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Hi John, Thank you. Yes, that's the sort of bell push look I am going for. The problem with that sort of thing, though (as you say, available by the million) is that it's a closed/unknown wireless protocol to drive the plug in doorbell. I need the bell push to be able, ultimately, to drive a...

I am decorating one of the rooms in my house and want to add ethernet while I am at it. I want to bury the cable. It makes sense to me to borrow the "safe zone" thinking of electrical wiring, so I don't undo all of my good work later on by driving a picture hanging nail into my nicely concealed...

Hi, I've got an old Victorian tell-tale/servant's call box (the type where some presses a button in a room and a little flag waves while a bell rings to call a servant). Connecting it up to a 6V supply it works perfectly and I can happily call servants to any room from my workbench! So, I'd...

That makes more sense to me - thank you.

Many thanks. Ahh, so it's a heating issue? So, why doesn't that stuff all condense in the ducting too? The duct - if I understand it - is flexi so will not be fully smooth walled? Or is the point that it does condense in the duct but no-one really cares/it's not an issue if it does? I guess...

I don't want an ugly looking duct vent smiling at me when I'm in the garden, or filling my face with cooking fumes when I walk past it. That would be an outcome that is beyond stupid, given I already have a method for venting all of this stuff that was designed in to my house when it was built.

Hello, I live in an Edwardian house with an original 9 inch brick flue in the kitchen. This is as built above the original stove and has spent most of its 100+ years merrily transporting cooking fumes and smoke out of the kitchen, from the days of cast iron and coal onwards. It's in good nick...

Hi, I've got a LightWaveRF link to control my connect series switches and stuff. Partly because I want to extend my system, and partly because I want Google assistant integration, the time has come to consider upgrading to a Link+. Does anyone know if I can just import all of my device...

Correct, it's a mandatory inclusion in Bristol where a tree might be impacted. I am no expert, but I think the driver is a desire to increase the tree canopy in the city. So, I think the direction is "will a tree be harmed in granting this planning permission?" and they will then attach...

Hi Nakajo, They don't and I don't. Outside of the planning process, I can chop down the trees with impunity. But as the trees are currently there, they are saying we need a report to get through the planning process. I live in Bristol and local planning policy says that the overall tree canopy...

Hi, I am not sure if this is just a rant or a request for advice ..! I have a semi derelict 1920s garage in my garden that I would like to knock down and replace with a garden room and storage area. The details aren't important; it is unambiguously a scheme that needs planning permission...

Hi, I need to lay about 24 square metres of solid oak parquet to a concrete slab floor. The slab was laid about 10 years ago, with a DPM, and has wet underfloor heating installed. It's been 'pretty well' levelled with a water based self levelling compound (TileMaster Rapid Level 30) to no more...

Hi, I've scanned the forum and can't see an exact answer, so apologies if I'm duplicating stuff that's been covered before. I have a 6 metre x 4 metre kitchen concrete slab floor in my kitchen. It's ten years old so modern standards - well insulated, damp proofed. It has wet underfloor...

Indeed, I was. Hopefully the context in which I used it is clear to you and goes some way to explaining to you why I did so. I fear that this thread is veering away from sensible discussion about electrical matters, so this is now the last post from me. As before, thank you for your help and I...

Hi John, Thanks for the reply. You are right to call out 'SWMBO' generally; it's an artefact of misogyny, best left in the middle of the last century with mother-in-law jokes and anything related to Jim Davidson. In my case, as I am sure you see, the use is consciously and intentionally...

Dear John, You know nothing about me, my partner, our relationship, or our mutual humour. But, still, you feel free to pass judgement if it makes you feel better. Keyboard warriors like you do, after all, make the world a better place. Just rest assured that your sense of grating is all your...

It'll never catch on.

Thanks both. I have to say, having now spent the best part of a day scissoring some slightly springy joists and fitting the stuff, the 'chatter chatter', bang-the-cupboard door and rattle the cutlery tests tell me that the acoustic insulation has made less than bu66er all difference. Still, I...

Hi, SWMBO has deemed that we should stuff the floor joists to our kitchen ceiling with 100mm of *acoustic* insulation (so kitchen chit chat doesn't get overheard in the bedroom above) before we put new plasterboard on. The joists are ~240mm deep and various lighting and socket cables are...

Thanks @^woody^ I am notoriously limp wristed, so was hoping for a solution that used electricity. But, I'll try the bolster chisel for a bit before having a little cwy. Dust isn't really an issue. When I say "kitchen" I actually mean a room stripped back to bare walls with a taped up door.