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20210728_122630 by James Carmichael posted 28 Jul 2021 at 12:39 PMHi, We had bifold doors installed about two years ago. Outside there's around a 40cm drop to the garden and the plan at the time was to run steps down, so the installers included a 225mm aluminium sill. The doors are face drained...

Hi, I have a manual pump for an old water well in my garden. It's nothing special, 1950s steel pump body attached to brass fittings and copper pipe. I've just paint stripped off years of flaking paint and it's now all bright and shiny. I quite like the steam punk effect and want to put it back...

Hi all, I've got a wall to tile that dips away in one corner. It's brick with a scratch coat of sand and cement render on. Now, I could go to get some sand and cement to dub it out prior to tiling, or I could just use the Mapei adhesive (powder, not premix) I am about to buy from Screwfix...

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I am not sure how much dumber I can make it than the diagrams above. However, we cannot just from your photos give you exact guidance. It is imperative that you know which wires in your existing switches are permanent lives and which are not. It is also imperative you know whether your lights...

Agreed, the OP needs to set up their 2 way switching in the app; with the new LRF swicltches it cannot be done in wiring. Good spot on the master/slave setup - this massively flummoxed me the first time I set one of these up as the instructions don't really sing out that it is necessary. One...

The basic setup will work. This would be better as you can repurpose one of 1 or 3 at the light fitting to provide a neutral: 16096661983666178951534204117923 by James Carmichael posted 3 Jan 2021 at 9:30 AM If you don't know how to do this safely, don't do it. Remember you still need to...

Pictorially, the basic setup you should aim for (once completing all the checks already indicated to you) is: 16096656583142618268005235997141 by James Carmichael posted 3 Jan 2021 at 9:21 AM NOTE I AM GUESSING YOUR EXISTING WIRING SETUP BASED ON YOUR PHOTOS. A GUESS IS WHAT IT IS; A GUESS...

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NOTE the advice given above about checking all lights on the same circuit. That looks to me like your single light switch has the switch drop from the bulb and a 3 core strap to the three way switch. If I am right, follow the 'two wire' three way switching guidance on LRF's website. , If you...

Good spot. My answer assumes all of the lights are on the same circuit. (I am not a spark so quick q: Yes, they could be on different circuits and the OP needs to check, but wouldn't that be an existing compliance issue? I thought having multiple circuits in the same accessory was a regs no no...

Assuming it's a new generation Lightwave switch and assuming that the browns are live, and that the blues are switched live (they need sleeving) in the one way switches (you need to be sure of these assumptions before proceeding): Connect all three browns into the 'L' port on the new Lightwave...

Hi Madrab, Thanks. I can't see any practical issue with a programmer and thermostat across those contacts as they're dumb. There is either an open circuit (no heating demand) or closed (demand). For all the boiler knows, I could wire in a light switch across them. Warranty is moot - boiler is...

Thanks everyone for the replies to this. To the poster that asked who I had found to provide a suitable extractor: WestIn.

Thanks all for the replies to this. I ended up finding a route behind the kitchen cupboards (adjacent room), going through the wall immediately into the back of the socket. Ended up being no need to co-route with the electrics.

Hi, Just bought a house with a Glow Worm 30CI boiler. It has no external controls so I plan to fit a combined programmer and thermostat across the volt free contacts. The instructions are clear but they don't seem to indicate I can remove the internal programmer - they're explicit that I *can*...

Yes, they're great.