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A difficult space, acoustically, (although the non parallel ceiling will actually help reduce standing waves). And the speakers mounted against a wall and so high up, away from your ear line. Not ideal. Obviously, you already have those speakers and a big old Amp, but If it was me, I would use...

Why did the "very reputable flooring company" install your parquet if the substrate was damp or otherwise unsuitable? Why didn't they check properly first? Over to your solicitor?

Or, a quick and easy, or an alternative solution might be to do what I did. Buy a pair of Adam Audio T7V speakers. These are semi-pro recording studio control room monitors and they have built in class D amplifiers - one per driver. They have ribbon tweeters and ported woofers, and their...

I say again, I did NOT install any of this ! Some covers removed for investigation, and TRV's on all radiators, by the way. The CH zone valve is just visible feeding the 28mm pipe going vertically through the floor. Both valves move correctly. I will be tidying all this up considerably when...

Thank you for your time so far: I have inherited this old system, and did not install any of it myself. Both thermostats work and drive their respective motorised zone valves correctly. The wiring is all correct - wired to LWC 3 and verified with a multimeter, but I will double check as...

Hi folks, I have been trying to suss my system fault: I have inherited a conventional old-school vented gas system with 2 zone valves, on for CH one for HW, a thermostat for each service and an old-school programmer. If I only switch the CH on, and the HW off at the programmer, the CH rads heat...

Gents, What are the worst and best showers in your experience - from a point of view of :- Quality of design - filters in feeds, feed pressure adjustment? etc. Quality of construction - cheap and nasty or solid and professional? Quality of operation - does it work properly and consistently ...

Good tip though!

Hi. I have searched the forum for this but cannot find any reference. My Bosch washer has started tearing clothes. I guess they are getting caught down the side of the drum. Any pointers before I start investigating? Door seal? Thanks in advance.

I am not being facetious, but have you cleaned the inside surfaces of your cars windows? Often a light film of invisible dust/grim will cause mist to form, but a clean glass surface will not.

Speaking of which: who is the genius who keeps changing the wire colours? Red and black. Nice and simple. Intuitive. Everyone understands. Red is dangerous. Yellow and blue for the other phases if applicable. Brown and blue. Hmmm, using a phase colour for neutral, not the best idea in...

That is a genius tip, Sir! So simple, but I've never thought of it - am always very careful though.

I had a similar problem. Family friend, a good painter, said he could tile as well, so I asked him to do the bathroom tiling. Well the first row of tiles looked like a row of crooked teeth. When questioned, he said, " oh they will look all-right when the grout is in". Well, frankly I am...

Respect to Notagain for posting this, because anybody who works on a system they didn't install, and: -doesn't isolate the circuit and tape over and label the breaker/switch themselves, -doesn't double check with a meter or a current clamp that a circuit or wire is isolated before...

Hey nameisdame you're welcome don't mention it. Oh that's right, you didn't.

Well, the softner tray was still not emptying and her indoors was getting more vocal about it, so I decided to take the whole housing out to have a look at it. It turned out to be clipped together with moulded plastic clips, and with some careful prising, I got it apart. The problem was...

This does have an airleak "feel" to it, but by the sound of the symptoms, it could be the multiconnector into the throttle position sensor. Something well worth trying is to disconnect and clean all the multi connectors involved with the engine. With the car and engine switched off, use a...

Not strictly true, although generally, an amp with small spring terminals is unlikely to be more powerful than an amp with big chunky screw terminals, (banana terminals indicating something between these two). It is the total resistance and construction of the cable between the amp and...

Thanks guys.

OK, thanks. So it's not anything I'm doing wrong necessarily, the detectors just aren't very good and/or are confused by the electric field from a cable being distributed by the metal foil backing? That's what I suspected. Think I will buy one of those handheld screens with a tiny...