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Hi all, Stupid and quick question. I am installing a new 32mm water main, I have bought all the fittings needed and my particular design has required me to drop the pipe diameter to 25mm before finally attaching a 22mm copper connection. I therefore need to connect a 32mm -> 25mm reducing tee...

About to disappear on holiday so I doubt I will have time before then. Attached are the only photos I already have. The last of the bunch shows a room with normal coving and the living room with the leds. They don't look much different in my view. People that visit don't even notice it is...

Wow thanks all - that is exactly what I need. Shame the naming is not simple.

Yep one of those - the cover only...but the term master socket doesn't give me the right thing when I search for it, instead I get lots of telephone sockets.

Hi all, Stupid question, but I need to buy a new plastic cover for the virgin media wire/signal reducer/splitter and I have no idea what search term to use in order to get a replacement. To be clearer about the item I am talking about: - I have a wire from the road which comes into my house...

Just thinking out loud, I guess it would be a nice extra to two valves, one on the cold feed, after the combi boiler intake and another just after the boiler hot water outlet. That way I can balance the pressure/flow better across the house. This would be nice as at the moment my cold water has...

It is a good point, that I had already thought of. I plan to add a pressure reducing valve on the water main coming into the house to help resolve this issue. In 5+ years time when I need the extra flow then I will get a larger boiler and open the pressure valve up. All of the connections (water...

That seems to make sense. So hopefully as my house has been running fully from the main for 1.5yrs I should be relatively safe. My pipe upgrade is a future proofing exercise, and to stop having to dig up my bathroom in the future. The current pipe is fine, for my wife and I, but as the family...

I have heard of three people who have had leaks following the install of a larger feed from the main and also was told a few stories from a plumber. Now I am planning on upgrading the main in my house I am trying work out what caused the leaks. From my GCSE physics, I can't really work out...

Thanks, really useful information.

Hi, I am about to fit a cupboard switch in my under stair cupboard which will drive a 9w led light strip which will be ceiling mounted. Before I carry out the work I have a quick regulation/safety question before I complete the work. All the cupboard switches I have seen (like this) are 240v...

Heya, The strips come in 5 meter reels that can be cut at specific points along the ribbon. You will then need to solder or get a connector for the different terminals. 2 terminals for White, 4 for RGB 5 for RGB+Warm White. The wiring (I used bell wire) needs to be connected to each 5 meter...

I am looking for the electric movement to be in the roller as we have 3 windows in a row and dont want a chain in the middle. This company does a device similar to what you are suggesting just in case anyone else needs something similar: http://www.teptron.com/move.html

Hi All, I am having serious trouble buying electric roller blinds either online or from suppliers that visit our home. Our needs are fairly simple, electric roller blinds for 6 rooms - a total of 12 blinds. I have indicated to all of the suppliers that I like home automation and would consider...

Top plan - I like the idea of hanging them and then marking off the gaps. Bit more effort, but worth it for a quality job!

Truth be told, a mixture. I have the left, right and one of the centre supports from the original and a single new support (which is vertical). I think I may have thought of an option to calculate this but I would appreciate your views on this approach. 1. Use a laser level to create a level...

As these are recessed doors they need to have a gap around them to allow for shrinkage, expansion etc. I am going to leave 3mm....this is what I am calling a shadow gap. Usually shadow gaps are larger so maybe I used the wrong term (https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/547328160938289557/). Whilst I...

This is what I am trying to achieve. I have actually built 1 cupboard and 4 draws. hence the 4 boxes on the middle and right hand side.[/IMG]

Hi All, Looking for some advice on a project I am working on. I have removed the wall underneath my stairway (not the supporting beams, just the plasterboard). I want to build 3 cupboard doors across the area and need to get the angle of the doors exactly correct to ensure that I have an equal...