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Hadn't even thought about it until I searched for 'building a bathroom cupboard' and it popped up. I'll crack on! Thanks Doug

The pipes obviously get hot but the boiler isn't even warm to the touch even after the heating's been on for hours. I will start with nothing and see if it gets condensation-y or mouldy in there. I'm only planning on keeping cleaning stuff in there. Thanks Doug

Hi All I plan on building a cupboard around the boiler in my bathroom and replacing the toilet with a back to wall style one - see the photo attached. The corner that the boiler is in is two external solid walls. How can I prevent condensation build up? I don't think that I can insulate the...

Changed the PIR ok, and it flashes red when something moves under it. The alarm won't test though, as soon as you start the test it goes a bit crazy and goes off. Think I'll give up on it! Thanks for your help!

Wall goes straight down to the ground there. You can see from the photo belowy neighbours window is right next to the window so anything there would block the window. The garden wall seems OK in my non-expert opinion apart from where it meets the damp looking patch on the house. There is a...

It was injected from the inside so I am not exactly sure, but the specification said 150 mm above ground level. At the highest ground level point (this corner where the issue is) the bottom course is half covered by concrete, so 150 mm would be above the first entirely visible course. If it...

Thanks for your reply Oldbutnotdead. It does look like that to me as well. How can I prevent the water coming from the garden wall into the house wall? There doesn't really seem to be a way of isolating the wall as it goes straight into the side of my neighbours house. I've looked at this...

Follow up question... When the cover is taken off the PIR or the control panel opened should the alarm do something? It currently does nothing... Thanks Doug

Thanks for this advice. The alarm, power and tamper pairs are obvious so that won't be a problem :) Thanks, Doug

Hi All I posted about this issue at the start of the year (here), but was unable to sort the issue as family circumstances forced me to make the room usable again. Anyway, now is the time to sort it out... There is damp in the alcove to the side of the fireplace (on the party wall) and on the...

Hi All Hoping you can help me with this little task... I have a broken PIR detector on my Gardtec 350 alarm. The screen that goes over the actual sensor is missing. I have a Honeywell sensor to replace the existing one. I can identify the alarm + and - wires and the power + and - wires on the...

Hi, thanks for the replies. From reading around here I was understanding that the FCU between the oven and connection point was to limit the amount of current that can get to the oven (to 13A)? Is this not actually necessary? I'm a bit confused here as to where the 4mm^2 cable comes in as...

Thanks for your reply That was my intention. Are there any issues with this? Thanks Doug

Hi All, Like the title suggests I am replacing my cooker with separate oven and hob. I am after confirmation about the wiring required to install these safely please. There is currently a cooker switch connected to a connection unit where the cooker is wired in. The breaker at the consumer...

Super, thanks for your help. I'm sure someone I know has one of those. Doug