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Dear Sparkies, What's your view (practical and regs wise) on running one ethernet cable along side some mains in a UK domestic setup? 3 story 1900 house, my switch is in the cellar. I want to run a foiled cat6 from the cellar through a vertical void into the first floor landing to connect it...

ah very interesting and thank god I raised it here! I thought the aerial on top of my house picks up both, as on my TV when I run a full tuning scan at some point my TV picks up all the radio channels as well. Usually they are placed at the end of the range e.g. channel 980 to 999. Just a black...

It's not for TV. My TV is already connected to internet and aerial and that's all working fine. I am redoing my kitchen later in the year and want install a wall mounted audio system (e.g. q-accoustics e120). For that I want to lay the groundwork and get the antenna signal to the desired...

All good ideas thanks. Will checkout these baluns, but it seems they need to be powered with some DC power, so additional socket. Not sure maybe it will be easier to just get under the floor and lay a fresh coax.

Hello Everybody, as the title suggests... I know there are tons of videos/tutorials, explaining how you can re-use existing coax cables in your house as ethernet connection, but I am looking to do the reverse... Background: I want to split my antenna signal and have one end go to my TV and the...

I've had a similar issue. Council BC demanded it... tried to argue, but there was no way. They would not issue a compliance certificate without it, so builder fitted a boss connector at the bottom of the svp so its reachable w/out any ladders.

nah, that's just a piece of joist to support the decking. The rainwater gully is on the side of the kitchen and has its own drain. But to me it looks like this RE1 drain has a slope built into it and any general rain falling on the green area would just collect there?

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Hi all, during a CCTV drainage survey it was discovered that one end of the main sewage pipe is open (beneath some decking). I've now pulled up the board and would like to close it to avoid rodents getting into the system and therefore my house. What sort of bung should I use to close this? The...

Hello everyone, I am doing a full kitchen refurb and trying to see how to deal with this steel. I am actually not sure if it is a concrete lintel or steel, but it is supporting just one floor above and is approximately 3.10m long. Can this steel in theory be supported solely by what I suppose...

Thanks. It sounds a bit like it's a no go and regulations on this have indeed changed in the last 10 years. Before I give up completely..given that this reg only applies to dwellings of more than 2 storeys, I interpret that you need inhabitants of the second floor to have enough time to exit...

Thanks for the response, but I have three floors, ground, first and second.

Hello, I am planning a side return project. The floor plan will be somewhat along the lines of the image. My question is not regrading the actual side return, but regarding the removal of an internal hallway wall. The dotted line is currently an internal stud wall and I want to remove it to...

Sometimes there is a sticker on the underside of the boiler showing the pipes. When I replaced my filling loop valves I snapped a picture here where you can see a sticker on the right side. Maybe something on yours as well.

Yes I believe so... I mean this is part of a whole extension project, so the whole lot is going the be ripped out.. new foundations, new steels, new electrics, new plumbings... The boss and I can't quite agree on how much laundry space is needed :) So on the latest version we earmarked an...

Thanks for sharing this, very interesting. So if the price difference is not too massive, it there is actually a benefit to it. What is an external blending valve? Do you know? Would this not be always part of the installation?

Heh, it's +16 years old and had to be repaired already 3 times in the last two years. new PCB, new expansion vessel, new heat exchanger,sludge clearout... already dropped quite some money on it. The reason I ask is a new storage combi will require a bit more space and I am currently designing...

Hello, I am looking at a extension project, which includes a new kitchen with UFH (kitchen only) and a new boiler. We are currently running on a Vaillant Ecotec plus 831 R1 and have no space for a tank. It currently feeds two showers (seldom to be used at the same time) and central heating...

you mean when the sun is out and you get 6kw from the panels, 5kwh go to battery and 1kwh exported (/lost in your first 20 months)? Then a larger battery would not change anything. My inverter is only 3.6kw, which is annoying as in the evening I could be forced to draw from grid even though I...

I received the same email and have similar considerations as you've written above. I did however bite the bullet a few months ago and bought another battery. Nominal storage is now 9.8kwh. We are a small household and even in winter we never run out of storage, but this will change later in the...