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Thanks for the replies. Yes, it does have a heater battery, I guess to pre-heat the incoming air if the outside is too cold. But it is tripping during the current 'summer' months and giving an alarm indication,the fans not working, when obviously, the incoming air cannot be too cold. Once...

What ho one and all, I have a MVHR unit in the loft and recently, when it starts, the Alarm light is illuminated. The manual says that the incoming thermostat needs manually resetting but this involves clambering into the loft every time. I want to replace the stat but as it is a Swedish...

Thanks. I think the timber is the way to go.

The dpc is a good idea. I had considered that in the past and not used it. Obviously, the wood rots due to the damp conditions and contact with the soil. I don't know but would there be any difference between damp soil in contact with the wood and dpc which will not allow water to drain...

Thanks for the advice. I am uncertain about the Everedge because the areas I want to use are are not bed/grass but bed, gravel drive. And when the drive was laid, the build-up is crushed builders rubble, grade 1 scalping and then the gravel. I can see immense challenges hammering the...

What ho one and all, As edging between the soil and gravel path, we originally used 4x1 tanalised timer which I gave a coat of black wood preservative. Looks good when new but as it is rubbish, fast growing wood, it does not have longevity when in the ground. It lasted about 5 years before I...

Thank you soooooo much for the replies. Never considered that the frost stat would be open in normal conditions but makes perfect sense. Will test the stat next time it happens, but of course, having removed both stats, looked at them and wiped a damp rag across the base, over the past 24...

What ho one and all, When I built our house, I installed a Flexit L4X (sometimes labelled as Helios KWLC 350) ventilation and heat recovery unit. Has been working fine for 12 years. Recently, when it comes on, the upper Alarm LED on the control panel is illuminated; according to the...

Thanks for the rapid response. Can a basin waste sealing washer be bought separately? What a about Plumbers Mate around the edge of the top flange? Thanks for the link; that seems to be the way to go. Had to fit a whole new waste on another basin where the flanged top was tarnishing; what a...

What ho one and all, Fitting a replacement wash basin; annoyingly, it is a few mm smaller that the one I have removed so will require some silicone 'remodelling' to fill the gaps. But that is a different issue. Am using the original pop-up waste fitting as the visible part inside the basin is...

Thanks for the thoughts. I have not checked but think the DC connectors are the same size. and not been informed that have to return the old router. since John Lewis are quitting the broadband/phone side of the business, I doubt they will want a three year old router back. But I do like the...

Thanks for your reply. The one on the right is the current; left will be new so unfortunately, the old transformer is only 1A and the new is 1.5A

What ho one and all, I am changing my broadband supplier from John Lewis to PlusNet. As it happen, JL sourced their broadband from PlusNet, which as you probably know, is part of BT. However, PlusNet have supplied a new router with associated transformer. Although the poser cable is...

You bet! Have one of Rishi's magic money trees growing in the garden.

Thanks for the replies. I know it would be better to get the longer and just have a 'denser' display, which is probably what I will do. Was thinking that the cable from the last bulb to the plug-in transformer is only a twin core so does not seem to be too challenging to reduce the length...

What ho one and all, Want to buy some multi-coloured, mains powered string lights to put around a tree for Christmas. Built-in timer (8 on 16 off) essential. Having difficulty finding a 15m length of lights (may be 20m overall) but have found this...

Thanks for your reply. Not actually living in the new place at the maoment, but will check when I go around later.

Thanks very much. Do I assume that your use of the word 'code' is my code or the engineer code (7890)?

What ho one and all, I have just taken possession of a maisonette that has (I believe) a Scantronic 9100 alarm beside the front door. The model is based upon internet searching until I found an image that looks right. It still works fine but I would like to replace the battery. Have found...

Yes, they are. The one I have removed seems to have a normal looking fuse with another 'cap' covering each end, to which the lead is soldered. I have been trying to remove the cap but I'm sure I will distort them, making them unusable. I will try to solder a short length of copper to the side...