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My house is on an incline and rain water runs into the front of the house. I am digging a small gutter/trench around the front, up against the brickwork. I am thinking will put shingle at the bottom, then a perforated 3-4 inch plastic tube I have handy, and then close it off with more shingle at...

I am trying to ensure I am not making any big mistakes for the new radiators and valves I am going to buy. Vertical radiators and they have the inputs and outputs on the sides. The feeds come out of the wall, so I need a "corner" radiator valve, just like in the photo. 1) How can we...

One cable is 1.5mm2 light feed and the other cable is 2.5mm2 ring main, for a room. If the fuse is 32A for ring mains and we have two cables then it would be 16A+16A, give or take. Maybe then well within the capabilities of the connector. Or we can place a 20A fuse on this circuit and be even safer.

Ah thanks, I see it now, it is black and I could not see well, and thought the radiator side port was different but they are both compression fittings with a nut and olive, and a "radiator tail" attachment. All I need to find now is the lockshield+ drain system, so that I can drain and remove a...

The vertical radiators have the input and output on their sides. The 15mm pipes will come out of the wall. I have identified I need a "corner" radiator valve, but on the photo it looks like it would be fitted only on the right hand side of the radiator, because if on the left it's be facing...

I was also thinking it is bad enough I inadvertently cut those cables with the angle grinder due to extreme clumsiness and stupidity, now with these connectors I may be introducing some extra resistance at that junction, so to remedy the clumsiness I should use the best connector there is...

As I am buying a new system, which make/model thermostatic radiator valves should I buy? Because I will then have to throw away the head and install the Wiser valves anyway. Sounds like a waste of money.

5. Zigbee can use mesh networking. Does this mean Wiser is lacking in this respect? I am interested because my house is large and the TRVs will not reach the hub. 6. Is the hub wired to the boiler? Or is there another box next to the boiler? Because then I could put the hub in the "middle" of...

Inside partition walls. I suppose I need to make them waterproof, it is in the loft and leaks are common in my roof. Maybe wrap them really tight inside a few latex/nitrile gloves.

3) How do the radiator valves talk to the Hub? Wifi still? 4) Does the Hub make its own wifi, or do you also need to have a wifi access point? 5) If the distances are large, do the radiator valves use each other to reach the hub, I think this is what they call "hive" ?

I looked at 2 sites today, I cannot recall which, I think one was Drayton Wiser, and I could not see anywhere how the system works, and crucially does it have internet dependency. So I have written to them, but I think an explanation of how the system works and what happens if the internet is...

The old style terminal blocks with screws are made with solid copper/brass blocks probably 1mm thickness (I do not have one here so going from memory) and maybe 10mm length for using on a 2.5mm2 cable. They appear much more manly to me than these wago ones. The wago has a very thin square...

I have joined two cut cables using these wago 221 connectors as shown on photo. I am not convinced they are good for the load especially the sockets circuit. Should i be using the old fashioned screw terminal blocks instead?

I am thinking of installing wireless thermostats and wireless thermostatic valves on radiators, so then I can control the heating in every room remotely. I imagine, each radiator has a wireless thermostatic valve, and all those valves talk to a central "timer", which then instructs the boiler...

I am about to order a front door for the house. I want the main door to be easy to use to move things into the house, and from there on the kitchen and living room both have double doors. If things do not fit through the front door we will have to go around the the back and it is quite a trek...

Unfortunately they do not do this useful tool anymore, it was not strong enough and dropped a couple of panes so they decommissioned it. I have not found this tool anywhere else, next best thing is a bigger tool with scissor lift or whatever £750 per week!!! They also sell (not hire as far as I...

I think it is like having a big or a small engine in a car. The small engine is more efficient. The large engine is quicker.

I went to a few online heat loss calculators, for each room in the house, picked the radiators, summed it all up. I did however calculate at -5C external temps so I presume the 32664 watts is a worst case scenario. For example last December/January I remember we had a 5 day spell of -C temps...

My actual figure is 32664 watts, but I was allowing for future expansion, into the basement and maybe a conservatory if I ever get the money

I have been getting quotes for my central heating installation and one quote I have received includes the installation of a low loss header and extra pump. I have read an old article stating the purpose of the low loss header is to allow large volumes of flow through the radiators when the...