Recent content by chrisjroyce

Hi there, I have a manhole in my lawn which I would like to lower and replace the lid with something like a "Grass-Top Recessed Cover". Does anyone have any experience in this, who would do such a task? A Builder? Thank you in advance, Chris

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Done some further digging, it looks like the "ch on" from Programmer goes down to the thermostat and back up again to the valve. I should be able to determine the neutral easy enough and I can just disconnect that then wire the ch on directly to the valve skipping the...

Hi All, Firstly I have successfully swapped out my programmer with the nest heatlink and all is good in terms of using this to turn on and off my heating and water using the nest wirelessly. I want to disconnect my old thermostat and install the nest in it's place. Removal of the old...

I can't remove it really as it's set into the brick work I think. I will wear a mask for sure, how likely am I to damage the lead with the heat? It's had some hammerite on it too sadly does that mean more heat? Chris

Hi all, The previous owner of our house for some "unknown" reason decided it would be good to paint the lead flashing under our front window with White paint. It looks terrible and we want to bring it back to the lead finish to match the one under the upper window. I tried some nitromors...

So we don't have to worry about scraping the top layer (1-2") off or any of that?

I'm in the exact same boat as you... I look forward to the reply... I was planning on killing, rotovating, topsoil if needed to bring level. Turf.