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Hi all I am planning an installation of the Drayton Wiser hub to my Baxi Assure 36 boiler - can someone sanity check my wiring? Here is the current wiring (there is a weather sensor and associated wiring which was never connected - as far as I can tell it doesn't matter at this point): I...

Scanned page of the boiler manual showing the connections for the weather connector: Empty connectors on boiler terminals: Loose 3-core flex I found inside the boiler - this appears to go back to the fused spur on the wall, where there is another loose twin and earth - currently making my...

Hi all I have a Baxi Assure 36 combi boiler fitted in my new build (September 2022). There is a weather compensation sensor fitted to the outside wall of the property, so I assumed the boiler had this feature connected. I have been thinking about installing the Drayton Wiser system for some...

Thanks for the replies As there were no better ideas I went with my original plan of pouring a slurry of the repair cement into the gap and it seems to have worked, it's gone off rock hard and filled up the gap so it seems to me like the slab is no longer unsupported at the front, I can't get a...

Hi all Hopefully this makes sense I have a patio with steps made out of sleepers, There is a gap along the front edge of one of the steps where cement should be (circled below), so part of the slab is not supported at the front and I am worried it will crack under load. There is also a...

Hi all I am running some PVC conduit up a wall on top of the chased cables coming out of a consumer unit. As the cables are buried below I don't want to drill any holes to attach the saddles as the risk of hitting a cable below is too high. Does anyone have any suggestions of any methods I...

Thanks for the reply both. Definitely made me rethink about the fact that the next owner will probably have their own ideas - if we were staying we would definitely move the patio as the current position is poor, its in the shade, would rather be in the sun personally (where the table is at the...

Hi all I need to lift a carpet in a bedroom to investigate a floorboard which is bending quite badly underfoot Do I need to invest in a knee kicker (£40) to refit it properly round the skirting or can I get away with more basic tools? Thanks in advance

Hi all I moved into this property approx 3 years ago and have been fully refurbishing the interior so the garden has been on my "to do" list for some time The property was rented out by the previous owner for around 12 years (based off old estate agent listings) before my ownership and I would...

This is sorted now, I had some insurance cover included with my gas & electricity bill, normally I wouldn't be overly happy with parts getting replaced "speculatively" but in this case it didn't matter to me financially because it was all included in the excess charge The flow switch didn't...

I don't think so, all I did was cut off the old pipe just below the floor and fit a couple of elbows to move the pipe centres closer (if that makes sense)

Thanks for the replies all. I got a plumber involved as I had some insurance cover on my heating system and from reading the t&Cs it should be within the cover and the excess charge is probably less than any boiler parts + fitting anyway. He changed the pump for a new grunfos one which didn't...

Yes sorry i mean the bleed screw, my CH terminology isn't very good! I've taken it out but I get a jet of water not a dribble so I quickly put it back on again,

Is there a better way to check the pump than just feeling/listening to it? It's a Salus pump (was changed approx 1 year ago) and it has a display on the back that's reading "24W" when its making a spinning sound I tried removing the "plug" piece on it and water comes absolutely shooting out...

Hi all I have a Baxi Solo 18 HE boiler (heat only) with a gravity fed system About a week ago I drained down and moved some radiator pipes in the bathroom ready for a new towel radiator. I installed the valves onto the new pipes, shut them off and then refilled the system. The system worked...

Thanks for the really helpful reply, it's in the bathroom so I reckon it's either 18mm that has swelled or 3/4in originally - possible as the house was built in 1979, that's before my time but I'd imagine a lot of materials were still sold in imperial measurements? The builders seem to have been...

Hi all My house has T&G chipboard floorboards (evil things!) and I need to replace a damaged section There seems to be 2 common types 18mm and 22mm thickness I used a vernier caliper and its coming out as 19.68mm There's writing on the bottom of the boards "PELLOFLOOR FLOORING GRADE TYPE...

I managed to figure this out myself eventually Trying to replace the loft hatch was really overthinking the issue Instead, I bought this ladder which came with parts to "convert" the pop up hatch into a trapdoor type one: 3-Section Aluminium Loft Ladder 3m | Loft Ladders | Screwfix.com With...

Hi all I'm trying to improve my loft space I'm planning to put some more insulation in there (currently there's only enough to cover the joists) and then board over using loft legs, I also want to fit a loft ladder and drop down hatch, which is where i'm struggling Currently there's a hatch...

Quick follow up to this one, in addition to my confusion of the original post I found that the RWB2E programmer was actually faulty and wasn't switching off reliably! I have replaced it with a Drayton LP722 which has a jumper on the back for "Gravity Fed (G)" and "Fully Pumped (P)" modes. Once...