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Hi guys, I've converted my side garage into a room a 2 years ago and it has a suspended floor which had a very shallow crawl space. Total dept is approx only 300mm. 6 inch joist and ply on top. I did put chicken wire and normal loft insulation but the floor is still freezing cold I'm thinking...

Hi, I'm planning on building a lean to conservatory, I want to make side walls to be solid as there is no way i can do any maintenance if i were to use glass. As for the roof it would be a solid cold deck roof with 2 skylights. The front would have dwarf walls up to 600mm and the rest glass. I...

Hey guys, Just had a gas engineer go round to one of my properties to carry out an annual CP12 Dude just went ahead and carry out a repair on a diverter valve saying it's faulty and charged 95. Comments were - motor cogs wearing and could cause boiler to stick on heating / hotwater mode if not...

Hi, Planning on removing an old concreate flat roof and will be replacing it with a timber joist cold deck. Wanted some advice how to finish this off on the neighbors side as they have pitched roof and the side has just been cladded. Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks

Hello guys, I'm planning on making a shed using 4x2 timber and look at options as to what to cover this with. Shiplap cladding is quite pricey so was looking at OSB3 sheets, not sure if there is a good way to fully water proof this? Any thoughts on this or other recommendations ? Thanks!

I've currently got a 10way honeywell... its being shorted somewhere (I think) but strangely it's not consistently and struggling to find out what's causing it... everything connected to the junction box would die..the CU is RCD protected but doesn't trip.. switching off the fuse spur on/of makes...

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Hi guys, I'm in the process of replacing a bathroom shower fan with a powerful one which is mains powered 230v IPX4. Currently it's wired to its own switch so it doesn't come on with the lights which is the way I would like to keep it. The new fan mention the below. The CU is RCD already so...

Hi, I've got a warm deck roof which which was a garage conversion 20 years ago... ever since the bedroom has always been freezing cold and I cannot seem to figure out the root cause. The outer walls all have 100min insulation cavity walls aswell as external wall insulation which is 50mm so I've...

Hey guys, I purchased a Texecom alarm 1.5 years ago have haven't got round to getting this installed. I've mounted all the endpoints and wired them up not using EOL as it's just for home use. I don't have experience in alarms but was thinking if giving it a bash and buying a usb-com to help...

Hey guys, I've purchased a Texecom Premier Elite, mounted the panel, smart com, 7 sensor's, expanders, panics, keypad. I've wired up the sensors panics and keypad, door contact. Bell box still needs to be mounted. Will need to add a few shocks and some single external beams (wire already in...

Hey guys, I've currently got a 210l megaflo tank and having constant issues with recharging the airgap. I've had it for 20 years so I feel like its time to move on... Some people have mention Joule and Oso. I see quite a lot of variations in terms on model/types etc... Any recommendations...

Hello, I've recently created a separate annex which has been rented out. I have noticed the tenants are constantly leaving the lights on deliberately even when not at home and also throughout the night. Im not very strict but I don't like people abusing and wasting energy for the fun of it...

Hello, I've purchased the a house next door to mine and have put in 3 tons of soil and put grass seeds, each time we cut the grass it impossible as the cutter gets clogged up, the same machine on my lawn works perfectly fine. I've noticed that the ground it always wet and moist, I don't see...

Hello, I just purchased a Beko new oven. It hasn't come with any wires so i'll have to buy own own but unsure what type as looking at the connect bit at the back i think i will struggle with a 6mm cable. Any one here know how this should be wired? I have 6mm wall outlet... Electrical...

Hi, My megaflow flow is 18 years+ old and I seem to have to recharge it very often as I see the overflow dripping frequently. Spoke to megaflow and the only advice they say it will require a service engineer to take a look but I’ve spent quite a bit on call outs and all they seem to do is...

Hello, I’m in the process of converting my side garage into a studio flat, i would like to put a separate consumer unit so my tenant has the ability to power on/off in case of emergency etc.. There will be a few sockets, lights, and an electric hob/fan/fridge/washing machine. What type of...

Hello, Just purchased a new property and ran the pipes from the kitchen to the bathroom in 22mm for both hot and cold. Now reading online the feed for the hot is 15mm from the boiler. I could convert from 15mm to 22mm but I guess I would run into issue if the boiler can't cope in supplying...

Hi, I've just taken on a house refurbishment project and was planning on doing all the new pipe runs myself and leave them near the combi boiler for it to be commissioned by the plumber. I was thinking of using a 2 sets manifold for the first floor pipe and then run 15mm to each of the rooms...

Hi Guys, I have a bunch of neo stats for different zones... whenever my house trips they don't seem to retain the settings like date/time and any custom schedule. Is this a wiring issues or an neo stat device issue? Strange as it happens to call of them Thanks!