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Hi, I've got a Vaillant system boiler (ecoTec plus 637). It's around 12 years old and has been maintained. We've just been away for a couple of weeks so, keen not to burn gas unnecessarily, I set all the zone thermostats/timers (hot water, 2 x radiators, underfloor heating) to off/frost...

Thanks. We're on a combined foul/surface drain so our water company is very resistant to new connections unless it can be proven that no other solution will work; which I guess the current shenanigans are saying about the prospects of a soakaway. I just hope their next answer won't be "close the...

Well, the answer to that is that the water would simply remain in the topsoil (as it did before I dug the soakaway) and percolate away in its own good time. This means I could solve this problem from the perspective of the surrounding land simply by capping off the soakaway. The only downside...

Hi all, HNY and all that. I've installed an underground rainwater harvesting tank with an attached soakaway for any overspill. The soakaway is a bit sluggish (slighly clay soil) but the best option I had for the time being. However, over the last few days it's been noticeable that the...

Use the right length screw, which means the depth of the floor layer plus the bracket.

Thanks @flameport - so essentially, you're recommending that the concrete floor in the ouhouse is bonded? Why is this not a requirement in the main house?

Hi, I'm having a shed/home office built in my garden, about 20 metres from the house. My house has a TNC-S supply and the electrician has told me the outhouse needs a local TT earth. Fine by me, but ... The outhouse will have no incoming gas or water supplies, and has no other classic...

They may well do, but (a) We are not planning to attach the patio to the building (b) the steps that were removed were attached to the building and had been there for 110 years, were only 5 cm lower than our proposed not-attached patio and (c) Our house does not have a damp proof course in that...

20210728_122630 by James Carmichael posted 28 Jul 2021 at 12:39 PMHi, We had bifold doors installed about two years ago. Outside there's around a 40cm drop to the garden and the plan at the time was to run steps down, so the installers included a 225mm aluminium sill. The doors are face drained...

Hi, I have a manual pump for an old water well in my garden. It's nothing special, 1950s steel pump body attached to brass fittings and copper pipe. I've just paint stripped off years of flaking paint and it's now all bright and shiny. I quite like the steam punk effect and want to put it back...

Hi all, I've got a wall to tile that dips away in one corner. It's brick with a scratch coat of sand and cement render on. Now, I could go to get some sand and cement to dub it out prior to tiling, or I could just use the Mapei adhesive (powder, not premix) I am about to buy from Screwfix...

Great, thanks.

I am not sure how much dumber I can make it than the diagrams above. However, we cannot just from your photos give you exact guidance. It is imperative that you know which wires in your existing switches are permanent lives and which are not. It is also imperative you know whether your lights...

Agreed, the OP needs to set up their 2 way switching in the app; with the new LRF swicltches it cannot be done in wiring. Good spot on the master/slave setup - this massively flummoxed me the first time I set one of these up as the instructions don't really sing out that it is necessary. One...

The basic setup will work. This would be better as you can repurpose one of 1 or 3 at the light fitting to provide a neutral: 16096661983666178951534204117923 by James Carmichael posted 3 Jan 2021 at 9:30 AM If you don't know how to do this safely, don't do it. Remember you still need to...

Pictorially, the basic setup you should aim for (once completing all the checks already indicated to you) is: 16096656583142618268005235997141 by James Carmichael posted 3 Jan 2021 at 9:21 AM NOTE I AM GUESSING YOUR EXISTING WIRING SETUP BASED ON YOUR PHOTOS. A GUESS IS WHAT IT IS; A GUESS...

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