Recent content by ackieboy

Thanks for the response. I have not in any of the posts above said that I am "concerned that you aren't getting Hi-Fi quality" with a Sonos soundbar. My point was that since NEITHER the Sonos soundbar or an alternative soundbar can possibly give hi-fi sound (if it is even achievable from the...

As I say, total ignorance. What I am getting at is that I do not believe the digital music stored on my NAS is the same quality as, for example, the original CD would have been, and any product that takes this source, over a wireless network and plays it through a component where amp...

I'm not that bothered about price, it's value that I'm interested in, and we're talking about a 3x price differential between options. I play web-sourced music streams & radio, music from a networked storage device, and then sound from the TV / movies etc. I like the Sonos stuff that I...

That's helpful, thanks.

I have a Sonos Play 3 and bridge, which I like. I was going to get the Sonos soundbar so that I can have radio or networked music playing through it when the TV is not on. However the Sonos bar is £600 and you can get a soundbar that matches any TV on the market for less than a quarter of...

I don't know, I didn't fit it and I haven't taken it apart (yet). I will check and add one if not, thanks.

Hi all, I have an extractor fan above the range that is letting cold air in through the extracting mechanism. What is the best way to insulate this so that the extractor will still extract smoke / steam from cooking when switched on, but will not slowly kill me with pneumonia when its off...

Hi all, I'm in a 1920's semi with a draughty single glazed front door and a single glazed kitchen window and am looking to fix these issues (the rest of the house is well insulated and double glazed). For the front door, there is a small porch with an open archway leading into it - the...

They are slates... Does this make it more difficult / costly? How much should I be looking to pay (roughly)?

Thanks for the response. However the light getting through is more than just the minute gaps between tile edges - there are two or three areas where a tile has cracked or broken off, which are definitely not weatherproof. Not bad enough to require a bucket underneath, but over time water...

Hi all, I insulated and boarded my loft this year (solely for storage, and it's a 1920's house with roof joists the same size as the floor joists on the first floor, so no issue with weight). While doing so I noticed a few areas where light was coming through due to cracked or missing...

The base is old crazy paving, laid on top of earth (and the lack of substrate means that there is natural drainage), I have used a bitumen-based waterproof roofing paint for the inside now, and PVA'd the outside before rendering. Seems to have worked. cheers.

Hi, My father in law has built me a new flowerbed (me being far too cack-handed for bricklaying), but it has been built with aerated blocks. I intended to render the top and outward-facing walls of the bed in any case, however I am concerned that the extreme porousness (if that is a word)...

Hi all, I have a Remaha Avanta boiler with a Salus RT500RF remote control unit for the heating. Nowt wrong with the boiler, hot water flowing etc, however the CH switch appears to be broken. The receiver unit usually has a red light to show it is receiving power, and then a green LED...