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Thanks @EFLImpudence sorry I meant what switch rather than cabling. Presumably I need some form of isolator? That is what I wasn't quite following with the advice around not needing to isolate separately- which completely makes sense but then I thought I'd have to do this anyway as they need to...

Thanks again. So I can get the dual outlet plate, mount that on a 35mm back box in wall? I then have my two cables for each oven. See where you are both coming from (and agree) with the point around when am I going to need to isolate them separately. What should I then be using in between my...

Ok thanks both. I think in fairness I am probably overcomplicating this. The other factor I need to consider is that I only have 30mm clearance behind the actual cabinets so I'm struggling to surface mount anything. Thus looking at the duel outlet plate it only seems to come with the option of a...

Thanks pete01. That potentially looks ideal, and the solution I was struggling to find.... So something like this? https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/AA45DCOP.html Then the two flex outlets at the bottom would feed each appliance (oven and microwave oven), presumably via a FCU so I can...

Thanks I've already had advice around the diversity and what circuit to keep it all on. It was more for the actual hardware I need in terms of fused connection units etc. Each oven is rated at 3kW. Hob is 7.5kW

Hi all, I'm refitting my kitchen at the moment and soon arriving at the point where I am installing our new hob/oven configuration. I am using the same dedicated 32amp circuit which supplied the old oven as previously recommended on here. This now will supply an induction hob on a kitchen...

I wouldn’t write off running lower flow temps/ashp in the future, and overcompensating now with respect to radiator sizing is definitely a good strategy. If it helps our house has very poor insulation in places. I remember experimenting with our old boiler where we would be running setbacks of...

Combi completely different as would have to be sized for hot water demand.

That is so helpful. I was doing some googling thinking there must be some form of universal fixing for this scenario but couldn’t find anything. That looks much easier, and better. Thanks!

Hi all, I'd welcome some pointers/advice. I need to fit some plywood kitchen base cabinets, and secure to a solid wall. The cabinets themselves are flat backed and it has been designed that there is a 67mm void behind to accommodate services etc. I've attached a photo if that helps showing the...

The OP is right though that the vast majority of online sizing guides direct 1 to 1.5kW per radiator, but no real rationale as to why. Does this assume it’ll be one rad per room and each room has an average heat loss of 1.5kW? The heating hub and heatgeek seem to be the only online resources...

Outdated thinking when it comes to sizing boilers, general lack of proper heat loss calcs, habits when it comes to heating homes in the UK with blasts of high heat rather than slow and constant perhaps. If all the rads are getting hot I can't really see how a more oversized boiler would help...

Your house won't have a heat loss of 24-30kW. The average 4/5 bed detached is probably 10kW max. 65 outlet flow temp should be fine for tank if you set it at 55 (which again should be more than hot enough for your DHW demands). Are all of the rads getting as hot as they should be? 90oC flow...

Ok but must be other factors at play there and I guess linked to how gas boilers are typically used with set backs etc. If you had it running 24/7 just inputting heat at the same rate that the building lost it, it wouldn't be 28kW unless your house was really open to the elements surely? I think...

We live in a 1800sq ft detached house which isn’t particularly well insulated. Calculated heat loss figures came in around 8kW. 12kW ashp (needed to be slightly higher as the badge rating isn’t quite what it produces as -2 but not far off)- more than adequate to heat the house/supply plenty of...

Primary pro is generally regarded as one of the best types to use.

Weather comp and no zoning would be my recommendation. Turning off heating in individual rooms that aren't used in my opinion/experience saves the sum total of naff all, not to mention the faff of keeping doors closed etc. Heat the envelope of the entire building to one temp that you are...

I used these to hang a heavy radiator and they were great. https://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-tx-duoxpand-hex-head-frame-fixings-8mm-x-120mm-4-pack/732hl Just make sure they are the hex head rather than the TX ones. I bought one pack of the TX ones by mistake and they were a bit of a nightmare...

I've done a few tiling jobs with this one: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Heavy-Duty-Electric-Tile-Cutting-Saw-230V---650W/p/215755 Has a few negative reviews but honestly never had a problem with it cutting porcelain tiles (using diamond blade). I've also got a rubi manual cutter but never...

Ours is in an unheated utility room at the back of our garage, which gets cold, and it works fine. Doesn't make any discernible difference to drying time, or cost.