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So if I'm splitting my heating into 3 zones, then it would be quite OK & straight forward to have 4 x 2 port valves. All fed from the flow from the boiler&pump; 3 going 1 to each to a heating zone 1 going to the heat exchange coil in the HW tank To me this seems simpler than using...

Could you post some links to these? Been looking for this kind of thing (other than the £££ honeywell). Thanks.

Hi, My CH zone valve actuator gave up the ghost today... Getting a replacement tomorrow... Whilst removing the dead actuator, I realised that my system has 2 x 2 port valves (1 for CH, 1 for HW) whereas in my last home an otherwise identical system had 1 3-port. Not a problem, just a...

Or just hop channel to 4+1 & wait a few minutes ...

Links that work 1) http://www.metabo.co.uk/metabo/handgefuehrte/uk/en/produkte/multipurposeandspecialpurposevacuumcleaners/ 2) http://www.metabo.co.uk/metabo/handgefuehrte/uk/en/produkte/wallchasers/ you got a few spaces missing :-) Thanks for the links.. now i know what to look for...

any links to the wonder machine? I have some chasing to do next year... whilst not enough to justify an expensive purchase like this, I get good rates on some pro hire equipment.... wanna know what to ask for ( they prob wont have it though :-( ) ta jpdw

Might be worth you having a look at www.kat5.tv (yes, k, not c). This might achieve what you want. There's a user forum hosted at http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=23 (there's a link on the kat5 website but it's not instantly obvious. Disclaimer: I've never seen...

Perhaps not so different.... As far as the background theory goes, I have an electronics degree completed in the '90s but it's the domestic electrical application & practices (for want of a better way to put it) that I don't know --- ie the background is a grounding but I dont for 1 second...

I suppose I'm trying to work what the time/money investment would need to be to gain levels of formal competance that would be beneficial to me in doing good quality work on my own home. Part-P self-cert is unrealistic/unnecessary, but from my reading on here I think there are levels of...

oops. lots of waffle removed. must waffle less...

Is it worth a DIYer taking some proper electrical course(s)? With a big kitchen refurb being planned for next year, wanting to do a lot of it ourselves, including a lot of the electrical works. There are other bits in the house that could do with improvements (spurs off spurs etc). So lots...

Presumably the Y/G on the top left (connecting to the brown) isn't being used as CPC but something else as there appears to be a "valid" CPC in the bottom left cable (into the sheath & then the lower earth terminal). So given the plumber had 3 (or 4) cores in the top left cable, why use the Y/G...

I was meaning the main incoming CU, rather than any "downstream" ones -- which I'd try to do myself (though how's that classed for part P? (notifiable or not?) If a secondary cu was just covering a single circuit already protected at the main cu?) With regards the main CU, I think it's...

(I seem to be playing catch-up with this thread :-) ) Whether you are running for voice or data, you can run cat5 to all the locations. You can then decide later what sockets to put on the ends. If you're using module faceplates, you can even do 1xRJ45 (data) and 1 x BT (voice) on the same...

I bought from Blackbox too . ... one reason being price. A useful side-benefit is that the box I bought (their own brand cheapest I think) has a cable length marked every 2 ft. I hadn't appreciated the usefulness of it till I was pulling cables through: Pros running, say, 6 cables will...

Cable rods... are rods that help pull cables... ! Without them you'll probably end up using a wire coat hanger, string and lots of cursing. example http://www.screwfix.com/prods/89981/Electrical/Electricians-Tools/Cable-Access/Cable-Rod-Tool-Box-Kit (though I'm sure many other suppliers...

Or worse... from car boot sales... a colleague referred to buying TRVs at a car boot sale for £5 each... Imagine getting a £10 cheap import CU complete with all the (so the seller says) necessary gubbins??? Hmmm... Suddenly the DIY sheds seem so much better! WRT qualifications not...

Also going back to the OP & pointing out from the start that I'm a DIY-er (one with a reasonable level of knowledge but that knows own limits) As pointed out by some other posters, the law allows anyone to fit a CU. Though most of the population could only legally do this via the...

A few points/suggestions: Whereever you run 1 cable, run 2. Means you can later connect 2 devices at that location (doh!) - okay, so double the cable cost but 300m is only approx £35-40. Additional effort pulling 2 cables each time is marginal (when compared to just 1) In each room you...

Plug : http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=4MK5Q3ZD0SB3UCSTHZOCFEY?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=16476 The socket is linked at the bottom of the page. It doesn't mention whether the is a fuse installed/installable though (someone able said it is installable...)