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I try not to let it irk me too much, but I am the same with "plug top". I don't get it, there's no logic to the term. Had many arguments over it. Surely, this is a plug "top"? And it sure as hell wouldn't be much use without the rest of the plug...

Thanks for the responses. I am going to go ahead and order that Honeywell stat from TLC. Eric, silly as it may sound coming from someone who is 31 years old and an IT professional, but that all sounds too complicated for me! I think it comes from spending all day fixing IT issues for other...

Evening all, I'll start with a little back story which is an optional read: We moved into this new build Persimmon house in 2016 and have never been happy with the heating setup on the ground floor. It has a Vaillant combi boiler and a Danfoss TP5000 Si room thermostat. The thermostat for the...

Have the best of both worlds! Robus do a line of decent looking battens where you can select the colour temperature via DIP switches. https://robus.com/products/led-battens-linear/earl-60w-led-batten-ip20-1.8m-cct-selectable-3000k-4500k-6500k

Hi all, First off, I am just a DIYer who only ever does basic work like swapping switches, sockets and light fittings etc. Not an electrician and am unlikely to train as one (although I came close to doing an apprenticeship when I left school, but I ended up moving into IT instead). My question...

That is absolute cack. I reckon my toddler could do a better job.

I always like to conclude a thread where possible. This is exactly what I ended up doing, a few weeks after you suggested it. I had a spare length of timber so chopped it up into blocks, used CT1 to glue it to the underside of the boards and then screwed the blocks into the joist to hold the...

It's basically a faux-vintage lamp where the filament is intricately arranged. They are mostly for decorative use and when the bulb is dimmed it's a lovely thing to look at. E.g. top right in this image (stolen from ebay). The problem I was having was those type of incandescent lamps are...

Quite. Also, OP hasn't been online since a few days after his last post (almost 5 years ago) so we can only assume that he either took the advice given here and felt no need to return, or the more bleak alternative is that he ignored the advice and his LayZ spa got the better of him... Shame...

As someone who is an IT professional, with previous employment installing structured data cabling, my advice would be don't even bother with this. Find an alternative way to achieve what you want to achieve as anything will be easier than this. Fibre cabling of this type is not something that...

Hi all, This query is regarding a flat garage roof which is attached to my mother and fathers house. The roof was completely pulled off and redone many years ago - possibly as long ago as 1997, certainly the late 90's. It is completely sound and has never leaked and still doesn't. However, I...

Thanks for the input all. I might crack the ballast housing open if possible and see if anything obvious has failed like a capacitor, if so I will swap it out. If that avenue yields no result I'll probably opt for an LED tube. I will admit I'm not the biggest fan of LEDs. While I can't argue...

Afternoon all, When I popped out to my shed a couple nights ago I switched the light on, which is a fluorescent single lamp batten, and I heard a pop sound but it failed to come on. The MCB hasn't tripped and there is power to the fitting as checked with multimeter. All the connections on the...

Thanks all for the information, very interesting. In further developments, one may have managed to look behind one of the two gang light switches... I thought these switches were either Dorman Smith (DS) or Crabtree, turns out they are Britmac branded. It's such a shame they don't make...

Good evening all, We bought a new build, Persimmon-built home in 2016 and moved in Christmas of that year. We specified an external light to the front and rear of the property before completion, on the thinking that it would be less messy to have the cables run at time of build rather than...

I work in a high school built originally in the late 60's and then added to and updated over the years but still standing largely in its original form today. I've found myself admiring some of the old electrical gear that is still there and still in daily operation. Overlooked by almost...

That was my understanding too. I was just going off the part list name from here, as this is what he replaced: Vaillant Part No: 0020195475 | Flue pipe | 24 Hour Delivery | Heating Spare Parts Anyway, fingers crossed we are leak free now, and thank you for advice as it steered things away...

Thanks for responses both. Does the head just pull off? That's not going to damage it at all and it can be replaced at a later time?

Hi all, My elderly grandmother had a complete new central heating system installed two years ago to replace a (very) old Servowarm system that was on its knees. As part of this, she had to have a new boiler and complete new pipework and new radiators throughout the entire house so it is a...

Just wanted to follow this up with what became of it. The owner of this boiler (a neighbour) ended up going through their insurance and a Vaillant engineer was sent out. He did not replace the sump but instead replaced the flue pipe, which I understand is the black plastic pipe part that...