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Oh okay, I only worded it as I did because the frost thermostat was listed as a separate optional upgrade.

No it has an "integral frost protection" system which kicks in below 5 degrees according to page 9 of the manual. This is separate to a frost thermostat. https://mediacdn.mainheating.co.uk/-/media/websites/mainheating/files/discontinued/5119467-08_main_combi_eco_range_user_guide.pdf

She's worth what somebody is willing to pay. If she asks for a rate and people pay it, she's worth it. I do agree that pay should reflect time, experience, knowledge, skill, etc., but "worth" is a concept entirely in the mind.

My boiler is in what was the coal house (a cupboard under the stairs, accessed by a door on the driveway). No insulation, solid bricks walls and a wooden door with a gap underneath it. Coldest recorded temp we had was something like -7 and all was fine. It generates heat when on and when not...

Put it on this thread I created, to catalogue all the 'dodgy jobs' we've encountered! https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/bodges-scrimping-and-friday-afternoon-jobs.512493/

I'll post some pics up later of the base we laid for a larger shed, 11' posts all resting on slabs. That was done 5 years ago and all nice and sound still. There is a LOT of weigh in that shed.

If you have a concrete base which is flat, then you can just lay the posts on there. I've attached a picture showing how they should be laid (if you go for this type of post). As the 'faces' of posts are often beveled/rounded, they wouldn't sit right on the ground, but if you lay them as in...

I'd build the frame without a doubt. It gives it a lot more rigidity. I have a small 2' x 3' shed used to store timber scraps for the fire, and the OSB floor on that has warped and dipped between the posts its resting on. I'm not fussed as it was free and I can't go in it, but for your shed...

I did become very interested in it all for a while, especially the way the network was set up and operated. I even started looking up the now defunct UK Warning and Monitoring Organisation, with its network of control points and receivers for use in case of nuclear attack. I'll try our landline...

Yes. Don't know if they monitor the line use but it works with a voltage regulator. I don't want the socket there but I'm not allowed to move it, so that's compensation to me.

If it were I, I'd rest the shed base on concrete fence posts or railway sleepers. Means the timber isn't sat on wet ground and as mentioned, you get good airflow underneath. The PVC idea sounds good too.

Master socket in bedroom wardrobe. Wardrobe is dark so artificial light is useful. Wired an LED lamp with an RJ11 plug on the end and a door-activated switched between it and the lamp. Now when the door is opened, the LED lamp lightens the cupboard. Dad used to do it when we got power cuts (we...

Since we switched to Virgin Media for our internet and since all of my elderly relatives have passed away, we haven't used the phone line in years. Our master socket is in our walk-in wardrobe (just a cupboard above the stairs), so I've been using the socket to power a switched lamp above the...

Update if anyone's interested, scrapyard had one engine in there and the part I needed had already been taken! Managed to find 3 bolts on the floor though and picked up a few other 'good to have' bits. Managed to source the main part from a salvage yard up in Northumberland, found it through a...

Thank you, I'll let you know. My Dad has offered to go to the local scrapyard Tuesday to check two 406s there. Ben there since Spring so hopefully they have the engines!

It's not actually the engine mount, but the engine support block I need -- they are two different items unfortunately. Found lots for sale in Europe, but people don't seem to be listing them separately here. As it's bolted to the engine I imagine most just keep it on there if the engine is sold.

Yes the support is currently useable, it's the bolt which is now almost flush with the surface of the unit making it impossible (or very difficult) for me to remove. Thanks a lot for the offer (y) If I don't manage to find one in the next day or so I may be in touch. I would only be able to...

I don't understand that argument -- are you saying because some roads and villages are affected, that nearly all roads must be affected? The reduction needs to be more targeted. I can think of over a hundred places in Derbyshire alone where a 20mph would be wise to implement, however I can also...

They want to do it on two classified roads near us. Parts of them were recently reduced from 40mph to 30mph, which I think was sensible, however a further reduction to 20mph is excessive. 20mph can be very appropriate for lots of areas, but a blanket enforcement on main roads carrying...

Bit of a desperate post here! I am on the lookout for a replacement engine support (Peugeot part number 9628311880), plus one of the bolts used to secure it to the engine (it uses a T50 torx head). This unit is the item the engine mount bracket fixes onto using three T50 torx headed bolts. For...