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Here's one link to a generic wet woodburner setup, there are plenty more. And at the moment in the UK electricity is between 3 and 4 times the cost of gas per kwh

SDS drill and decent bits. The cheap plastic plugs- i usually use 5mm bit for the reds and 7mm for brown. That usually gets a bite except in ancient lime mortar :)

Is this gas or oil? How many is 'a few' weeks? Check your house insurance, many have restrictions on max periods of not occupied. Me personally I set the room stats to 12° and (this is on gas) controller to constant. So if at any time of day temperature drops below that the boiler will fire ...

All the warnings mentioned above. It won't be an Unbranded item- it looks like a Villager but i might be wrong. If the thing does hold water (those elbows on the back look like 22mm) you'll need glass for the doors and an adaptor for the flue. It looks quite small- possibly 10kw or less total...

What @sparkwright said. I've met a few where the neutral connection has been loose in the terminal in the isolator.

It means different. There'd have been a bit more TRS plugged into the house dimmers and nowhere near as much data cabling around the place. In theory a full bar of modern 'intelligent' lights (fixed or wobbly) can be powered by 1 or 2 daisychained 16A power supplies- in practise if you can't get...

If that's in for a week, fine. If its panto or longer i'd call it a bit scruffy but nowt outrageous. 10 universes of DMX- lightweight these days (last tour I did we were running 22 not including video)

Time for some logical faultfinding here. One scenario is that the oven is only contributing to a L-N imbalance on the group of circuits powered by that RCD. Quite a difficult one to test for (you'd have to disconnect a load of neutrals in the CU) so table it for now. The wet wall is probably a...

Are the SSIDs all the same? (Assuming you're using Windows) have a look at each connection property page, make sure there's nothing weird going on (especially in the Advanced tabs- look for odd stuff like authenticator method or randomised MAC address -some APs really hate them). Try using your...

Oh yeah, try setting a static address on the laptop.

169 etc is a loopback address so lappie isn't actually connecting fully (can't remember how far up the stack that fail sits). Have a look at firewall settings (on laptop mainly)

You're not using the WAN port to link the sub router to the main router are you? (Could get all manner of bizarre NAT with that setup). Have a look at subnet settings on the laptop. TRY using .1 to .50 for the dhcp range. And last (just checking) these are all 192.168.xxx.xxx addresses?

Check the router IP addresses aren't the same, check that both router ip addresses are outside the address range of the DHCP server.

Again i'm no expert but I always use copper nails with slates- yes they cost more but an insignificant amount in the scheme of things. Mr Google reckons 30-50 years for galvanised, 80-100 years for copper. Either one will see me out ....

Opentherm on the 2 channel Wiser hub does function (as in it sends data rather than just making a circuit) BUT the Opentherm module only responds to events on Channel 1 and DHW on the Hub. (So if you have a zoned system with Smart TRVs etc mapped to Channel 2 any calls for heat from them do not...

Its common where people are trying to save money- far better to reuse the old on site. You pays your money, you make your choice. On most rooves you cannot see front and back at the same time (unless you get a drone out) so most people will not instantly notice the difference. Presumably your...

Yes this. I have some fairly old remote control adaptors like the ones linked to, they've been fine EXCEPT one of them was frequently triggered by a car alarm fob (not mine...). If there is WiFi on site consider a 'smart' type adaptor, they work really well with Alexa and her chums. Don't do...

Ideally you'd screw through the MDF into the batten. If you can't do that then glue the batten to the MDF with a few screws to pull it tight while the glue goes off (PVA will do, as will No More Nails or anything like that).

It's a poor way to do it but as long as you use appropriate cable from the plug to the switch (flex, not T & E) and appropriate fusing in the plug for the flex and the load it can be a safe acceptable solution.

Before you get too excitable you might want to enquire what effect this back garden hair salon will have on your council tax- it's a business therefore it'll attract a business rates bill, business waste collection, business energy supply (maybe)..... Given the state of most town centres these...