Recent content by stuartturrell

Hi all, I've recently taken my ST9420c programmer off my wall to replace with a Evohome system, which has it's own wall plate. I took the wallplate for the ST9420c (which is industry standard), but lost the damn thing. I want to sell the programmer, but want to get a replacement...

Hi all, I am monitoring the heating oil prices and am tempted when they go low enough to fill my 2500l tank right up. But this got me thinking, If I do that, that would probably leave about half in the tank over the summer period, which also made me think, will the oil go off or go bad in...

thats one less hassle as there is no kerb being a rural 1 lane country road :-) Its just a bank that about 2-3 foot tall.

haha, she will approve, its for her benefit! :-)

Hi all, I have a driveway that's pretty narrow, 11ft from memory, where i currently park 1 car. Its on a single track road and basically leads to my garden, at a depth of 25-30ft or so, so the car is about 8ft from the road. I want to open up this driveway to allow 2 cars to park next to...

lcgs, many thanks! Happy christmas!

pipe stat, that sounds exactly what i want :) haha. Thankyou. The gravity fed pipe does get fairly warm when the pump isn't taking all the hot water for it's rad's. thanks for the info guys. have a good one! oh one more thing, i will need a timer switch to use the pipe stat would i...

Hi there, I currently have a Grundfos 15-60 pump on my central heating system, that is powered solely by a multi-fuel stove. At times when the fire is dying out, the pump (plugged straight into the mains) needs to be switched off (to stop cooler water being circulated). The temperature needs...

Hi there, I live in out in the country and have no gas supply. We currently heat selected rooms with oil filled electric radiators. What options do i have to provide a better heating solution to the house? I was going to go down the route of wood/log burner with back boiler to feed...

Hi there, My rangemaster all electric cooker keeps tripping the RCD. I have a 17th edition setup (split load consumer box, both under 30ma RCD's). I have had the cooker bypassed as a tempory measure to dry out the damp (been in storage for some time), I want to put the cooker on its own...

love the pictures! haha I will check all equipment and their ratings. Many thanks for your help Stuart

I am adding an immersion heater into the house i am doing up. Its place in the consumer box is the 16amp (no rcd side of the spilt load). At the heater end of the cable (USED 2.5MM), i have a timer to go in, a heater switch with neon idicator and the new immersion heater itself (it is the...

I have tried this, but only seemed to bend the tank, so i stopped that. I think i will conbine this idea with the filling it up, heat it, undo then drain idea which WDIK just mentioned. Thanks for the fast response, i will have a go at it tomorrow.

Hi everyone, I am renovating a house at the moment, the immersion installed in the hot water tank needs replacing (i have one ready to go in). BUT, i cannot get the old bugger out. I got the immersion spanner (that huge thing), i have also tried one of those devices that you use to take...

What is the state of play these days with cable in wall's? can it still be buried in plaster/filler or does it now require installation in conduit? Question is for both 1.5mm lightning and 2.5mm ring mains. thanks! Stuart