flexible ones! I was going to feed the basin waste into the new soil pipe too, do you know of a suitable connectors for doing that? Also, are they all standard sizes? I think my stack / soil pipe was put in in the 50s so don;t want to cut it back and then...

Hi, I'm attempting to connect a toilet to a galvanised steel stack pipe, the existing soil pipe (I think this is also galvanised steel) needs to be cut back and then I will connect a plastic soil pipe to the nib that's left. Does anyone know what the best way of doing this would be? A...

The bath waste could be at the bottom of the (bottom) plan and run along the right side of the bath. From speaking to a friend who has a bit of expereince they suggested cutting the galvanised steel soil pipe with an angle grinder close to the stack pipe and then connecting a new plastic...

Cheers for your responses, it's ex housing association, but built in the 1880s. I suspect the stack pipe was put in in the 50s though.

Hi, I'm trying to redo my bathroom in my 2nd storey flat (7 storey block) and would really appreciate some help. The toilet needs to be shifted and a bath positioned where the existing toilet waste pipe is, but unfortunately I think the stack pipe is cast iron (just been told it's galvanised...

Thanks, I've got some flexible piping and some insulation stuff left over from insulating the inside of some stud walls. I'll give it a go. Thanks for you replies. Aaron

Thanks for your replies. It's just about passable, or will be once it's got tiles all around it. Cheers, Aaron

Hi, I have a two core and earth cable, (6mm I think) running from the consumer unit to a double pole switched control unit in the kitchen for the cooker. This cable then runs to the terminal outlet box where the cooker will be. The cable is all run and the terminal outlet is wired but I'm...

Hi, I'm installing an extractor fan in a bathrrom that previously only had a an air brick and a louvre ventilator (is that the right name? Some slots that are always open). However I'm struggling to know the best way to do it, any advice would be very much appreciated. The diagram shows...

Thanks for that, doc and isolator switch link are great. As my extractor fan will have to be positioned high up the wall, but above the bath, then I think I'm going to have to buy a new one that's IP44 rathed then?!? And my isolatin switch is going to have to be somewhere where you can't reach...

Oh, are wireless linked ones no use then? Would a qualified electrician still give me a safety certificate if I used the earth as the interconnector and labelled as you suggest? Thanks for your advice!

Thanks a lot for your replies. I can't put new 3 core cable in without messing up all the ceilings (between the heat alarm in the kitchen and the smoke alarm in the hallway) which have fairly recently been replastered. I'll try to track down some not-to-expensive alrams which interconnect...