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Where did you buy the new tap from? Can you return and get a different one of the correct size (if such a beast exists nowadays, and you can determine the hole size needed from the suppliers/makers data - it's rarely mentioned). Enlarging a hole in a granite / quartz / other hard material of...

I recently got a 12V Parkside garden 'branch cutter' power reciprocating saw for around £28 (complete with 1 battery and charger in a plastic carry case). Does the job(s) I need OK. Surprisingly powerful for only 12V! It may be worth a check if any remain in stock locally so you can see if it...

Get an Induction Hob rather than Ceramic (as long as you have magnetic base cooking pans). Much better control of cooking stuff. NB It may be possible to repair the hob with a replacement of the failed element from a parts supplier. Oven and Hob on same circuit? Diversity allows it: It is...

Well it would save a small amount of cable but add the cost of the JBs... And there are ways of inserting a JB on an existing cable to permit that without cutting the ring wires (but with no earth sleeving)... if, say, one wasn't sure about where to place the sockets 'til later. Perhaps. 60s...

Are BOTH numbers just Guesstimates? i.e. best guesses based on the limited info they both have on your home's heating and water needs - possibly from somewhere such as the last EPC, perhaps? Such that BOTH are subject to a (paid for) survey and room by room heat loss/gain calculations to...

Most 7.4kW total induction hobs have two input circuits (5-wire cable) each circa 3.7kW or 16A to suit continental use: possibly isolated via a "3-phase" 4-pole switch? That'll depend on the local regs... ask someone there who knows? Additionally most can be electronically limited to draw a...

Do your research / due diligence on other forums: MSE has good stuff, perhaps SpeakEV where some EV users gamed battery / solar and cheap off peak slots (that made Octopus change their pricing of smart charging hours), and there will be others. AIUI Only Intelligent Octopus Go (IOG) has the...

If you are with Octopus and have a smart meter you can download your 1/2 hourly usage for the base load / cooking / EV... and then use some 'averages' monthly/quarterly... You need to work in kWh numbers rather than £s... £2.7k of kerosene would get 2,700 litres at £1 a litre or 27,000 kWh...

AIUI your DNO will likely want to install a 3 phase supply... not uprate to 200 A single phase... but ask them what it will involve and how much it'll cost. (Do be seated when reading the response). Then you'll have house on 1, EV on another and HP on third?? A 15.5 kW output heat pump at a...

That Salus is just a thermostat. No timers at all. Nothing like the same thing you have now. Battery operated, rather than mains powered = higher price. I linked to a few further up thread. Add the Salus 510+ to that, I think? Which is £40 from Amazon. Do double check that is so! But you...

Without a more accurate location to allow signal predictions from Wolfbane, Essexshire (sic) is too vague, it's not possible to suggest that a loft antenna should work. The transmitter network is designed around external antennas mounted at 10 metres above the ground... two-storey house roof...

https://www.manuals.co.uk/danfoss/tp5/manual shows a fixing screw behind the battery compartment cover. I assumed you'd already got the bit off the wall and in your hands.. This thread: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/danfoss-tp5-3-core-earth-to-hive.510753/ shows the back of the unit...

Grohe specifically state theirs can't be shortened. https://www.grohe.com/en-ZA/service-support/faq/products-faq/shower-faq (They are in fixed lengths connected with o-ring sealed plug/socket type connections to the mixer body and curved arm.) Actual height/length varies a smidge depending on...

AI says plastic clips hold the PCB in place within the front housing... Pictures may help confirm. The PCB<->clip interfaces need careful/gentle separating with a plastic lever or screwdriver. FWIW , my experience of attempting a cleanup of LCD screen connections via rubberised conductive...

Look for BC (bayonet connector) B22 lampholders... and try to match pics / fixings etc.,. to the one you have.. https://www.lampspares.co.uk/bayonet-bc-b22-lampholders/ is one place... CPC/Farnell may have some... Or you could replace with an Edison Screw ES type if desired. Likely it'll be...

Receiver is RXBC605 Manuals : https://saluscontrols.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RT510BC-Quick-Guide.pdf and https://saluscontrols.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/RT510_EN_Quick-Guide_V031.pdf although yours may be an earlier variant. See https://support.salus-tech.com/portal/en/home...

Lampholder terminals don't appear too shabby - could possibly be the switch contacts as much as the lampholder and/or lamp. Try other lamps to see if it's, as suggested earlier, the lamp rather than the holder... Ask Anglepoise for the parts to fit your specific model to repair / upgrade if...

The two meters day/night are still recording usage based on some internal clock switching that has, it seems, reappeared after an time of absence, somehow, some when... Just get a smart meter installed. It'll allow you a wider choice of tariffs in the long term. Smart gas meters are complete...

https://www.fluidmasteruk.com/installation-instructions/ may help with the de-installation? Likely it is a 1/4 turn (or less) bayonet fitting. Quite possible that the whole thing is turning and may result in a leak from cistern underneath if undone too much... So the near-impossible to do...

I'd BBC LW only closed down (as did RTS) on the 26th June 2026 https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/radio4lw Only one month previous to your post (not three)... So your observations are at odds with the RTS data signalling switch off facts! My money will be on a brief power...