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Hi all Am looking for some advice on running a supply to a detached garage. Some pertinent info: - I believe the house supply is TNCS - I have a spare way in the house CU on the non-RCD side - 15m of 10mm2 T&E (with 4mm2 CPC) runs from the house CU, through the house to the exterior...

Hi all I'm finally getting round to fitting out our ensuite - we've been undertaking a selfbuild over the last few years, and fitting out the ensuite was down the budget/priority list, so has sat full of junk for last 4 years... Currently the room is as follows: Walls - 12.5mm...

Hi all I have a heatbank in our selfbuild, that is hooked up to a Vaillant boiler and has been working fine in the 3 or so years since it's been fitted. It's all situated on the ground floor, with a feed and expansion tank up in the loft. Boiler is controlled by twin thermostats fitted low...

Hi I'm looking to buy a blowlamp for DIY plumbing use. I'd like one with built-in ignition, and that uses gas cartridges that are easily available. Ideally under £30 if poss. Any recommendations, or useful features I should look out for ?

OK, so I have bought myself a Magnaclean Twintech, and am intending to fit it to my boiler return. I was holding it up to the pipework earlier, to see best place to fit it, and it struck me as being quite a weighty lump to hang off 2 pipe connections. Do people generally give them any...

Hi Wonder if anyone can help - I'm trying to work out what type of couplings I need, to attach 22mm copper pipe to a plate heat exchanger I recently bought. The PHE has 3/4" male BSP outlets, fairly short, with flat faces. I bought some 3/4" female BSP -> 22mm compression couplings, but...

Hi all I noticed something odd recently, and wondered if it might be due to thermo-siphoning, and if so - how I might stop it. At the centre of my DHW & CH system is a thermal store. The ground floor of the house is heated by water-based UFH. One of the outlets from the store feeds...

Hi all I'm in the latter stages of a large-ish selfbuild project and need a bit of advice regarding heating controls. At the heart of our system is a thermal store. The boiler heats this directly when the twin stats on the store call for heat. Downstairs we have UFH throughout, there is...

Hi We're part way through a selfbuild project, and I'm at the stage where I'm starting to lay the insulation sheets on the ground floor slab, in preparation for UFH pipes & screed. However, we will be having an island in the kitchen, which will feature a gas hob and electric oven. My...

Hi My first post on these forums, hope someone can give me a bit of guidance... We're partway through a selfbuild project, and all our staircase parts have just been delivered. At the moment they are stacked up in one of the rooms and looking mightily confusing. The house is 3 storey, and...