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Hi My end terrace's front room has a 5m x 3m solid brick 9" side wall which I'd like to insulate via IWI (likely 50mm PIR). EWI not possible due to conservation area. Exact method TBD as I'm still trying to digest the Gov.uk IWI Guidance, lots of threads and all sorts of scary stuff about...

Hi My mother has had an EasyControl smart wireless thermostat with a Greenstar 4000 boiler installed for a few months now. However in the last couple of days the EasyControl (CT200 I think) has twice lost connection (error A84-1876) and then the heating went off with no apparent way to...

Hi My elderly mother's 60's house has a 27YO back boiler plus stainless pipes throughout (presumably s/s as they are quite shiny) but we are considering a combi (been through all the options and a combi makes most sense so far) and an installer has warned of the possibility of the pipework not...

Hi I'm casting some concrete steps with a C30 mix in a timber former, but have found after two attempts that air bubbles are persisting on the step surface i.e the bottom of the former. This is despite lots of tamping down and using a wetter mix on the second attempt. I was thinking about doing...

Hi Can someone identify which features my CU has and is missing? I think it was installed in early 2000s. The background is that I'm looking to add some outdoor lighting (250v) and so was wondering if I need a RCD on the external socket (that I thought could add to a spur off an existing...

Hi I've got some festoon 240v LED string lights like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outdoor-OxyLED-Waterproof-Christmas-WarmWhite/dp/B0829L5VBG/ and I'm wanting to rejig the cabling to run two in parallel and then an extension to a second set of lights. It appears that extension cables for...

Hi Are there any rules of thumb regarding tile sizes and layouts for enclosures of different dimensions? I've got a 800 wide x 900 deep 3 sided enclosure in an ensuite and I'd like to use a large plain white tile to minimise grout lines, but I'm struggling with how to judge which layout will...

Hi A friend has an issue with her downstairs rads not reaching full temp, so after some basic diagnosis (bleeding rads, refilling system) I found that by unscrewing the knurled ring on the TRVs and removing the top part that the rads became fully hot. This was rather a surprise to me as I...

Hi My dryer recently developed an issue with water leaking from the rear panel (as in //www.diynot.com/diy/threads/miele-tumble-dryer-condensing-leaking.302779/) and I fixed that issue by removing the flaking old gasket seal and resealing the rear panel to the main unit using heat...

Hi My heating always stops working during a cold spell (coldest room is about 14deg) but it eventually "wakes up" and starts to work later in the day. The hot water is always fine. During warmer spells the heating seems to be OK apart from a couple of rads in the basement which only get...