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I used something like this http://www.discount-electrical.co.uk/product.php/235558/bg-electrical-ngd500-guardian-1000-white-standalone-external-round-security-110--pir-switch-ip54

Thanks but the last one 2yrs ago was a free one I got after complianing that they dont last long. Warranty is 5yrs yes but im outside that now.

I have a Bristan Tivoli 2 thermo mixer shower and 2yrs ago I replaced the cartridge body, its just failed again and @ £95 plus vat I'm thinking it may be time to buy something else. I am about to have the bathroom walls tiled and have the shower pipework hidden so need to be sure of what...

Thanks for the bedtime reading ;-)

I dont recall if it was "as is" now when the bco last came round as it was quite a few months ago now. The builders remit was to leave me with a vent stack that could have a toilet and wastes connected to later and drains then tested as I didnt know what layout I would be having in the...

As part of a kitchen extension job on a building notice was the refurb of my bathroom which needed a new soil stack to get the pipework out of the way of the new kitchen extension. As I have a downstairs loo there was no problem removing the upstairs toilet for some time while the ketchen...

Not easy to get close up pics of the difference but here goes. The matt ones show well in this pic This will be the dining area, the kitchen to the right has been tiled in the shiney ones and is fine. Replacing the matt tiles in the dining area could be a problem as all the...

No wind up and he managed to lay 69 wrong uns in amongst the good ones so had plenty of time to figure it out. H left me to clear the grout off the tiles "as it was getting late" and took his money and ran. Wasnt till wife and I were on our knees cleaning them that we found the problem, the...

OK partly my fault, bought 20mtr of Ceramic 33 x 33 Beige floor tiles from Homebase, didnt properly check they were all the same date code. Tiler came in and laid 5mtr, really nice and shiney. Later he came back and laid another 13mtr and didnt notice that half of the boxes were a matt finish...

After visits to many tile shops and getting quotes for glass spashbacks the wife found some tiles she liked so I quickly paid for them before we could have yet another change of mind :wink: After ordering enough tiles to do the window side up to the sill we changed our minds and...

Thanks for the advice :)

I now have some nice new tiles on the wall in my new kitchen extension and the grey grout in the splashback area is already getting marked by fat spashes. What can I use to seal the grouting? I wondered if something like silicone spray would do the job or even Thompsons water proofer...

Answering my own post here as it may be useful to others. It works! The magnetic strip I used was I think originally from inside a fridge freezer door seal, so wasnt over powerful, but wont rust being impregnated plastic design. Stuck that on the inside of the bottom part of the 6" flap...

Spoke to manrose this morning and they suggest the in line backdraught shutter will fix the problem with just the hood on the outside. I have in the meantime fixed a magnetic strip to the flap on the cowled version I have here which may just be the answer. Have to wait for a windy day to find...

I put in a new 6" duct from a 900mm cooker hood to outside and fitted a multi flapped wall vent cover like this one http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BGBD6W.html It flapped like mad in any sort of wind at all, I tried damping it with draught foam and although that made the sound less...