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What are the motorised valves called?

Lets say that you have two zones in your home to keep it simple. The upstairs and the downstairs. Downstairs you only want to have the heating on at 6-8am on a morning for getting up and say 6-8pm on an evening arriving home. Upstairs you want to ensure that the room stays at 23oC from...

Hi all, I have a three pin socket in my airing cupboard that powers my home alarm keypad at the minute. It also houses the RCD. Anyway what I really need in the airing cupboard is a proper light. Could the power for a lamp of some sort be taken from here or should I just use a double plug?

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Thanks for such a quick response buddy. As you can tell I'm crap at this kind of thing. Here's a photo of the box, does this help clarify all? free image hosting

Hi guys, Delayed response as I put this off for a while but now I have to get cracking. Here's some further info which will hopefully help you to help. The oven in question is this one here...

I'm looking to mount my new 29" smart tv to the wall. The vesta fitting is 100mm x 100mm and it weighs 5kgs. I've seen a low profile mount that fits the vesta requirements of 100 x 100 and can take up to 10 kgs but it says it's for screens up to 22" Is there any real problem with going...

Apologies the replacement has a total load rating of 3.5 KW. I'd prefer to do it myself if possible but if I can't how much do you think I should expect to pay? I'm in London. Thanks for the quick responses guys

I'm replacing my under the counter electric oven in the next couple of weeks but according to the reviews for my new oven people have said they had to have it hard wired in. The oven is on its own separate from the gas hob and the current oven runs from a socket behind it which is linked to...

I didn't even realise they could come out of the housing internally. is this a common problem?

Hello all, The father in law has a problem with three UPVC windows in that none of them will open despite the handles' seeming to open fine. When you push the button and turn the handles they turn ok but its almost as if they are no longer attached to the spindle. All of the windows are...

I have 9 x 50w 12v halogens in my place and wondered about the possibility of replacing them with a more energy efficient LED version. Here are the lamps. I currently use http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Lighting/12V+Halogen+Lamps/Sylvania+12v+Halogen+Lamp+MR16+50w+10+8000cd/d220/sd3278/p17461...

Sorry to interject but why wouldn't you just advise you are not the man for the job rather than passing the buck? I'm not having a go but I've had so many bad experiences with tradesmen who tried to overprice things or fob me off rather than just save me the time and say its not something he...

It seems that the hard water has finished this off. The design of a twist on/off doesn't really help matters because twisting stuff on/off with wet hands is a pain. Can anybody recommend somewhere to get a replacement for a reasonable cost? Will it be expensive to have someone fit it...

As I knew I had to fill this I just went hell for leather and drilled deep into the block. I've found some really long screws in my box and pushed some medium strength plugs into the block. I've just tightened the bracket up and it feels solid. To be honest the huge holes aren't as much a...

Well I'm back all be it later than planned. So I'm now left with two huge holes about 15mm in diameter: host images Beyond the plaster there is a void of about 10mm and then there is block. I'm planning on filling these holes and drilling about 20-30mm higher afresh. Its much...

WE live in a hard water area which causes all kinds of problems. Recently its been a real struggle to fully turn off the shower mixer tap. It seems stiffer than it previously was and I continually find myself having to turn it off tightly in the night when the drip drip keeps me awake...

The manual that I have shows the boiler as Model: Ideal Evo HE C22/24 C22/30 C22/35 I've just tested and when I run a hot shower the rad without a TRV is definitely heating up. Is this something that would likely be covered on my boiler cover plan with Domestic & General?

The honest truth is that the frost control has never really been needed. The only time I've used it has been a way of keeping a minimum temp in the depths of winter so that I dont have to rely on a timer too much. So I set the minimum temp to say 18 deg C and the heat-up cut off temp to...

In fairness Tony, my Mrs spotted the problem this morning when she got out of the shower so this could have been the reason. I can test that tonight by running a shower to see if the rads turn on too.