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Which one would you recommend? Not sure a PIR switch is right here, don't want fan coming on every time someone goes into bathroom to wash hands, check their makeup, or any of the 101 other things that teenagers use bathrooms for - fan would never get a rest.

Thanks, I'll do exactly that next time the fan humidistat breaks down, they seem to have a life of 2-3 years. Meanwhile, I need to do something to avoid 2-3 years of a stinky house.

So the old bathroom fan was connected to the lights. Didn't like drafty baths, so I changed it to a semi-decent envirovent 125 with timer & humidity sensor. All's good, till my family started using the bathroom for other purposes. Oh dear - family need a way to turn the fan on after dropping a...

Thanks that'll help keep it upright. @JohnD yup half-height gate, only comes up to waist level. 2 foot wall on one side, weak 3.5foot wooden panelled fence on the other side. Adding a pair of 7ft tall gate posts & a lintel would look rather odd :)

I had to replace a rotten wooden garden gate post. The new post is around 4ft high & is bolted to the end of a sturdy low garden brick wall just under 2ft high. Brought some 4x4, cut it down to size, drilled two holes into brick wall, used expanding wall anchor bolts to screw new wooden post...

No need to apologise. You are right on all your points. I'm not wedded to this set-up - I just said to the six-gun leccy I wanted a nice lighting system that could be dimmable & this is the **** I end up with. We asked the second sparky to change over the downstairs hall lights to LEDs a...

Thanks, you raised some good points. I've been changing my bulbs one by one (as they burn out) to Sylvania Cool-Fit - I presume this is the type of bulb you mean? Any other options to Sylvania cool-fit? They're the only ones I can find. Way I see it is why pump 400w (8 downlighters)...

Hi DIYNot, So I had my house completely rewired a couple of years ago before moving in. (Needed it as wiring dated from 1940s. Fancy sitting in a bath with a bare 1940s 2-bar heater dangling from the ceiling over your head?) The electrician seemed nice at first (don't they all?) then his...