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Mea Cupla, I mistakenly thought the British and Irish systems were essentially the same. Ray K

Hi all, Considering buying a fixer-upper not far from our current home. Got a structural report - based on the report it appears most of what the house needs appears to be cosmetic. However the electrics looks very dated - probably hasn't been worked on since the house was built in the...

Hi guys, Thanks for the really really comprehensive response ... TVtrade.ie seems to have most of what I need. As I have two co-axial connectors in the wall, this means using the combiner on one - I should be able to support 2 x LNBs and therefore 2 satellite tuners. Reviewing the list...

Hi Chris, Thanks for the information it has the Silver foil alright, so I presume then I am good to go! Unfortunately there is two cables in the wall - one for marked TV and one marked FM Radio, but they are the same quality cable and both terminate in the attic space. I am currently...

Hi all, My house is a new build - circa 2007, it came with CoAxial already in place for TV. I want a FreeSat box but don't want to make nasty holes in the wall to make it happen. What are the chances I can use the CoAxial already in place, just changing the connectors? Ray K

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Hi all, I had our heating system zoned last year, even though our house was a new build the finish was poor enough and didn't include zoned heating. The system I had put in was straight forward enough and included two, two wire thermostats (from Siemens), one for the upstairs zone and one for...

My parents holiday home has pretty awful terrestrial TV reception and I am trying to root cause the problem. I think I may have cracked it but need some validation. They have a high gain wideband antenna on the roof which should gives a decent signal but doesn't, the antenna is very similar...

Thanks, appreciate the advice ... Maybe I have blunted the bit, would make sense, Ray K

Thanks for the reply, think the tile is porcelain ... it is the same color all the way through. I think the tile bit is diamond headed also. What benefit does keep the bit wet/cool have? Thanks, Ray K

Hi all, I am trying to drill a hole in a kitchen tile and the damn thing will not yield. Every time I try I get a few millimeters in and then stop making progress. I am using a bosch tile bit and run of the mill bosch domestic drill. Took 1/2 an hour for my drill bit to cool down the last...

Thanks to all who replied, replaced the downstairs exclusion value, works purfectly now. Ray K

This is exactly what I am saying. You can see the bypass in the first photo, its just a small pipe. Ray K

Sorry lads, I might have confused matters by putting up a picture of the hotpress upstairs when the issue is with the downstairs zone and valve. Upstairs is fine - no problem, downstairs shown below is the issue. The downstairs zone valve is literally 5 feet from the water pump, this...

Hi all, I had some basic thermostats fitted to my heating system last year, with 2 zones upstairs and downstairs the basic system features a "manual return" in the hot press see the picture below. The basic problem is that the zone exclusion valves never close completely, even when...