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Given the current weather you'll be ok to delay overseeding until well into October. In the meantime I urge you to really put some time into preparing the soil. Use a fork and go down a foot, removing as many stones/bricks etc as you can. Break up large clods of earth. Add compost/rotted...

Sorry, to clarify; the three reds and two earths aren't a single cable; they are five individual runs of wire from the light switch, and are housed in a plastic conduit. What's pyro?

make a nice cup of tea, then read through this lot http://www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1573&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=baxi+barcelona&start=0

What is the technical reason that prevents refrigerators working in an outhouse? Do they need a minimum ambient temp? I want to buy a fridge/freezer to put in the garage, but on the Comet website it says that some aren't suitable for this. Is this the manufacturers being over-cautious?

Thanks. And sod's law states that my length of spare cable is a foot short of reaching one of the existing lights.

My garage already has two wall-mounted lights, but they don't give off enough light. (Garage built in year 2000). I've mounted a neon strip light and want to wire this in to the existing circuit that runs from the single light switch that controls the two lights. However, I'm confused by...

There should be a big sticker on the cylinder telling you how to recharge the air bubble.

...Which is rather fragile. Don't want to tip her over the edge. I'm told the Megaflo tank is well insulated, so I wouldn't be pouring money down the drain.

Thanks. The Baxi copes well with my CH & HW demands (and I have a full compliment of 17 TRV'd rads) but I know that the Barcelona can be a bit fragile so I wanted to give it a helping hand on the HW side, so it can concentrate fully on the CH. So, during the Winter I'm going to leave the...

Got a Megaflo CL250 and a Baxi Barcelona. House built in year 2000. I'm thinking of switching on the electric immersion heaters in the Megaflo to take the strain off the boiler a bit. Are the immersion heater elements controlled via the timed HW/CH programmer, or is their operation...

So, you've won the lottery and are going to build a 6-bedroom, 4-bathroom three-storey house. What's the ultimate CH/HW/air-conditioning/etc system, regardless of cost? Would be interesting to see what kit the experts like.

Thanks for the replies. I will have a go at unwiring the extensions. The only upstairs room that needs a working phone is the master bedroom, anyway. I don't have a problem with BT, since they've demonstrated the master socket is fine.

I quite agree. These things are thrown together and the amount of wiring is incredible. 8 phone sockets in my house.

There's a permanent hiss on the internal phone wiring in my house, which also causes my broadband modem to hang up (especially in the evenings). Had a BT engineer out. Checked BT master socket, which was fine, so he promptly left. Now the only way to get a reliable internet connection and...

Overheat/banging problem solved: Boiler was incorrectly wired when installed 6 years ago. When HW/CH is up to temp the boiler instantly switches off completely, instead of running-on for a bit to dissipate the heat build-up. Result is a stagnant block of water that explodes! Surprised...

There's a Grundfoss safely tucked away behind the control panel.

also see: http://www.boundarybathrooms.co.uk/info/ShowerPanels.html

Buy a couple of buckets; perfect for growing carrots/spuds in, and they're easy to move around (or move indoors if there's a frost). Metals ones will look good (better than bright orange plastic buckets!). Make holes in the bottom for drainage and line the bottom with stones/bits of broken...

Slowly reading through relevant posts on this forum. Would the violent banging noises and overheat be pump-related? Is it worth seeing if the pump speed can be increased, or would this have a negative knock-on effect down the line?

Turned down the boiler control knob last night and left the boiler on via the CH/HW timer. Started up fine this morning. No funny noises and rads nice and warm. Odd thing was the boiler was starting up then switching off after a few minutes about 5 times between 5.30am and 7.00am. Why...