Dolly P.

Hello I have a 2200kw Generator and I am trying to figure out if i would be able to use a Washer Dryer using that? The washer/dryer power consumption labels are baffling me as it talks about the length of time of the cycles etc... Has anybody else done this or nah? Only its costing me a fortune at the launderette and trying my super hardest not to go crawling back to mum and dads with a bag of washing once a week.... Thanks in advance.

If we are still alive when i finally get a shower in.... (Currently a year and a half behind schedule) Then sure! haha.

Can't wait to actually have a bathroom to show you guys - You probably don't care what it looks like in the end... But you guys will have basically built it so you cal have all of the credit when its done.

Its down in the engine bay/bilge area, I know its not meant to be wet in there.... But all of the rain water goes in there etc. I have a bilge pump but it never gets it all out. So i guess it just makes a wet bilge wetter. Why not Surflo? That's what i have?

I still have my old 30psi pump - I replaced it because i thought it was broken (turned out it was just the wiring) so maybe ill just chuck that one back on and get a new valve. Thanks for all of your help. Feels like 2 steps forward 1 step back everytime i touch anything haha. Thank you though,

That was my logic... But before i took it out it only intermittently continued to drizzle. and now it won't stop at all. I don't think ill ever become a plumber, all of this water pressure lark baffles me. There's no expansion tank or accumulator no, so i expect it to drizzle when it gets hot etc, but right now its like it doesn't even have a valve, just a hole on the side. guess ill try a new valve. wondering what other surprises ill find when i get round to taking out the kitchen and seeing the rest of the pipework.

Tony ❤️ Hello! I've twiddled it and twisted it and stuff, every time i twiddle it etc it does all sorts of spluttery things and eventually, with a little tap on the top, it does stop. But the minute i turn the tap on, and then off again (in the kitchen) it just carries on pumping pumping and pissing out the bloody valve again. At the moment i just have the pump switched off and when i want to use it turn it on and off etc. But its not ideal. You reckon the valve could be broken after only a year and a half?

yah i'm an idiot sorry, its a 45psi pump. There was one wire, that connected to the live for the water pump. I fiddled with the twisty bit on top before i took it off and nothing happened... I have tried adjusting the switch with the screw but it was still happening.

My bad, 45psi pump**** but ill try that, taking it off & cleaning it. Thank you.

I don't know if you lovely people can help me again? I'm having more Water pressure dramas... I've googled and googled but not sure ive got the answer. Basically... I got a new water pump, fit it, all is well. The pressure on the water pump is 45psi. On stripping out the bathroom ready to fit a shower, i found a random in-line pressure switch. not sure if it was doing anything or whether or not it even works... Anyhow.. it was leaking. So i took it out and connected the pipes back up directly thinking..... My pump has a pressure switch in it so surely its not needed? Prior to this... i found my water pump kept running on after I had turned the taps off.... The water would trickle out of the pressure release valve on my calorifier for ages before it turned itself off. It was also turning on on its own so I figured I had must have a leak (which I found and have now rectified) Anyway... Long story short... 45psi Pump goes to calorifier now (directly, no in-line pressure switch) and water just continuously pisses out the pressure release valve. The Valve is a 4bar valve... which using google is 58psi? - So in theory.... we should be good? no? If i tap the red bit on the valve... on the calorifier, it stops. Until I turn the tap back on again. Its a relatively new calorifier (just over a year old) - Could the valve be faulty already? or was the in line pressure switch actually doing something? Is my only option process of elimination? Am i being thick? i don't even know anymore.

Oh okay, i will give that a go! Could i make them out of ply do you reckon? as i dont want them as deep as the rest of the frame...

Oh yes, Sorry Tony, I did mean the inside window frames. The exterior windows themselves are aluminium.

? Oops! Send me back to school please - i'm broken The screws are visible on the windows... like the holes... If i drill new holes in the windows it will look strange and holey. But i think there are enough "good" holes left to still be able to pull it in tightly enough if i tap the holes like you say. Unfortunately, some have rusted to the edge too badly to rescue so ill be reliant on the wood/window sandwich effect on those.

I'ts actually the sides of the boat that seem to be a bit out of shape! haha. Thank you xx

I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know! At work at the minute