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Bit of help on the regulations please? An external oil boiler (metal case) sited outside the house but contained in a slightly larger wooden enclosure (foot bigger in all directions, ie not a shed). Would it be acceptable to place the fire valve inside the wooden enclosure?

Hi lads and lasses sorry if this has been covered before but i couldn't fins anything on it. Im installing an outdoor tap and for the first time the pipework has to be external. Im fitting it to water regs standard with all the rubbings internal pipe sleeved out the wall then runs down 3 meters...

Would anyone be able to tell me if a Vaillant flue can be run vertically externally? I know you can with Viessmann and Worcester but cant remember about Vaillant Thanks

Hi I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have a POTTERTON PROMAX COMBI 28 HE PLUS A boiler which the manual states that the boiler utilises the primary side of the DHW plate heat exchanger as an automatic integral bypass. I'm about to fit a Honeywell system which will place a TRV on all the...

Fitted an external expansion vessel to closed system central heating system due to failure of internal boiler vessel. Fitted on return below wall mounted boiler. Vessel pre-charge pressure checked prior to fitting, confirmed at 1.3 bar. System purged of air and pressurised at cold to 1 bar...

Hi All The gas supplied have been digging up roads in my area and have now just completed my street. As part of all this they advised that they will need to move my gas supply from inside of the house to outside (for free :) ) The problem is they would only move the supply to the front of the...

I would like to remove compression coupling to gain access to external waste pipe. I can remove both ends by twisting but the middle section does not move away. Do I need to apply more force? My waste pipe is blocked so need access to try wet vac from outside as from toilet has not cleared the...

Hi, My external stop valve is located in my rear garden. It is under ground and very old (1970). I am building rear extension and It will be in new extension. My water line is a shared line that provides water to 2 properties before and 1 after my property. I have been trying to locate the...

This is a specific question. We all know that gas supply MUST be sleeved when passing thro walls esp external brick block etc. Boiler flues are ok because the outside air always is around the outside of the nasty gas output. Now what is the situation regarding 1. Condensate outflow ...as it is...

Hi all, I am upgrading my external water supply pipe to 25mm MDPE. I have an external water meter just on the boundary of my property and was wondering what the connection will be off the meter?

Any body use a gazebo type thing for external work? More thinking of oil installs. I want something fairly hard wearing as it's got to with stand cornish wind and ideally have sides to it.

We had a boiler in an old shed adjacent to the house. The flue is encased in a brick chimney stack that runs up the outside of the house. Some years ago, the boiler was moved inside, but the old flue remains. It looks like a chimney but is open at the bottom and unsightly. I am not sure...

Hello I am hoping someone can help with a very frustrating issue. I have noticed a clicking sound in the water pipes when the cold water is used. It is especially when the washing machine is going or when the toilet is flushed - the clicking noise vibrates through the pipes in the whole house...

hi guys, my sparky has let me down. I need to wire up a external grants system boiler. I've got in place 4 core inside the boiler. In the house there's is a existing programmer with a fused spur for a pump which now isn't in use anymore and a fused spur for the old boiler. There was a utility...

hi guys, I've removed a internal oil boiler that has a fused spur pump and a fused spur power to boiler. If it's not striaght forward I'll get a sparky. But if it is I'll do it with the help of you guys.

I'm looking to tidy up the external waste pipes in my property, I've attached a photo which should make it a bit easier to explain. I have a 50mm cast iron down pipe with a hopper at the top collecting waste from the bathroom. This pipe ends just above the drain. There are also 2 waste pipes...

Hi all Just after a bit of advice. I work on site and don’t do much domestic work. But a neighbour has asked me to install an outside tap and I’m unsure how acceptable this would be. She wants the tap in the back garden and there is absolutely no pipework at the back of the house. Kitchen...

Hi, I’m new to the forum but thought I’d sign up to try and get some help with a customers boiler. Bit of background on the boiler first. The house was renovated extensively with new bathrooms kitchen etc and the above boiler fitted 4 1/2 years ago approx, with no other work done inside or to...

I have a Camray 5 90BE external oil boiler which recently went off, I had a look and it needed thebreset switch pressing underneath the control panel then was ok for a week or so then went off again This time reset was ok but no power getting through I found the fuse on the circuit board was...

Ive came across a 22mm compression straight on the gas pipe between the external meter and entering the house. It is fully accessible but I’m not sure the legalities of it. Is this ok?