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    Consumer Unit Question

    Yes, it says 2.5mm for cooker, 1.5mm for sockets n 1mm for lights
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    Consumer Unit Question

    Hiya , Had a one off occur in my kitchen extension, we had the plugs trip due to many plugged in appliances being operated at the same time, it has never happened before, it was installed in nov 2019. The MCB is rated at 16a hence it tripped, so can i replace it with at 32a with the current...
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    EU squares up to US

    EU has always been spineless, no backbone, always backing down, US's poodle.
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    Frost Stat Question

    My old setup was like this, a fost stat set at 5c in a outbuilding and teh pipe stat set at 40c, however this did not prevent the heating to come on at freezing nights, we ran like this from 2004 to 2019 in era of cheap energy.
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    Combi Installation advice -

    Funny that, the Valiant were boilers of choice, easy to install, service and replace parts, except when they went all plastic, have they really declined? Intergas combis were the rage years ago but their parts are really expensive and pool of installers very few. Veismann boilers were cosidred...
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    Switching over to an app controlled CH system

    You shuold also look at: Tado https://www.screwfix.com/p/tado-v3-wireless-heating-hot-water-smart-thermostat-starter-kit-white/141kt Salus...
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    English Cooking

    my fav eng cooking is boiled cabbage.
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    CIA says lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak (Ed)

    Maybe CIA just falling into Trumps political orbit, it also says it has less confidence in its findings??
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    DPF removal

    spoke to a minicab driver in 2024 dropping us off to airport, his Ford van was a diesel, he had egr blanked, dpf gutted n removed and deleted and still passes MOTS.
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    Where would you advise fitting an upstairs toilet ?

    I would never install a toilet in a room witout a window, also pulled out of buying a house with no windows in toilerts.
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    Moving from Oil Combi to Electric, does this set up make sense?

    "Look into an Air Sourced Heat Pump install (with Govt. Grant) as you are replacing an oil boiler. It'll be able to produce more kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electric - whether from grid, battery or solar panels." Lol, only works in well insulated homes.
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    Leaks through our GRP flat roof

    Yes, poor job by the builders, needs a proper experienced roofer.
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    Can I straight swap a Salus Rt500RF with a RT510RF room thermostat?

    Thats rubbish, best to replace with salus it500, its much better andu can control via internet, support form salus is poor.
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    Building regs final sign off question

    They will most probably say take pics of final fittings n send to them then they will issue the cert.
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    Running ethernet to outbuilding (Ed.)

    Dont bother with one, get a point to point kit from amazon.
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    Air Source Heat Pump Planning

    Tell them they are wasting money on a heat pump.
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    Frost stat heating radiators

    I had a similar setup in my house before we did the extension, before i had the combi in a outbuilding and during the cold waves the heating used to come on at night when we were tucked up in bed and also during the day time when temps were sub zero. I too thought i was looking at high bills but...
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    Home CCTV question

    https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-town-halls-to-use-chinese-cctv-security-cameras-despite-westminster-ban-hikvision/ https://www.biometricupdate.com/202406/uk-could-ban-hikvision-cctv-cameras-amid-surging-sales-and-security-concerns https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-68103623
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    Home CCTV question

    Hikvision are a chinese brand, they are being ripped out of centers up and down the country as security risk, banned in US.
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    Looking at a new combi boiler

    I would agree, lots of RGIs are put off by WB, having said that my old boiler was a WB 240RSF 24kw, it ran for 15 years whilst i was in the house (plus add 4 years to it as it was installed 4 years prior to moving in) , 2 components changed in 18 years , only serviced it for a few years...
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