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Thanks, Handymanjo. No response if I enter code followed by A,B,C or D. In any event, the beeping tone the buttons make when pressed is different to what they sound like when I'm setting/unsetting the alarm (it's a much louder noise now). Downing power through the mains - do you mean basically...

Hello all. I have an unmonitored alarm - an ADT 3200 plus left from the previous owner which I believe is a rebadged Scantronic 9800. I've been using it fine the last year or so, set it off by mistake a couple of times but managed to reset using the engineer codes etc. I now have some kind of...

Hello all. I’m planning a refurb of a Victorian conversion in London. I won’t be doing the work myself, but keen to understand some of the essentials, also for budgeting purposes, so any info would be much appreciated! I’ll be redoing the floors completely – at the moment there is bamboo...

Hello all. I’m planning a flat refurb and currently looking at flooring. I’ll be going for an engineered wood floor (presumably laid as a floating floor), and I’ll be using (water) underfloor heating. I’m ripping everything up (all existing floorboards etc), so effectively starting pretty close...

Great, thanks guys, much appreciated

Thanks, Agile, appreciate it. If going down that route, was thinking 210l-250l would make sense. Thanks

Thanks, Dan, appreciate the feedback. Not very clear from my post, but I will be replacing the existing boiler/cylinder. If I kept that setup, looks like the Oso Super S cylinder is well regarded, and I'd probably stick with a Vaillant system boiler. With that in mind (cost of the 2 above is a...

Probably poor form, but bumping my own thread in case anyone has any suggestions!

Hello all! I’m in the process of planning a flat refurbishment (raised ground floor in a semi-detached Victorian conversion in London), including re-doing all the plumbing. Current setup is a cylinder (Heatrae, from memory) and a Worcester bosch system boiler. As per attached floorplan, boiler...

Thanks, Taylor, will def make sure re warm roof construction

Taylortwocities - that's super helpful, thanks! The kitchen area is actually an extension, with no-one above. And the roof/ceiling is being re-done completely as I'm raising the height of the extension. My architect will (hopefully!) keep me on the straight and narrow with respect to building...

Hello all, slightly random (and quite possibly very, very stupid) question! I'm planning a flat refurb and looking at lighting, in this case for the kitchen. Given I'm in London, most builders/electricians are charging something like £70 per point (i.e. per switch, per socket, per light fitting...

Understood, thanks newboy.

Hello all, Very unoriginal topic – heating setup for a flat refurbishment. No doubt the builders I choose for the work will advise, but with a million things to think about I’d like to be as well-informed as I can be! So I have an upper ground floor flat in a Victorian conversion that I’ll be...

Awesome, footprints, thank you. After you posted I found another screwdriver set which has the right screw heads which my other set didn't. Problem solved, thanks!

Hey all, just moved into a flat with an old integrated Bosch dishwasher. Has a pump problem, so trying to take it out to see if I can fix. But the door seems to be held by some very odd (at least to me) screws. They look like hex, but allen keys don't work. On closer look, seems like the...

Ha, brilliant Nakajo! But yes, thanks for the clarification. Should have said planning, it's got absolutely nothing to do with building regs.

Hi Noseall, thanks for the reply! Sorry, should have checked - £1,500 was a mistype, wrong button, I meant £4,500 as you say. To clarify, the builder was saying £15k for everything. Thanks!

Figured. Thanks big-all, appreciate it!