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No not really. Will have to investigate further. Thanks

The air pump is a Charles Austen ET 80. It's sitting next to what looks like a small consumer box, pic below.

We have a sewerage treatment works at the end of the garden and it hums away to itself. I've noticed that in the evenings my smart meter is showing around 2kwh of load and the works seems to be a bit louder at this time. I've turned every light/appliance off in the house and the load still...

Hi all, I have a path in the garden made of these grey pavers and I want to put another in to match. I think that's easy for the straight lines, but where there's a significant bend the last person managed to cut the slivers of the pavers rather neatly. How would I go about doing the same? I'd...

But are they both immersions? and does the boiler fill them both up?

The fill on my Ideal Standard cistern is very slow and I think that I need to replace the diaphragm which is looking old and crusty. But I can't seem to find the equivalent online - all the ones I see have a white peg in the middle. Any ideas what to search for or would I just be better off...

I have moved in to a house that has oil fired central heating. One side of the house was used as a granny annexe and I think this might be why I have this situation. The oil boiler is in a shed attached to the back of the house and next to it is an 'unvented indirect cylinder'. This has a power...

It looks like I would be better getting a battery or something to see that I'm exporting (solar diverter?) and heat up the hot water tank perhaps. I was wondering if I could get a 2nd hand battery - presumably people upgrade - and store the excess. Not sure what I'd use it for - heating the...

Thanks to everyone who replied. I have just had the statement of terms through from EDF and it shows that my Generation Tariff is 72.95 p/kWh and my export is 5.07 p/kWh (and I know this export rate is low by today's standards). This suggests that I'll be getting 72.95 p/kWh regardless of...

Yes, but I'm also getting a FIT payment on top of that I think.

Thanks for lots of info. I have skimmed through the documentation left by the installers and previous payments from EDF. The agreement was indeed for 25 years, of which there are 13 left and the estimate on the install was around £2300 per year, which is line with what we were told when buying...

I have just moved in to a house with solar panels on the roof of the garage. They are an older installation and therefore, I'm told, benefit from a reasonable feed in tariff which is currently being transferred to us. What I don't understand is how we are using the electricity they generate...

Good advice all - I'll try not to overthink it and use a long lead to start.

I'm moving house soon and where we are going the garden isn't yet dog-proof. I can quite quickly throw up a post and sheep wire fence as I've still got a post rammer and tensioning tool, but I need to sort something that will be suitable for a week or two. Doesn't need to be particularly high...

The downpipe from the roof has been reinstated to its (almost) original position but it doesn't quite line up with the drain (and the cover). Is it going to be possible to correct this with standard fittings? The pipe is 70mm. I thought perhaps there might be a flexible fitting, but I can't...