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Hi all, Admins please move if this isn’t the most appropriate forum. So, i have a house that i rent out in Nottingham and want to sell it and buy something in Cornwall that we can rent out until we retire. May as well let someone wind down my mortgage for me on the coast than the East Midlands...

Thanks. Certainly got no intentions of DIYing gas. My other stepson is guess what? A plumber. Although he’s actually a mechanical engineer now and always works away. Our combi is in the loft and the issue started when we first turned the heating back on late October. Pretty sure the temps hasn’t...

Hi, i'm back...........with an issue. Boiler seems to be doing what it did prior to installing nest. Just coming on when it wants to, mainly in the wee hours of the morning usually around 1-2am. When this happened previously we assumed it was a knackered TowerST RF setup, so replaced it with...

Just back to say many thanks to Stem for your help. I absolutely would not have managed it without your help. Fact! Have a nice weekend.

Yep, looks like that’s done the trick

Morning all, Is it possible that I’ve got my black wires the wrong way round? If I swap them am I likely to damage something?

When I first installed the heat link and turned the power on, the heating came on straightaway. I’d not even set nest up. Is that normal?

Think it’s the latter But I’m sure i’ve Followed your diagram correctly. I even FaceTimed my stepson who conformed the way you’d do it (in my current situation) as the most logical.

So, thanks for all your help, I muddled my way through to getting it wired and set up. However, as lot of of people tend to have, the heating seems to be permanently on, even when I command nest to turn it off. So for tonight I’ll have to switch off at the fused spur and address it tomorrow...

Thanks again Stem, i’ll Be looking at this when I get home. Can I use simple connector blocks inside the patterns, seeing as they will be covered with a blanking plate? Typically I’m on site trying to sort out an electrical problem :(. Think we aaaallll know I’m not well versed in this. Just...

Thanks so much Stem, really appreciate it. This thing has a mind of its own and we either freeze or bake depending on its mood! :rolleyes:

Understood. Sadly whilst my IT skills rock, i suck at electrics and my sparky step-son aint back from the Lakes until xmas. I do think i can tackle this and as you suggested, with a junction box (one of the round ones?). Please could you link a picture of how you'd do it if you get chance? OR...

This is the back of the current Towerstat RF. Does your advice still apply Stem? seeing as i have wires in the bottom right connector?

Thanks Stem, so the existing wiring at the boiler end should/could be left as-is, i just need to follow your advice for replacing the Towerstat RF with the Nest Heat link? The Nest thermostat will be powered by usb and linked to the heat link by wifi as it will go downstairs and the heat link...

Sorry, it’s a Towerstat RF (with a mind of its own).

Not sure if serious, but actually smarty pants I did do a search. Found one titled almost exactly like mine, but didn’t answer my query.it pertained to a new install without an existing wireless solution in place.

Hi all, so bagged a Nest 3rd gen in the black friday sale as our current wireless solution keeps going crazy on us, switching on/or whenever the hell it wants. I'm not a sparky and before you all rush to tell me to get a qualified or competent sparky to wire it all in, i have a question (or...

Yes, and how much would that cost?

Hetty is pretty darn powerful to be fair. I don’t use a bag anymore, instead just tip her contents into the bin when full and then clean her filter with the Dyson. If I was to dump her for a new model what would you peoples recommend? (Want to keep costs down though).

Hi all, so got my new DeWalt DW745 table saw. it has dust ports on top of the riving housing (36mm i think) and below the blade at the back (54mm i think). Now ideally i'd love to be able to hook up a vacuum to both at the same time, so i'd need a split flexi-hose with the correct adaptors. I'm...