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Hi, I have been repairing the battens on my roof, because I had a tile split across in half, halfway up the roof, on the edge, and the wet verge had slid down almost an inch, along with all the tiles below the split tile. As I started removing tiles on the right hand edge, I found that all of...

Thank you all so much for your replies - now I finally know that Economy mode is half normal mode. You would think shower manufacturers would be making this clear to prospective customers. I know that solar panels are better used to heat an immersion heater, but I have two bathrooms, and I...

I use the shower in Economy mode because I've never needed to use it in 'normal' mode, and I need to know the amount of kW it is taking, so I can work out the total number of kW that I might be using at any one time, so that I can buy an inverter that gives out slightly more than that amount...

I have searched all over the internet, looked at manufacturer's websites and manuals, and I can't find a simple answer to this question: How many kW does an electric shower use when in Economy mode? To be specific, a Mira Sport shower, but any ballpark figure will be fine, as I need to know what...

Dear all, many thanks for explaining that to me, I had no idea! I definitely have a 3 way motorised valve (Drayton, I think), and definitely have a pump next to it, so I will change the setting on the back of the programmer and try again! I will let you know how I go.

Hi ianmcd, I have a cold water tank in the loft that feeds the hot water system, doesn't that mean I have a Gravity fed system? But I'm very willing to try setting it to fully pumped if it will make it work!

Hi everybody, I have just replaced an old Horstmann Channel Plus H27 programmer with a Horstmann Channel Plus H27XL Series 2 programmer, but the new programmer duplicates whatever settings I put on the hot water channel, onto the central heating channel, and vice versa. Whichever one I change...

I see no reason why this would work very well. I have one of these mats in my garden, to prevent slipping on a sloped bit of lawn, and it won't spread your load much at all. I solved the problem by buying 6" thick cushion foam from Ebay, I think it was 2 feet by 4 feet, and I cut it in half, so...

No, the right doors, Hammerglass windows and the right locks can PREVENT intrusion. Otherwise every shop in the country would be being burgled every single night. And every company premises on trading estates would be being burgled every single night. Most of them in my area have retractable...

JohnD, I have to say I find your line of questioning to be bizarre. I would like NONE of the above possibilities to happen to me. If somebody disabled my burglar alarm, surrely having Hammerglass and high quality uPVC doors with Hammerglass would prevent them from getting in regardless. It's the...

I've never been burgled. I'm also one of those crazy people who leaves several lights on at night (all night long) in my house, 3W bulbs. No doubt some people think that is a terrible thing to do. It may be one of the reasons I've never been burgled. I want to live in a house that nobody can...

Re in an emergency - with Hammerglass, you don't need to use your window locks, since a burglar can't break the window to turn the window handle, so you open the window and climb out. I will investigate 6.8 lami then. I am also considering retractable security grilles instead - I have sliding...

The frame is uPVC. Yes, the glass may not be the weakest point, in my case I think it is. It's to prevent burglary. It was the only UK seller of Hammerglass (I think) that I approached, I can't remember the name, you can enter window dimensions on their website and then their website shows you a...

Does anybody know if there is a cheaper alternative to sealed double glazed units with Hammerglass, using some other brand/form of polycarbonate (presumably) that is completely burglar proof? I asked for a quote from a U.K. company recently, and it was over £1,000 for one approx. six feet by...

Thank you all for your help, especially Johnmdc, I traced the three wires in the loft that go to the switch, I used a 'live cable' tester to make sure I was choosing one of the three live ones, as the fourth one that goes to the bottom of the switch was presumably neutral, then I cut the cable...

Hi, I have fitted two inline extractor fans in my loft, which I am going to use during summer nights, one fan pulls cold air from outside into the bedroom, the other blows warm air from in the bedroom outside. This is the theory, I haven't come across anybody ever doing this before, but I think...

I don't think this has anything to do with scaffolding or ladders, it's about what you do when you're actually on a roof. Why would you fall off a roof when you have a much larger surface area gripping the tiles when you stand on a piece of Stratocell, than you would if you were standing...

Hi, I've seen there is a product called 'RoofSmart Pads' which is a plastic board with foam attached underneath, which you put on a roof so you can walk on the tiles without any risk of breaking them, and it also gives you a much safer surface to walk on. I am in the U.K. and I can't get these...

Thanks to all of you for your replies. I had to replace a broken tile that was right next to a hip tile yesterday, and because the hip tile was attached using mortar, it took me about an hour to do what would have taken five minutes if it was a dry system. I had to chip out multiple amounts of...

If the lights go out at 2 in the morning I would be asleep. If I had fitted an isolation switch, why would I suddenly presume that the fan was the cause of the lights going out? If I am not at home, whoever is here would not think that the fan was the cause of the problem (why would they? Why...