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@ Goldberg: Thanks for the links. most important thing I picked up was tha bad reception today is not a good predictor of reception quality after the switchover. THe advise was "wait & see". However, as the place is pretty high (top if the stack is 20m), and it's scaffolded at the moment, I...

@ GaryB: Did as you suggested, and got way too much info ! Don't know what to make of it, except I think it says I should be able to get good reception. @ Ellal: I'm going to follow your suggestion, and find a local installer who knows the area. Thanks for your help, David

Is it really as simple as saying "I'd like to buy a new digital aerial please" to the nice man behind the counter ?

Morning everyone, Apparently, my TV won't work in a couple of months when they turn the transmitters off. I don't want to spend squillions, so I got a freeview set top box (hand me down from the mother in law !) and plugged it in. It failed to find any stations. Adding in the fact that...

Morning everyone, Just had a quote for a heat pump. MI's say it should be supplied via a 45A D type mcb without RCD. It's a 230V single phase unit. Pump running current is 19A, start up 32A, with 6kw direct electrical heat top up (not switched on when pump starts), giving 26A extra. So...

Hallo Sparkybird, I thought about using sticks like sh*t rather than screws ! Then I decided that if it's in the middle of the wall, it would look ugly. If it's at the top, it wouldn't look so bad, but when the next guy comes along and removes it to see where the cables go from the back...

Hallo Everyone, What I've picked up here is that wires should NOT be twisted together in most circumstances. However, a few people have made some good points: 1. Ideally, one wire, one hole. 2. Most domestic accessories don't provide this, so, at some point, it will be necesary to...

Hallo Everyone, Coljack - yes, the cables come down the wall. Chapeau - I'm coming round to your point of view. It's preying on my mind - whether it's technically right or wrong, I'm going to sort it out. Now I've only got to move a huge bed & dismantle a huge wardrobe to get the...

Morning everyone, I just did a search (don't shoot me for doing things in the wrong orderjavascript:emoticon(':oops:')), and everytime this question comes up, the answer is the same, so the answer is clear - don't twist ! Would it be a good thing to remake twisted connections whenever I...

Hi Chri5, My concern is that although the cable is in a safe zone, you cant see the blanking plate (it's hidden by the radiator) so it's not apparent that the cable is there. Any thoughts ? David

Morning everyone, When there are more than one cable to go into an accessory terminal (RF circuits), should the cable ends be twisted together or not ? Similarly, when there is only one cable to go into a termonal ina socket outlet, should the cable end be doubled over ? I've got both...

Morning everyone, New radiator to be fitted in a location which will cover a socket outlet. I've removed the faceplate, crimped the cables together, covered with heatshrink and fixed a blanking plate. Then it occurred to me that, despite the cable running in a safe zone, you can't...

As well as all the usual rubbish, I found the skeleton of a frog under the first storey floor boards. No idea how it got there - can't possibly have jumped there. can it ?

I use roofing sheet nails - about 3" long, 1" diameter head, galvanised. Bang 'em into a convenient mortar joint - plenty of length to find something vaguely solid, big head to sit on the edge ofthe capping. Don't even think about nailing through the capping - put it in alongside a usethe...

Check out the bottom of the MI's for a towel rail I bought from a reputable company recently...

Electricdunc: no offence taken.. Decent LED's can't come too soon for me !

@ Electricdunc: The original R50's weren't halogens, just ordinary incandescants (never liked halogens except in headlamps because all that heat seemed a waste to me). However I take the general point about downlights, just don't twist the knife when you stick it in... Edited to correct...

Adding my 2p worth of personal experience... I've got 8 40w r50 (230V) downlights in the kitchen, plus some little lights in the cooker hood (they came with it, I think they're GU10's) The light distribution is fine (it's 4.5 x 4.5m), but I did experiment by hanging them off the old...