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    What are you watching on TV right now?

    The Gold Excellent well acted and entertaining.
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    Building a new PC

    The overclockers forum is the place to ask. Either put a draft build together and ask or give them a budget and ask their advice. An M.2 is faster and takes up less space. It doesn’t take long to transfer data across.
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    Building a new PC

    I used to build but now I spec my own components and get a local PC company to build it for me as the price is virtually the same. I can recommend the overclockers forum.
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    Can I add an EV charger for a PHEV to this CU

    PHEV is perfect for us. Only ever charge at home and the vast majority of trips use battery only. When away from home and on longer journeys use hybrid. Owned the Ioniq since 2019.
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    sandstone walls and mounting satellite dish

    We will agree to disagree then.
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    sandstone walls and mounting satellite dish

    Without a meter the signal is likely to be marginal and will break up in heavy rain.
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    sandstone walls and mounting satellite dish

    You will need a sat meter to align it. It’s not something you can do by pointing in the general direction.
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    New Combi Boiler Choice

    We’ve had a bad experience with Vaillant too but it seems their bad patch was 8-12 years ago. Nevertheless my next combi will be different. Installers around here rate Baxi.
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    Printer "waste ink tray full".

    Old mono laser and Epson Ecotank work for me. Reliable, quality output and very cheap to run.
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    Best strimmer (on wheels or not?)

    I do footpath clearance and use a 2x18v Mikita with metal blade and a Makita 18v folding hedge trimmer for the sides.
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    Sycamore tree

    It isn’t any tree it and more importantly the wall they damaged are icons. Rather than prison which I have to pay for, I’d have them carry out dry stone walling, restoring an area to a natural habitat and restoring gardens for the elderly/inferm. We have an area of waste scrubland by us that...
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    Need a smart thermostat for Vaillant boiler

    I would recommend the Vaillant smart controller with external sensor in order to get the maximum efficiency out of your boiler and therefore save you ££.
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    What are you watching on TV right now?

    We’ve been working our way through each season after only recently discovering it.
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    Shower waste , advice

    I really like the Merlin trap. Easy to clean and excellent design https://www.bathroomspareparts.co.uk/merlyn-complete-shower-waste-dwas-165804-p.asp
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    Install O.N.T.

    I’d place where is convenient for you.OR will lie the fibre accordingly after taking into account bend radius. My fibre was fitted to the rear of our property.
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    Recommendation for a new boiler.

    Of course it needs to be properly serviced. The poor reliability was in spite of being well maintained.
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    Freeview To Be Phased Out Starting 2030

    “You can’t currently watch Freely on anything other than a smart TV. Unlike Freeview, you can’t watch it online and there’s no app that lets you watch it on a tablet or smartphone. It’s not clear whether this will be available in the future.”
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    New Vaillant install - are the Vaillant controls worth it?

    I have the wired VRC 470 and I like the heat curves and the way it uses the external sensor. Dislikes - size, loss of date/time if boiler turned off and it’s ugly. A friend has the wireless version but that has gone faulty so he is looking at replacing it with a hive.
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    Combi Installation advice -

    It’s not easy being impartial when you have been stung. The pre condensing Vaillant we had was solid but I don’t consider a 12 year old Ecotec which we changed it to, “very early”.
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    Combi Installation advice -

    My reading of the Vaillant problem is that things went wrong with the Ecotec range from about 12 to 8 years ago. Before that Vaillant had a justifiable high reputation and given later models are much more reliable it would explain why @helplessowner has been recommended a new one.
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