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Same reasoning why my sparky put a heat alarm in my loft where I have my battery and inverter. Dusty environment more often then not can give false alarms, so it's common to use heat alarm in such environments according to them. If I can realise the planned cabling routes for the other ones...

Follow-up question on this. What is your view of having a heat alarm in an unconverted damp victorian cellar? My cellar is half-height and looks like this. But it houses the consumer unit. (n.b. the picture is old and I have a new modern CU there now). I always thought the guidline is at least...

I've only done very little mastic application, so I'd let others opine. From an optical perspective I would first do the grey down the corner, and then the white along the shower tray on top. I'd also wait for the grey to cure for a couple of hours, before applying the white on top. You can also...

Hello, I wouldn't discount using the same grey all over. We had the same discussion and our builder used the same for both and it looks great. Also, any discoloration over the years will be slightly less visible on the grey mastic compared to white one.

I fitted Varilight ultimate screwless all over my house. They have a great selection of covers and inserts. I chose this over Schneider Electrics due to price. I am happy with them, no failures so far. If I could turn back time, I might have also considered the new BG Evolve line due to the...

I assume you are definitely making plans to have your own L3 Survey done, which is conditional to the transaction going ahead? 6 years is a long time for issues in victorian houses to develop, trust me I have had so many things repaired/updated in the 1.5 years I have lived in my house. Having...

Thanks for responding. Are you saying I should use the 6mm hardibacker and build up, i.e. option 1? I have the 4mm notch trowel for the mosaics, but will pickup another 6-8mm one for the adhesive, when I go to get the hardibacker. Would you still recommend to screw down the hardibacker in...

Risking to state the obvious...you can feed the CPCs from both sides into the base. So a looped_cpc+lamp_cpc into one side and the other looped_cpc enters the base from the other side. Sometimes it's a little easier to maneuver & fit.

Alright, so finally I can proceed with this project! The floor has been laid and looks fantastic. As agreed with the flooring installer, they left the to-be-tiled area untouched and left a clean line. The metal trim is measured, cut, bent and ready and I have everything ready besides the...

Thanks all. That's good enough for me to at least attempt to hardwire. Hallways and floors still have old carpet and I had them open already once for another issue. Will have a go a this in a couple of weeks' time, too many unfinished other projects need attention first...

Hello Everyone, FYI >> ca1900 period property, owner occupied, so regs/alarms in theory not required. Regardless, I am looking to improve on this for my family's safety. My property currently has one heat detector in the loft (where I also store my PV batteries) and one interlinked smoke alarm...

They do, and quite customisable. I had to replace a similar switch (dimmer+rocker) recently and bought individually a 2 way plate+mounting grid and then individually the components. All from TLC

I would definitely agree to this. If the switch is already there, connect it even if only infrequently used. Else also maybe some future owner will think... WTflip is this for... When I moved into my current property I had such an inactive swtich and it took a long time for me to find out what...

I have recently replaced very similar ones. My guess is MR 11. I bought these in 3000k. As others mentioned, the fitting is held by clips and it should be plug and play, just pull down (Watch fingers for snap recoil) and attach new ones.

Thanks really helpful. I've also done some more googling and it appears that decoupling mats are not ideal for tiles smaller than 50mmx50mm and as individual pieces these are 45x45. In fact some of the matting instructions they specifically caution not to use under mosaic tiles. I've also...

It also very much depends how heavy the light fixing will be. Is it a simple structure or a large pendant with lots of metal? I recently fixed a 3kg pendant and was very uncomfortable relying in the laths to hold the lamp. I ended up sing a spring toggle to spread the load, but have also secured...

If you are with Octopus energy they have a free loan scheme. I used that a few months ago and FLR is really good. But to be honest, all the cold spots were were I expected them to be and I did not find any unexpected odd gaps (hopefully it means insulation is decent). I have found them super...

Opening a continuation of this post, as I actually had more queries before everyone started bickering... I've received the tiles now and made a rough layout. I am not intending to use the warm-up board, I just want to use it to make a perfect cutout for the flooring guy to work around. The...

This video does not really help the OP. I will say this though, Roger Bigsby is extremely biased when it comes to ASHP. There is a follow-up of above video in collaboration with Rogers mortal enemy >> Heatgeeks. Heatgeeks are obviously very biased to the other side of ASHPs, so this is a decent...

Understood. How can I cut these to size? Requiring angle grinder or can a multitool with decent carbide blade cut through it? Edit: just checked a video.. ignore this question… We thought about it. Have done this with the reception room and it looks fab. But the boards here are in really really...