Recent content by amfisted

I had a similar problem with a towel rail. We inherited it when we moved here in 2022, and I didn’t try to close the valves till about 3 weeks ago, after deciding to drain the rather scruffy rail and replace it. The valves were very stiff to close and both developed a leak when I managed to turn...

All I can tell you about the wire is that it enters the wall behind the pipe. An EICR was completed by a qualified spark in 2022 and the installation was given a clean bill of health. Nobody has touched the bonding since—until today, that is. I’m struggling to remember—hence my OP— but I think...

Thanks for the responses. The stopcock is on the incoming main from below ground and the pipework is all copper. The pipe that goes out of sight top left is the feed for the toilet cistern, nothing else.

Afternoon all I've just adjusted some pipework in the bathroom after the water board removed an internal water meter. The pic below ( which is on its side) shows the bonding partially reinstated, but unfortunately I didn't take a picture before removing it to replace the pipes. Should the pipe...

I guess that solves it, then. The blocks were put there in 1965 to support a cast iron or maybe steel bath. I can therefore take them out without the house falling down.

They do, but as far as I can tell there a gap between blocks and bath, which makes it look as if whatever was originally supported by the blocks is now long gone. Were they still fitting cast iron baths in the 1960s?

Just about to remove the bath in our bathroom, ready to replace it with a shower cubicle and thermostatic shower. Underneath the shower end of the bath ( the bath taps are at the other end, on the inside of an outside wall) I discovered the arrangement in the picture. Its a low wall, two courses...

Thanks for your reply and yes, I am concerned for safety. My daughter bought a house a few years back and we discovered that the previous occupier had removed an electric shower and left the live cable hanging down in the corner of a bedroom. No way do I intend to replicate that kind of...

Again thanks for your input, but there’s already lighting in the loft.

Interesting idea, though I doubt whether I'd ever use it.

Righto, thanks. I'll make enquiries as to the cost thereof.

Understood, thanks. I'm assuming that removing cables at a CU is something only a qualified professional should be entrusted with?

Thanks for your reply. I'm just wondering how I proceed to terminate the cables after turning off the circuit breaker, and I wasn't planning to touch the cables hemselves at the CU end.

Morning all I'm just about to commence refurbishment of our bathroom, which amongst other things will involve removing an electric shower unit and replacing it with a thermostatic shower fed from the combi boiler. What is the acceptable method of isolating an unused shower circuit? I'll isolate...

Thanks both. It’s so simple that I feel like a bit of a fool for asking. But if you don’t ask then you might never know, and having fitted this flush valve about 18 months ago the instructions are long gone.