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Following advice on this forum, I propose to put in a new CU. Someone has told me that these vary in reliability, and that MK are worth going for. Does anyone have any comment on this? I was proposing to go for the 12-way split-load (product code 96516) from Screwfix, and populate it...

I have a nasty suspicion that I know the answer to this, but I want to pose the question: I have a Triton electric shower which has failed after many years of service and I want to replace it with a more powerful electric shower. The present supply is a 6mm cable which was adequate at the...

I have a system with two of these remote keypads, one of which is used on a daily basis and the other only rarely. The keys of the first one are becoming difficult to operate, whereas the other is only used with the fobs, so the keys work as new. I want to switch the two, but cannot see...

I have a Vaillant Ecotec Pro 24 boiler which was installed a yer ago and which has been running normally since then. Last week it was inspected under an extended maintenance contract and the chap said that there was condensation from the flue pipe which could run down into the boiler and...

Following on my previous thread, I am wondering whether my project will come to fruition: I have a flat roof with 7" x 2" joists at 16" c/c spanning 12ft with no intermediate support. They appear to have two layers of Strawboard (Stramit?) which are then finished in felt. The project...

I last came across strawboard back in the 60's when I made a garage roof using it: 6' x 2' and 2" thick is all I remember. It was then given a cement rendering coat, followed by felt. I now want to know what its weight is to calculate the loading of a flat roof which I have discovered is...