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Hi. Awaiting a shed for the kid's rabbits to place on an existing concrete slab patio; 11x6ft. It's on a slight slope and the slabs are uneven. As I am clueless with these sorts of things, I simply lifted the slabs, redistributed the soil to level and thought that would do. Naturally, two...

Thank you all for your advice. Plenty to think about but this has helped a great deal. Thanks once more. I'll let you know how we get on.

Thank you for your advice. No internet at all, but I can get that installed if needed. I'll skip the battery and go for mains powered. Any recommendations, please? Thanks again.

Hi. My father recently passed away leaving my mother who suffers with dementia and Alzheimers. I want to install indoor cameras to allow my brother and I to check on her whilst at work etc. Ideally, we would like something as follows: Max. 10 cameras Ideally battery operated Currently no WiFi...

Swapped over the thermostat and that's done the trick. Thank you for all your help. It really reaffirms your confidence in the kindness and generosity of human nature on occasions such as these. Thanks again.

Thanks. I linked the thermostat wires as you described and the central heating now works via the programmer. Therefore, it appears to be a faulty thermostat. I'll order one and let you know how I get on with that. Thanks again for all your help.

Several metres. The boiler is upstairs with the programmer in the downstairs hallway.

Thanks. Yes, 3 is live and 4 is not.

Thanks. I checked and the wire is correctly in terminal 4 of the boiler. However, on testing it with a Fluke VoltAlert, it indicated no current. The new programmer powers up, clicks and lights up as it should and as the previous one did. However, the central heating still doesn't switch on...

Thank you. I've followed your advice; however, the boiler still fails to operate the central heating with a new programmer added. Could it be the thermostat?

Thank you both. The model is a Vaillant ecoTEC pro 28.

Thank you. So the only connections to now make are in the boiler; terminals 3 and 4. Terminal 1 of the programmer is the brown live so will go into terminal 3 of the boiler. Terminal 4 of the programmer is a light grey. The flex in the boiler to connect has 4 cores; black, brown, dark...

Hi. Issue was resolved; however, a new issue. The central heating would not switch on via the programmer. However, we still had hot water. A central heating engineer attended and linked this out in the boiler so we could use the central heating. I've bought a new programmer (exactly the same...

Thanks. This is causing the confusion. None come with a lead/plug so I'm thinking do they all need hardwiring? However, as I've an oven switch on it's own circuit, can a lead/plug be attached to the oven and plugged in to the double socket considering it's connected to the cooker switch?