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It would be sensible to switch on the heating at or around dusk. The actual time of day changes, of course, as the seasons go on. I cant see a way of doing that in the Wiser Home app. Does anyone have a workaround? It seems like a reasonable thing to want. ALso, do I HAVE to use the Wiser Home...

It would be sensible to switch on the heating at or around dusk. The actual time of day changes, of course, as the seasons go on. I cant see a way of doing that in the Wiser Home app. Does anyone have a workaround?

We have a Miele Cat & Dog, which is fine for general use on hard floors, but it fails to pickup all the dog hair (and sand, as we live by the coast) such that, if I vacuum thoroughly then try to use a carpet cleaning machine the latter clogs with hair and sand in minutes.....even if I'm not...

I am not an audiophile (as you'll see), neither do I wish to become one. I currently have 5 or 6 Sonos Ones around the house, plus a sonos soundbar on the telly. I never find myself really using them the way they are meant to be used ie muti-room, and anyway the sound isn't that special to even...

do these exist? my wife received a bird feeding station for xmas with a built-in camera. it works well but it would be great if she could look at the card contents of the camera from the house (its just outside so wifi or bluetooth signal would be fine. Ive seen SD cards with wifi but not...

Just replaced an old stopcock in our kitchen that had stopped working. There's an earth wire on the incoming copper water pipe. However, I also installed a surestop wotsit, which is plastic, so nothing after that in the house will be earthed (pipes, I mean). Should I organise to get a strap from...

Due to a bit of a cock-up, a double socket in our utility no longer has a supply to it. I can access its cable (2.5mm) in the ceiling, but cant easily get this cable to a convenient place on the rest of the downstairs sockets ring. What I CAN access is the lighting radial that supplies the...

Use case: single light switch next to the door in the lounge to be converted to be a double (if necessary) , one of which will now switch the various table lamps we have in the room. How to do this in the simplest way, please! Intrigued at Lutron lighting....is this one way to go?

Are the hinge positions the same on all kitchen doors? I somehow doubt it but I'd quite like to get decent doors from say Wren but get cheaper cabinets from wickes, for example. Is this feasible?

I need to remove the chuck on my drill so it can be fitted to a drill stand. How do i do so?

Just acquired an old 8mm cine projector. It didn't come with a power cable. Does anyone know what to search for to get a replacement?

Just got an honor 90 lite phone. Android obviously. I've managed to end up with the home screen (the one you go to when you press the home button) set to a blank page. I could drag all my icons to it but it's rather just be able to set my home screen to one of my existing icon-filled screens...

I'd like to smarten up the window boards in my conservatory. The longer sides have joins in them (not sure why!) and the plastic trims have gone yellow. WHat's the best way of painting them white again? A quick rub down, a coat of BIN, then the satinwood water based top coat Im using for the rest?

I have an aged relative who is in their own. they and we have Android phones. I can track their phone no problem, so if they go off our I can see where they are. however it would be useful to know if they are using their phone, which he tends to look at when he gets up in the morning... that way...

Trying to rennovate our 30 year old conservatory. Its not bad overall but the gutter brackets have all but failed. They press-fit onto a flange on the side of the connie....does anyone know what this is called and whether I can still buy them? sorry its not a great pic

sorry for the thicko question....I don't do electrics if I can help it. is it an rcbo? in other words does my campervan have rcd protection?

Garden vac suddenly stopped working. Gray trigger does nothing. Checked fuse etc, then opened it up. I cant for the life of me see how the trigger is supposed to push the actual motor's push-button - it doesn't even line up with the button. There must be a part missing but I can't see what it...

Right under where my rad is required there sits one of the floor joists. Therefore I cant easily drop the pipes from the valves into the floor space. Whats the best way of doing this? Notch the joist so I can get an elbow in?

I have water leaking out of the top of the basin tap. I've opened it up to see if there's anything serviceable, but the o rings LOOK ok. Anyway, it'd be easier to replace the cartridge, only I dont know which one it would be. Anyone know the make of this tap?

My new cistern outlet for the flush pipe measures 48 mm as far as I can measure (the diameter of the rubber cone washer) What pipe should I be getting to make a flush pipe to my WC (which seems to require 40mm)? The cistern, from Victoria Plum, didn't come with a flush pipe. I've tried...