Recent content by JoeA

Ah interesting, thanks! Can you get such a think as a momentary switch and a dimmer switch together on a single plate? Lights on dimmer and fan on momentary switch.

I've found a thread that looks quite similar to what I want to do, but not quite. https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/remote-humidistat-with-timer-fan.624277/ I've got a Soler & Palau TD-250 Silent T inline fan for my bathroom, and would like it to be controlled in two ways. -Firstly by a using...

We are having a bathroom referb, and the plumber will most likely put those standard isolation valves you adjust with a few flat head screwdriver on the hot and cold feeds to the sink. We will be having mains cold and low pressure hot from our vented tank going to the sink. Coming into a mono...

I currently have an old rechargeable beard trimmer with an almost dead battery so I have to run an extension cord into the bathroom to plug in the 3 pin plug that charges it. Luckily it allows you to use the trimmer while charging/plugged in. I don't trim my beard very often, once every 6 weeks...

Unfortunately my kids will be really bad at remembering to do that.

Thanks for all the replies. In some corners of the Internet there appear to be some people using humidistats perfectly happily, and obviously lots more who say they don't work properly. I'm just wondering why they seem to work just fine for these select few. PIR sensor not ideal as don't need...

We are having a bathroom refurb and I want to have a humidistat controlled in-line fan in the loft. I also want a separate switch that allows the fan to be manually turned on if required, so bypassing the humidistat control. Is this possible? (We don't want the fan to be connected to the light...

Many thanks, I'm pretty sure it's not temperature, never gets below 16 degrees in the house normally. So perhaps it's too dry, I'll try a bit of water and see what happens. Cheers.

Ok so slight problem, I've panted the wood hardener on the problem area and a fair bit around it too. 24h later it's still really sticky to the touch - what's gone wrong?

I turned off the auto open function of my dishwasher for this very reason - even with the protective strip I can't help thinking it's not great for laminate to have that much steam passing over it!

Wood hardener for rotten wood? That sounds like it will do what I want. Then hopefully I can put the tape/plastic condensation barrier over it and the rest. Many thanks!

I've realised too late that the plastic stick on piece that I stuck under my laminate worktop above the dishwasher to protect it from condensation - I should have also done this next to the sink. Now after a couple of drips have not been wiped away quick enough, a tiny section of the underside...

Many thanks both.

Drum is struggling to turn on Indesit tumble dryer, so I ordered a new capacitor from e-spares. It's a massive pain to open the machine, so I trusted e-spares to tell me which one I needed for my model (IDV75S). They said 9.5uF, but having opened it up there is a 9uF capacitor in there. Will...

Ahh, right of course - so the double outlet appears behind the aerator and then coming through the aerator would mix the flow. I've just tested turning our hot and cold valves on full, and the cold water completely overpowered the hot, so only cold comes out. In order to get a comfortable...