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I would never lay tiles on Chipboard, even marine ply needs much more support than standard joists give. If you want tiles then start from scratch with cross members between the joists, marine ply in place of chipboard then tile with flex adhesive - and even then the slightest mistake in...

Remember that you don't just need space for the meter, the current (Smets 2) units need a Comms Hub which sits on top of the electricity meter.

Looks like a Honeywell

If I follow the link posted there is a “Talk to us” button - did you use it and what did they say? Interested as I may do the same.

I grew up with open fires and always wonder why people prefer them to simple, clean gas or electric. They generally don’t spit embers out onto your floor either - was it sycamore that was notorious for this.

Duct collapses generally happen when backfilling, was a rope put in at installation and was it checked before you paid the contractor? A cobra may help, then a camera if that doesn’t work. Water jetting may clear it if it is silted, other than that - dig.

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I think I have worked it out, doesn’t appear to be anything to do with the siphon in the pan but the siphon in the cistern. Air is leaking into the siphon through the hole that the plunger moves through in sufficient volume to disrupt the siphonic action so flushing only uses about 1/3 of the...

Be wary if you get ftth, the new hub had one fewer port. Bu**er, I was using all 5!

It is called "intellectual property". Even when you buy a CD/DVD you are only buying a limited right to view the recording (e.g. no commercial use) and you do not own the content. Sky is selling a right to view subject to certain conditions which include having a Sky subscription. Some of...

Many years ago I bought a bluetoth GPS receiver to use with a pda running TomTom software. It came with a charger with a two pin plug (!) and a two pin to two pin adaptor. Forget which was round it was but the adaptor was necessary in one of UK/France but not the other. Pin spacing was...

Pressure can be "absolute" (zero is absolute vacuum) or "gauge" (zero is one atmosphere, approx 1 bar/15 psi). Can't be bothered to quote it in lb/sq ft (should really be pounds force per square foot), pascals or butterflies per acre. Using gauge pressure you can have a negative pressure of up...

The heat arises in high resistance points and these are (1) where the wires are connected and (2) where the plug pins contact the socket conductors. I have only ever had problems where the plug makes poor contact with the socket and it tends to be one pin only where both carry the same current...

There is a thread from many years ago discussing this, as an engineer by training I struggle with the idea that a product can be released onto the market which is capable of having two 13 A loads connected but is not safe if you do that AND there is nothing telling the general public that the...

Looks like a mincer attachment to me, IIRC the pin stops the steel mincer plate from rotating and the main part is a softer casting. Probably a new part from Kenwood if you can't get it out.

Don't blame the bricks, we built an extension in the 90s with imperial thickness bricks and the length was very consistent as was the thickness. They were about 10mm or so shorter than the original bricks the house was built with.

What he said Most base units are made with the back inset by 50mm or so to create a void for services so just cut back the sides to allow the unit to sit correctly with the correct depth at the top for the worktop.

Is the damage in a doorway?

As hoping I didn’t have to disturb the neighbours!

We have one of these installed, looks ancient and we are not using it. Alarm box, 4-5 sensors and external bell box. How do I decommission and remove without disturbing the neighbours too much? No idea what the code relates to but not for this alarm.