Recent content by Prem

Sorry if this has been dealt with elsewhere, but I couldn't see anything when I searched. Doing a whole house renovation including the plumbing. The driveway is being replaced so I thought it would make sense to get the incoming mains uprated from 22mm to 28mm. I have selected - a...

Got 2 daughters hooked to watching TV. Need 2 Sky boxes - period.

Aaah - you obviously don't have a scatterbrained family!!!! The number of times I come home and the lights have been left on .......?????!!!!

Extremely competent but not an electrician. However, before the real electricians let loose on me, I won't be doing this myself. I need to spec it however so I know what I'm getting. The actual work will be open to tender.

Any got any experience in installing and using a central vacuum system? Any recommended makes? Anything to watchout fro when installing one of these? It's for a 2 storey 4-bed house.

Anyone had any experience of whole house ventilation systems? I'm look to install one in a 2 storey, 4 bed house. Wanted a vent in 2 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, kitchen, toilet and 3 reception rooms - if my match is right, that's 11 rooms. Running air ducts all over the place is not...

Anyone know of a small size (and capacity) combi boiler that I can use in this garden building?

After all the useful tips, I think I'm leaning towards running a gas pipe, mains cold water and power to the garden building. With the drain, if I can't get the necessary gradient, then I'll live with the septic tank. Thanks everyone for the advise.

Yes, definitely!! Got an architect coming over in a few days to help design the building (amongst other things).

Is an air-to-air heat pump a viable solution on it's own? I want to use this building in the winter. Would I need additional heating?

Sorry for being naive - please explain. I thought that a Sky HD remote would control any Sky HD box. How do you dedicate a remote to a box?

The first option is a not an option for me. Missus and kids will never get their head round this. Whatever I use needs to be invisible and always available. The second option looks interesting if a little odd. I'll certainly look into it.

Hey toasty - looks very impressive. I don't think that I would have the patience and programming know-how. You must be very proud. I was think of something more off the shelf - like Clipsal's C-Bus or Niko or Z-Wave, etc.

If you want to pay more (for more functionality), have a look at this: Transmitter: http://www.hdcable.co.uk/hdmi-over-ip-rackmount-transmitter.html Receiver: http://www.hdcable.co.uk/hdmi-over-ip-receiver.html I'm going to be doing my house in the next 2-3 months and if nothing...

Sorry, I should have mentioned - no X10. Yes, it's cheap but it's not the last word is reliability. Also, every manufacturer is different and the operating / programming logic is not the most consistent. I have had X10 for a few years now with about 40 lights / appliances being controlled...