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Thanks, none local to me on there, but a fair number on trustatrader which appears to be a similar scheme. I never know quite what to make of these schemes- but I suppose they offer a little more assurance than just dialling at random from the yellow pages!

ben- I understand that nobody wants to work for free, I wouldn't expect anyone to do any "work" on my system for free, but surely for installation work, tradespeople realise that people are going to shop around. (My past experiences FWIW have been trying to get someone in to fix my balanced...

Fair enough, but I still feel I'm in a bit of a chicken and egg situation. and how would I go about choosing a "good" RGI? I know how to check on the gas-safe register- that's a basic. My experiences with RGIs locally so far is not good. One I had on recommendation never got back to me and...

Thanks- that's really helpful. The reason I ask, is if the boiler needs moving, I need to plan to accommodate it elsewhere. I was only asking id the prinicple of a boiler being in a downstairs WC was a problem? If there is going to be other equipment needed near the cylinder, I may...

Soon to start some extension work to my house. The work will be done in 2 phases, the first to include replacement of the boiler and moving of some rads. A few questions: 1) Boiler currently located in the downstairs WC. Will the replacement be allowed to be located here, or should I...

robbi- not sure if this fits within the regs, but you could add some high level glass/blocks in your new stud between the lounge and corridor to allow some natural light into the corridor. - just a thought.

Well, yet another material I haven't heard of has been used in our 1990 house... Speaking to the neighbour yesterday, this stuff has been used under our 200mm thick garage floor slab to protect against clay heave. Do you think it will have been used under the other floors in the house? We...

Thanks Alarm. Sounds a good plan. I've realised though that the keypad and sounder will need moving as I will be opening a doorway where they are. Hopefully I can find enough slack on the cables.

We are soon to embark on a garage conversion. Currently, the alarm panel is in the garage and there are 3 cables running from it at high level (but below ceiling level) tacked to the wall. As far as I can tell one is for an internal sounder, 1 for the front door sensor and 1 for the keypad...

Thanks static- exactly the kind of feedback I was expecting. A google search only shows marketing bumph, so it's clear they haven't taken off here yet! I don't have deep pockets and I'm not quite a tree-hugger, so I'll go for standard concrete blocks!

I assume that you are wiring this off of the filtered front plate and not ACTUALLY off of the back of the NTE (the screws) Why were you advised not to use Cat5? Was it for aesthetic reasons? Ordinary phone wire for a data extension would not work very well. The old BT data kits came with a...

I assume given the lack of response that nobody has heard of them or used them. Am I best sticking to traditional methods? I thought this might save me some money, but if nobody has experience of laying them, I doubt they'll lay them any quicker than blocks?

My understanding is that if you are planning to do works to that extension and are notifying to the LA, you will be doing it in line with current regs anyway. As you say, your indemnity becomes void, but because the council will be signing off your "new" works, it becomes unecessary. When you...

charlie, It may have been an extension cable originally, but if that cable runs from the terminal box (where the dropwire is) to the back of the NTE, then it is classed as monopoly internal wiring, maintained by your service provider. If you refer to it as an extension when on the phone to...

To me it looks like the dropwire is half the issue- from the first pic it looks like the old grey type. what speeds are you getting from your infinity?

Just watched the video on the porotherm website about these blocks. Has anybody had any experience of them? I'm not a builder, so thinking from a consumer point of view: 1) If I specify them in my build, am I likely to limit myself in terms of builders willing to do the job? 2) Am I...

Thanks, that seems to have yielded loads of results now!

We have 3 x downlighters in our ensuite, which we have inherited with our house. The bulb appears to have blown on one of them. Having removed it from the holder, the bulb says : BRILLIANTLINE 20W12V36D (or 360?) PHILIPS K4 I've only ever dealt with GU10 downlighters, so want to check...

if it's not your phone handset, it's likely to be the equipment at the telephone exchange. Particularly if you are on AXE10 equipment (but you're unlikely to know this). If your phoneline comes straight into a BT or Openreach NTE5 (as pictured on the bt fault reporting site) and you have...

Used the wipex solution once, but they came off the other day. I noticed that the ball has worn, so it wasn't the arm this time. (perhaps the wipex plastic is harder and wears the ball down) Anyway- solution found this time was to Araldite 5 pence pieces to the balls (they appeared flat...