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Thanks again everyone, it's now all working properly. A question about the green/yellow earth cable being used though... Other than the colour, what is the issue? It's three core flex being used, one the cores just happens to be green/yellow. I know it's probably not the 'right' thing but if I...

Thanks both of you for your help. There is a switched live in the top block on the connector block, which connects to nothing. Although I will test with a multimeter, is it pretty certain that is the live is the top one? Having looked at an old photo before Nest was installed, there is a red...

That is inside the junction box. At the moment the Nest live is connected to the 3rd one down, but that is (as mentioned) only live when hot water is off. Any idea which one might be permanent live? P.S. White cable is call for heat which is connected to switched live on Nest (green/yellow on...

It is just meant to work as a heating thermostat. We still have a programmer near the boiler which controls hot water and the heating part is set to permanently on. What I didn't want to do was supply a permanent live to the nest (and bridged to common) if that would then allow heating and hot...

I recently had a Nest thermostat, and am having one small issue... When it was first installed, it was connected to a live that was only live when the heating was off, this resulted in it the heating constantly going on and off in a loop. The installer then used another live which appeared to...

There is one valve, see photo below. The noise is getting bad, our hot water comes on early in the morning and it has woken us up on occasion. If it could be done then I'm happy to do it. I'll call a plumber though if it's going to be a big job.

Just seen the cost of a new pump, ouch. Is there a way to replace the bearing to keep it going for a bit longer until I can afford to replace the pump or really not worth it? I don't mind doing it myself unless it means draining the system or similar.

Is that a DIY job or time to get a plumber in?

For some reason when our hot water starts heating, only sometimes, the pump makes a lot of noise when it comes on. After a minute or so, when you can start to hear water, the noise stops and it just sounds like a pump. It doesn't happen when the heating is on, and only happens a few times...

I am trying to find some flex/cable that is similar to the cable I have for my Christmas lights, but I am really struggling. The cable is 2 cores side by side (similar to speaker cable) and each core has an outer diameter of approx 1.5mm. I'm looking for clear or black, does anyone have...

I have built a small area of decking which I want to put a summerhouse on. Does the summerhouse need a floor or can I just use the decking as the floor? Thanks in advance.

No there's nothing written on it at all so I really have no idea. I haven't left it on long enough to see if it gets warm. I had assumed it was some kind of transformer but have no idea how to find out. If I knew then I would just buy a 'proper' transformer and connect that up instead.

Thanks for all of the replies. There is a fuse in the plug and they do work fine, but I don't feel comfortable using these outside where I want them to be. Out of interest, anyone know what the white box on the cable is?

I ordered some christmas lights from eBay, they're clearly chinese but the ones I ordered last year I had no issue with. These ones are concerning me though, because of the plug and cable that comes from the plug. It just doesn't look safe, but perhaps it is. Can someone please advise...

Yes it's within the range listed. They've been in the house 2 years and have been fine up until now.

Well I've taken one of the dimmers out and replaced with a normal switch and the flickering has gone on that light. Looks like something has killed both of the dimmers, not happy!

I'm just confused how it can affect 2 different switches on different lights, yet it seems to happen at the same time. I will check the connections to be sure though.

They are Lutron Rania dimmers, I've never had to program them. I have tried cutting the power for a few hours but they're still flickering.

In my house I have 3 lights controlled by rania dimmers, one single and one dual. Last week I noticed these 3 lights had started to flicker, I presumed some issue with the wiring but none of the other lights on the same circuit were flickering (tried with same type of bulb to test, but...

I'd rather not if I can help it, it's not really a cost I want to incur. We use the shower 99% of the time so not that bothered if the flow rate is average, as long as it's reasonable. There must be some modern taps out there that work at a low pressure, but I'm struggling to find any that...