Recent content by ashirusnw

Great thanks! That's what the vr33 that I mentioned in the first post is for, it adds opentherm support for valliant

Thanks so much now I understand. I prefer to use "Optimum Vibe" for the heating because I have the older non-smart/WiFi version of the same wireless roomstat, so wiring for the receiver is identical and they are cheap (£40 each roomstat-receiver pair) but have been working ok. This...

sorry hit send too early I'll try that again!

The 3 channel Wiser seems to report only two heating zones.

Thanks Wiser, like many other controllers, seems to be designed to control both single zone heating and hot water. In my case I have three heating zones (i.e. 3 real heating circuits each with its own motorised zone valves) and I want to add a controller to the hot water too, ideally a smart one...

Hi, I have a Vaillant Ecotec Plus 618 in a 3-floor 7 bedroom house with 2x 200L unvented cylinders and 3 central heating zones. The central heating has 3 wireless roomstats which I'm upgrading now to ones with wifi, but the hot water has no timer/controller at all and both cylinders operate...

We're converting the corner of a bedroom to a 1.2 x 3m en-suite bathroom (shower, actually). When we removed the carpet we found there's existing 11m ply lying on top of 28mm floorboards (original old timber ones, not T&G) which sit on 8" joists. The span of the joists is 5.5m. My...

The marks do only appear above the skirting and come off with some bleach.

It's an uninsulated 9 inch solid brick wall

We've got a first floor flat with some mould appearing just above the skirting. The tenant claims that it must be penetrating damp coming through the brickwork somehow - perhaps poor pointing. I can't see anything wrong with the brickwork except for a few pockmarks but I'm not certain it's...

Ok, good to hear and interested to hear any contrary views. I heard to many issues like the bulbs not dimming smoothly at low brightness, or buzzing dimmers or variety of other issues.

How do these work? Do they radiate heat out the front? (Like PAR16s might do?) Any links to dimmable products that can work? Also will the fire hood help keep in the insulation from being a problem assuming I use good quality bulbs?

It's difficult to change the number of fittings, not the type. They've wired it up for 9 fittings at certain positions. They're about to cut the holes for the fittings. I can skip some of the lights and do (say) 6 per room and use panel lights or integrated fittings if need be but it might to...

Indeed. I had tried to get this information about gu10s by reading previous threads but unfortunately the discussion was derailed by these two bickering. Winston1 in particular really ruined the OPs question in other threads in a similar fashion. If you're willing to help me and others, please...

We've completely refurbished and rewired our house, and allowed for 8-9 spots/downlighters in a six 4.7m x 3.2m bedrooms (2.45m high) and in hallways and bathrooms. The ceilings have about 25cm between plaster and floorboard including fairly high grade rockwool. The wiring is already done (9...