Recent content by Flinstone

Hi all I would like to seek ideas on how best to proceed with repairing a hole in a window reveal at a friend's semi. The attached photo shows what I mean. I have arrived after the event but it looks to me like it may have been a failing of a previously 'made good' repair when the window was...

BTW should I use a switched RCD FCU in my application (spur from kitchen) or does pressing the test button suffice as isolated (doubt it's allowed is it)?

Thanks for the reassurance and point taken. I did originally think this was the function of a fuse and RCD - until I read the "but..." bit and it came across as (unhelpfully to my mind) too negative, translated to me as "You can use the known X if you absolutely insist, but you do know it it...

Is that a fact? How do they get sold I wonder? Not wishing to penny pinch between the two I suggested, just want to know what is reasonable to do under the circumstances :) Coincidentally i looked at that same RCD FCU but got put off when I read an answer in the SF Q&A section.. Can this be...

Current setup: House CU contains all re-wirable fuses. No RCD fitted. Approx. 8mtrs of 2.5mm T&E cable from house (kitchen) to detached garage, clipped at the top of a 2.5m high wall built between house and garage. The cable is believed to be from a spur on the kitchen circuit and also without...

Spot on John we have a working office in the building for communications, emails with congregation, etc. Quite frankly I could not think how we would operate so well without internet/WiFi. During severe COVID restrictions Zoom meetings were very useful and now we hold Sunday services via Zoom...

Thanks I think some upgrades are much needed, at this stage I am investigating our options and hoping I can start with a more user friendly timer/programmer/thermostat control which is something I can install independently of any other system upgrades. Ideally I think we would like 3-zones for...

Thanks I looked at this. Downloaded the user instructions but it reveals nothing in terms of it's scheduling capabilities; more emphasis on geocaching and learning how an individual uses the heating. Downloaded the App (Honeywell Home) but it refuses to let you play with anything in order to...

Yes it's a single channel timeswitch that controls everything. I'm new to the system and working out a plan for much needed improvements. I haven't yet found an internet controlled timer that I can be sure will allow ad-hoc day programming as I described..

Hello Can anyone advise me if a boiler timer exists that can do the following? We have a church hall/worship area that uses an ancient but very reliable Thorn M120/150 (44kW) gas boiler in the basement controlled only by a basic RWB-7 Timeswitch hardwired from the hall area. This boiler...

I want to replace a faulty conventional PIR floodlight with a new 20W LED version. The current install uses approx 2.5-3mtrs of T&E white PVC which routes from a FCU in the kitchen along and up the kitchen wall in plastic mini trunking. It then exits above the kitchen back door through a hole...

I'm convinced the installation has been done poorly and needs rectification. My neighbour said he had asked the builder to call in to discuss but didn't turn up on the day arranged (surprise!) but 4 days later I was lucky to catch him on site. I kept it friendly and expressed my opinion that the...

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Thank you to all for your advice. Its ironic isn't it that the installer doing the whole roof conversion needs to follow building regs that covers insulation and heat loss and which is enforced by the council, but the council has no interest in consequential heat losses created for a...

Sorry for the delay but here's the external view. Waiting for weather and permission to climb up the scaffold to inspect. A picture paints a thousand words is my first thought. Neighbours are reasonable but I don't think they are too interested in the problem that has been imposed on me to be...