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Will report back on Tado. It worked really well in our previous house with a combi boiler but the jury is out on how well it will do here. I can see two potential failings: 1. You can only have a single internet bridge and can't add extenders etc so distance between the bridge and the valves...

Oh wow I just noticed that! Presumably they've made the same mistake at the other end of that cable (i.e. brown where blue should be and vice versa)? Or is it possible that they've crossed them over at one end only but it's still working?!

Thanks for the quick reply. I have checked the back of the existing receiver and it confirms: N - Neutral L - Live 1 - Common 2 - SAT (?) 3 - Call In this case am I right in saying I could set the heating to be permanantly 'On' on the LP522 timer, then: - connect the black from '1' on the...

Hi, Moved into a new house which has a Worcester GreenStar Danesmoor 25/32 oil boiler which is controlled by a Drayton LP522 timer panel with separate controls for hot water and heating. A Drayton Digistat SCR is paired with an RF601 room thermostat. My plan is to leave the LP522 to control...

Hi, The radiators in our new house seem to have been turned off for quite a while at the lockshield valves. I've turned all of them back on with exception of one which was very stiff and I've clearly applied too much encouragement as I'm left holding this piece. It doesn't look sheared, more...

Many thanks for the reply - have found some areas which are less hopeful so may need to resort to backing board for those.

Just about to try my hand at tiling for the first time and have set about removing our very old bathroom tiles. The result seems to be that, predictably, the tiles are pulling away the plaster with them exposing the rough wall which is made of what appears to be some sort of sandstone type...

Hi, I recently decided the time had come to do a low cost refresh the old laminate flooring which was in our bathroom when we moved in and replace with a new vinyl floor. Having ripped up some of the easier to access bits of laminate, it has transpired that the floor must have been fitted...

Ah all in one, I like this :) Thanks for the link!

Have decided to use speedfit connections for replacing the taps and adding isolation valves in my new kitchen. It all looks amazingly easy, the only bit I can't quite grasp is whether I'd need any additional pipe or connectors between the following two items or whether they will just fit...

The very same type of fitting, perfect thanks guys will pick up a couple of those :)

Just in the final stages of ripping out my old kitchen ready for the new one to be fitted and have a question about what to do with the supply to the taps. There will be a few days where we have to disconnect the sink completely but after following the mains pipes back to the stop cock there...

You've raised good questions actually and one I had overlooked is the fact that the new hood will be a chimney type so having the JB and fused socket at that level is going to be horrible. I think I'll just rip it out and have the sparky put in a new fused switch somewhere more discreet or at...

Have just started tearing down my old kitchen and when I removed the cupboards it revealed what looks like some very half hearted electrics and polyfillering. From what I can tell, whoever did this has run the flex from the back of the plug socket, carved a shallow channel up the wall and...

Hi, We are about to open our kitchen and dining room out into an open plan kitchen diner but one sticking point is the way the stairs protrude so deeply from the ceiling. Can anybody give any guidance on what work is likely to be possible to either eliminate the outcrop entirely (ideal)...