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Theoretical question... if I wanted to have an outside downlight mounted on the side of a brick pillar in the garden, but I didn't want any visible cable, could I chase out the mortar between the bricks to say 25mm, run the cable in the gap and then repoint to hide the cable? The voltage would...

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Wherever the music is stored, NAS, cloud, laptop etc, you've still got to digitise the music in the first place. This is the bit that takes time, especially for analogue LPs. The 'cloud' is just someone else's disk drive...

Lots of ways to do this, but I'll describe what I've done. It's not cheap or quick to achieve, but well worth it. 1) Get a NAS drive to store the digitised music files. I use Netgear, but others are available. I also use RAID to guard against data loss (2 drives acting as one to maintain the...

I'd love to, but I'm outnumbered 3 to 1 - wife, daughter & grand daughter :)

Installed & working :) 20171027_174508 by TargetDummy posted 27 Oct 2017 at 10:14 PM

I inherited the current installation when I bought the house. It works but it is a bit of a mess with a few wires in the timer, thermostat and wiring centre not connected to anything and not labelled correctly. Luckily I can use a multimeter so I could determine the current situation and plan...

Always pays to understand what you're doing before spending time and money . I've read too many threads along the lines of "bought a nest/hive, trying to fit it and nothing's working".

Stem, yes that is correct. The loops between 2 & 3 and 5 & 6 represent the internal switching - it helps me understand the path through the wiring. Thanks for your comment

Stem, yes that is correct. The loops between 2 & 3 and 5 & 6 represent the internal switching - it helps me understand the path through the wiring. Thanks for your comment

Hi all, Just about to purchase the 3rd gen Nest Heat Link & Thermostat but first I thought it would be a good idea to do a little research on how it works and how I would replace the existing setup. I've drawn out how the current system works and how I propose to install the new system...

Just replaced a wall hung toilet and frame with a back to Wall toilet and a new slimline furniture unit. Everything went to plan and no leaks. Last job is to secure pan to floor using the plastic 'L brackets' supplied with the toilet. I'd normally drill through the floor tiles and secure...

I used a Dremmel with the thin cutting disks. It didn't take too long but watch the cut edge - it's very sharp!

Unfortunately I don't have the pump anymore, but I did try previously to remove the debris and found that it was 'fused' or 'melted' into one lump with the blades.

Motman, that sounds like the best explanation as the blades look like they have 'melted'. The pump had functioned well for many years so I can't complain. I was just curious to see if anyone had seen something similar. Anyway, the job only took 10 minutes as I simply replaced the pump head.

It's a normal domestic central heating pump connected to a mixture of 22mm & 15mm copper pipes for radiators & hot water. It's been in since the house was built in 2001, so lasted well. It just looks like something has chewed the blades but I'm struggling to understand what could have caused it...