Recent content by compynei

Evening all, We are in process of moving house and viewed quite a lot. Favorite at the minute that we are offering on has a sort of loft conversion over the garage that is being used. The ceiling height is quite low so we would like to extend this into a full scale extension master suite with...

Have a read through this, interesting approach that I will try and roll out. https://community.openhab.org/t/my-central-heating-solution-using-thermal-actuators/41320

Another picture of the week for you to enjoy, luckily the supply was off. How many errors can you spot?

Thanks all, appreciate the replies. People will be going in the house often, insurance cover is sorted. I will run it on timer for an hour at morning and an hour at night anyway to heat up, see how the bills go. Will drain water and turn taps on to empty the pipes if you guys think its a good...

Thanks newboy - that was my first plan but someone said about a melted heat exchanger if I did that? Just leave water in the pipes?

Hi all - just after some advice. I am working away and leaving my UK house empty for a while. I have taken appropriate insurance cover for this, but one of the terms requires that either the heating be left on constant at 15 degrees C between Oct and April OR the main water stopcock is turned...

Thanks for the replies guys, will leave it and see how it goes then. Its not moved / cracked overly damp / crumbling ... infact it doesn't look much different than when it was built so hopefully should be OK. Will keep an eye on it. Had never thought about them falling over the edge as its...

Thanks guys We had the wall built as a replacement about three years ago as the other was very damaged and bricks had their faces falling off from frost. If I remember correctly the old wall had gaps in for weeping. Our garden which is about 5ft away from the wall is always sodden after...

Hi all We have a retaining wall that retains next doors driveway as we live on a hill. It's approx 5ft high and about 40ft long total. Picture complete with dog for reference. This was replaced a few years ago and loos in good condition. There is the brick front with a cavity behind...

Just as an update, finally got round to doing this job. I managed to get all the stripped heads out by forcing in the square nut of an Irwin screwdriver. Don't know why I didn't use my trusty Irwin before - it's never let me down yet! One was too far gone though and after trying various...

Hi all, We have some light fittings recessed into the patio / drive. They take GU10 LED lamps. The front is held on with 3mm cap head screws. Two of the three screws in this one have failed and I've managed to strip them. Any suggestions on getting them out? I looked at a screw removal...

Thanks, I had looked at these but they were much much smaller. They protrude the surface of the ceiling about 20mm and the circumference is no greater than a pencil.

Have seen in the shopping centre in Preston (St Georges) a run of what appear to be LED tiny tiny spots all around the edge of the ceilings at each level, see here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/billy-matthews/4652997341/ They must have thousands of them, anybody know what they are / where...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-oRCvLtnYMY Enjoy :D

Hi, Trying to re-program a neighbours Sterling 10. There are two problems: a) They only have the Limited User (User 2) code, not the master.A lthough it seems like the Master user doesn't allow reprogramming. b) We want to edit Set B so it excludes one more zone than is currently in...