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So just to confirm by the new thermostat, 3 NO - black / brown sleeve 2 COM - brown 1 NC - grey / blue sleeve Really appreciate your reply thankyou

Hello and good morning, I would like to replace an aged Potterton PRT2 with a EMOS P5604 boiler thermostat. It's frying my brain trying to work out the wiring, can anyone please help? Photos is the manual of the new thermostat, and the current one on the wall. Thankyou in advance for any...

My driveway, and well, almost all of my garden, suffers from poor drainage. On one side i have a piece of grass that seems to drain into my garage, and the other side and rear are all higher than my house. So, I have a natural low point. I need to accept this and try and make best of it, one...

I'm definitely not selling but I just worried it may become one of those changes that actually makes my house worth less. The intention would be to put a conservatory on the kitchen in a few years which would re add a dining area.

Oops forgot to describe that. It's a bungalow with a converted loft, so the only bathroom is on the ground floor anyway.

So our house has a dining room that simply does not get used. The current bathroom is very small for the 4 bed house and is really only good for an en suite - which is handy as it backs onto the main bedroom (also on the ground floor). We are considering converting a ground floor dining room to...

I have been worrying about this more due to the very wet weather. I think the issue is more with general drainage as opposed to compacted soil. After some forking over the soil isn't compacted at all. The pond definitely needs to go. I am considering a herring bone French drain system however...

Id be happier if the birds dont use is as one large bath! (im not even joking)

Thanks for the reply - i did a test yesterday with a fork in one of the pools. It drained completely within about two hours, so I'm hoping that aerating with the 'hollow type' will be more beneficial. The pond is also got to be a problem rather than a solution. I would guess it is filling up...

Done, fitted, works perfectly. Thanks for the advice.

Looks like i totally got confused as to the wiring of the thermostat / control unit. I'm going to replace the Drayton with the receiver from the Salus and go from there. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the replies guys. Aerating was going to be my first go really, as not only is it proven - its also free! I don't seem to have a lower garden than anyone else really, and with the house put up in the 1930s its certainly not a recent development. I know a neighbour around four houses...

The same as my last post - first time homeowner. My home has a significant garden, all grass with the exception of a 6 foot square pond (the type thats essentially a plastic tub buried in the ground). The lawn seems to retain water when it rains, resulting in squelchy grass. The grass seems to...

I think ill simply unwire the drayton completely and fit the Salus to the recommended T1+T2 in the installation guidelines (that basically look like the usual thermostat connections). The timer and controls on the Salus will then just activate the thermostat I presume. Is there any detriment...

Thanks for the reply. I dont want to use the location of the Drayton for the Salus as its not ideal for a thermostat (near the oven) so that works out well. Just need to make sense of the wiring coming from the drayton - are those wires 240v too? There seems to be four wires going to it.