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Hi everyone. The main walls in my house are solid and need to have external wall insulation applied. I'm contemplating applying the foam insulation myself, as it looks like a DIY job, and I see there are some training courses available at reasonable prices. I'd then get in a pro to do the...

I have a new oven that needs hard wiring. The old oven was connected via a 3-pin plug. The spec states 'Total Electricity Loading (W): 4900' I've looked at the fuse board and the MCB has b40 on it, so I'm assuming that's a 40A, so we should be good in that respect. So my question is, is...

Hi everyone, I have a stone wall and path that needs repairing. Can somebody please advise what I should to fix it? A cement mortar or lime mortar? I'm sure I read before that stone walls should be repaired/built with lime mortar so the water can pass through the joints.

Hi all, I currently have a leak on my mixer tap. Normally, I'd happily just change the tap, but whoever tiled my bathroom, decided to not allow access via the tiled bath panel. Any idea how I remove the tap heads? There are no screws at the back. Guessing I just pull them up?

Hi, another question about my UFH. I've discussed previously on this forum about my poor UFH insulation - https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/spray-foam-underfloor-insulation.602155/#post-5375045 Due to the poor installation/insulation, my UFH doesn't heat the house very well at all. I...

Hi all, I'm currently having some issues with my boiler 'Vaillant ecoTec plus 837', where I'm getting random F28/29 and F54 errors. It's pretty old and I'm wondering if it's worth just swapping it out. I'd like the peace of mind of a long warranty etc. The current system consists of 7 radiators...

Hoping somebody can help. I called out a heating engineer this week as my boiler has started erroring in the mornings when the heating is triggered. This has become more frequent, but so far can be remedied by pressing the reset button. When it errors, I get the F28 and a F54 error. The engineer...

Hi all, I need to replace an old Dimplex storage heater, which has a single economy 7 feed. I noticed that the more modern ones have two feeds, so one for E7 and one for daytime tariff. To the best of my knowledge, the rental flat only has the single E7 flex coming out of the wall. Is it...

Hoping somebody can help. In my rental flat, the hot water is fed from an immersion heater but the flow rate was abysmal. I had a plumber install a Salamander CT55XTRA pump several years ago to provide more pressure. It's never been great and has worked intermittently. At times, when it did...

Hello, hoping somebody can help. I have a unidare WMS724N storage heater that's not working. An electrician I know had a quick look and couldn't see anything wrong with the supply. After a bit of reading, I've seen that it's common for thermal fuses to blow/trip. Does anyone know what the...

Hi all, hope you can help. Central heating systems aren't my strong point and replacing anything at the moment could be risky as the Mrs will not be happy if I break something. I'm trying to limit energy usage for the random days we work from home. Heating the single office room sounds sensible...

Hi all, I've recently come to the conclusion, that my inherited wet underfloor heating is more than likely sat on cement boards, then floorboards which face the outdoor open suspended floor cavity. I still need to find a section to investigate and confirm, but I have a hunch that there is no...

Hi all, hoping somebody can help. I had Homeserve out today, as I've just started a boiler and central heating contract with them. They sent their engineer to assess the boiler but declined to insure my Vaillant Ecotech plus 837, because the condensate pipe had previously leaked and showed rust...

I moved into a house that has downstairs wet UFH and is split into 4 zones. My wife frequently works from home and ideally, it would be cheaper to heat the room she's working from. I've tested this and just set the room stat in the living room to call for heat. I've noticed that when the single...

Hi all, hoping somebody can help. I have wet UFH with Heatmiser slimline RF thermostats (4 zones) connecting directly to the UH1-W control unit. The UH1-W then connects to the boiler via Centaurplus c27 time switch, which I set to auto, as the on/off timing for the UFH is controlled by the 4...

I'm toying with the idea of designing an outdoor kitchen and was after some advice on a fireplace. I have a space of about 3 x 5.5m to play with and it will run alongside my fence. I was thinking about building four brick pillars and sitting a tiled roof on top (pavilion style) with cladded...

Hoping somebody can help. Currently, the main drain pipe from my house is diverted off onto my carport roof and then sent to carport guttering, and then down a drainpipe to an old water barrel. This then overflows into my garden, which will eventually flow to my neighbour's garden. Not ideal...

Hi all, hoping someone can help here. I've got a damp patch that shows up maybe once a week during cold periods in the corner of my bedroom wall. I can't pin it down to days/nights when there has been heavy rainfall. The attached photo was taken in the morning after a very cold night but as...

I need to extend some 1.5mm twin and earth. The cable is under my porch so shouldn't get wet and will be inside some mini trunking. Can you please tell me the best way of doing this? Ideally, the join needs to be as small as possible so fits inside the trunking. I've seen these Wago...

Hello, I've ordered some 30mm slate coping stones to sit on my porch wall. I will then be sitting some 150mm oak posts on top to support my roof, so there will be a fair amount of weight on the stones anyway. Can somebody please advise on what adhesive to use. I've read countless times that...