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Quick update, i'm still waiting for an EON engineer to come back to complete the survey, with the current situation this may take some time! With regards to the size of the supply there are 2 100A main fuses in the meter cupboard, between the incoming cable where it comes out of the ground and...

Couple of great suggestions i'll look in to them. I think the pond liner from amazon is that woven stuff that starts to leak when it's constantly flexed by the wind, but the DPM is a good call as it will last a couple of summers before the UV breaks it down i might even have a roll somewhere i...

Just had a thought. If i run a large timber down the centre of the roof to support the middle of the joists i can use much smaller joists, the only problem is i'd need a largish timber 7+ meters long, are these available and are they astronomically expensive? I could use a shorter one and just...

A bit of a random question, but can anyone recommend a cheep roofing solution that will last a couple of years. We moved into a property last year which came with a large garage/workshop 4.5m x 8m + a 5m lean too at the back(with asbestos roof but that's fine). The main roof (4.5m span and 8m...

According to the electricians that have been out to look at the installation they can't just install a time switch to control the 10 storage heaters as the total load was too high at 120A. I did try and explain that there is already a kind of time switch installed already that is turning on and...

EON have agreed to come out again to look at replacing her 2 meters with a single Economy 10 meter with built in timer that will switch the whole house across to E10 at certain times. I'm not convinced this will work but I've been assured by the chap on the phone from EON it's a standard...

Success Green Energy support her 3 meters but it will be increase her bill by 200%. at least i'm getting somewhere

My mum's just received a letter from EON saying they no longer support her tariff and she will be put on to a single rate for all 3 meters. This will result in her bill going from £1000 a year to nearly £3000 a year. We've tried ringing around and none of the energy suppliers seems to either...

I'm part way through installing a 4000 litre rain water tank, but due to location constrains i've only managed to get the bottom of the tank about 750mm off the ground, so I've not got a huge amount of pressure. It's fine for filling a watering can and i've plumbed in a couple of stand pipes in...

Thanks Slippyr4, i'll try a slower pump speed as it's set on 2 at the moment, so i can slow it down to 1 and re-balance the system. One of the reasons I've gone for cast iron column rads is they hold the heat better than the pressed steel ones. Having lots of windows, all single glazed Crittle...

The whole system is balanced including the HW and i re-checked it after swapping the TRV's in case it upset anything. But even if the rads are completely unbalanced, when the TRV sensor head detects the room is at the correct temperature or above, it should shut and stop flow through the rad...

Ok so Friday I went out and brought 3 new Drayton TRV4's from screwfix and fitted them all to the flow side of the 3 radiators in the dining room. All the rads are less than a year old and when i drained them to switch the vales water ran out clean so i know they are not blocked with sludge. 1...

As I've obviously gone wrong someone with this thread can i start from the beginning and ask how i should install a TRV to make sure it works correctly?

Honeywells evohome system looks good at first glance but will cost around £1000 and has a limit of 12 zones. It also rely's on wireless technology which I've found to be unreliable in the past and the TRV's need battery's which will need to be changed regularly. They also look a bit clunky next...

I've finally had enough of thermostatic rad valves not doing what they said. They either don't shut off fully or the temperature range is so far out they might as well not be on there. Rant over. So i'm thinking of fitting a 2 port valve on the flow to each rad and having it controlled by a...

Cedar!

I've been told by the previous owner it was lead paint and the fact it was put up in the 1960's when it was common to use lead paint. And i don't think has been stripped and repainted since. I did look at one of those test kits but they are quite pricey and i'm 95% sure it is.

I'm looking at repairing an old 1960's timber greenhouse, and the timber is all pretty solid (Cedar i think) but the paint is very flaky and pealing, it leaves white on your hands and cloths if you rub against it. Can i just paint over it with something like Zinsser 123 or B.I.N, to encapsulate...

I've just swapped 2 old halogen flood lights for LED ones. Once it was dark i tested them and noticed that when they are turned off they glow very faintly. They are wired into a separate PIR mounted approximately 1m from the light and they are also have a switch inside the house that can be used...

Ok thanks for the advise everyone. My next question is can anyone recommend (from experience of having them installed) any traditional looking TRV's that actually have a lower frost setting that will just keep the room above freezing and not heated to 12°C. If the energy saving trust is to be...