Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Had I kept it open, near empty, or not, it would have gained no interest, no Rewards, and yet would cost me £2 per month to keep it open. I keep my millions, in investment accounts.

When the initials TRV are mentioned, most would assume it meant the basic device, operated by a wax capsule, not a fancy wireless, battery operated device. Using your fancy device, there is no real need for a room thermostat in addition, at all.

The tape you can see, serves no purpose at all, once the job is done, with no leaks, you can safely remove any visible tape. The only tape serving any purpose in sealing, is hidden inside the joint.

I prefer the written word, to trying to explain to someone on the phone, especially when the issue involves a long. perhaps complex explanation. NW hide behind an AI system, even for complaints, all I wanted to do was email them, and complain about the way I'd been messed about closing the...

Yep, it mostly talks through its backside.

That is where it is useful to have a ceiling fan, it can stir the air, stop the warmth collecting at the ceiling. That defeats the whole reason to have any contols on your heating, and will cost you much more to run. All of my TRV's are set to maintain a sensible temperature, in the room they...

No it just involves disconnecting wires, in the ceiling roses.

I would firmly suggest you use the proper stuff for the job, rather than some random paint, if you want it to last. Buy some rust killer, phosphoric acid first, and apply that all over the area, after scrapping any loose. That will turn any rust into a more solid black colour, which can then be...

The warmer, drier weather recently, might have some bearing on the trip.

TRV's should not be fitted to all radiators, the room where the stat is located, should not be with a TRV, or the heating may not switch off when unnecessary. The numbers on TRV, cannot be directly translated to a temperature, because the numbers are only a rough guide. Actual room...

Nor I, it would be very old stock by then! and the boxes were made of cheap, glued boxwood, not ply. There was VIR, run in timber cap and casing, on the surface, with a surface switch. There was VIR, run in grip conduit, usually with the timber boxes, all buried in the wall. There was a...

I can see a back, but the top of the box has been broken away, probably to access the end of the conduit.

I have, it's a flexible, which suggests there must be some sort of joint above the ceiling, to the fixed wiring. There might be an earth in the fixed wiring - really it needs to be investigated.

What probably happened, was.... In the dim and distant past, post 1960 judging by the fact that an earth seemed to be included, the lighting circuit was rewired, reusing the old conduit and timber box set in the wall - to avoid damaging the wall decoration. Timber boxes, and conduits in walls...

The two wires, black and red, at the same end of the switch, could equally be strappers - which suggests it is a 2-way system, with a second switch located somewhere.