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Hi all I know it seems obvious that storage heaters are power hungry but hear me out. I bought a house in France with electric panel heaters a few years ago and after using modern storage heaters in Cornwall for many years I decided to swap these panel heaters for cheap 2nd hand modern storage...

Could changing a 16A MCB to a 10A be safer to prevent over loading or dangerous if over loaded? We have just had a cable melt at MCB and am thinking it might have been over loaded (holiday let). Im thinking for safety, changing to a 10A to prevent this happening again. To add - the MCB is dual...

I am currently insulating and boarding between beams, the boards are 500mm wide x 2500mm resting on 14mm wide x21mm battens. This morning I woke up with my mind telling me they'll sag and fall out ! Plasterboards are 13mm Can anyone put my mind at ease :)

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Hi I have a holiday home and received a 2k elec bill recently despite the house being empty 6 months. I have found my elec heaters come on automatically if there has been a power cut so presume this is the issue. The maker says the heaters do this and advised to switch main switch off! I have...

I have a low level pointless light in our small garden. When we moved I brought our petrol mower which is overkill, have since got a useless push mower, now thinking elec mower. If I'm not here the mrs cant use the petrol fella. I thought of changing the light to a socket and using a as low...

Ever wished you hadn't started something! On a whim I got a double radiator to replace a single. The current TRVs are I presume 3/4 and the tails on the replacing rad are 15mm so I am going to replace the TRV Thing is, its not the usual 15mm compression its slotted onto the pipe - When I...

Gravity stop valve broken so I go about replacing the tap. I go and buy a 22mm screw on stop end. Oh, this isn't allowed What size is a 22mm out thread (inside the tank)? The system in this country is absolutely ridiculous. In Europe you can buy hot water tanks for £100 with cold water...

Hi I'm considering moving the tap location (new bath) to the center against the wall (hate the thought but more suited), the taps currently are at the end and the pipes come straight out of the floor directly under the taps. To move to the center I am thinking of doing the plastic push fit to...

Ow do I'm installing a shower in an ensuite and as we have a good bath pressure I'm giving it a go on the shower. I'm branching off 2 22mm feeds but as a shower mixer input is 15mm I will have to reduce it. Initially I was going to branch off with an equal 22mm and reduce to 15 near the input...

Hi Prior to tiling! I'm currently chiselling space for a couple of 20a switches. I'm unsure which switches to go for, seems a lot of space for 2 switches so.... Can i use these grid switch type instead in one box? seems obvious but first time in 20 years DIYing i've had to do this :) Also...

Asking for a friend. Oil heating - when the heating is on (morning) and someone runs a bath or has a shower the pressure drops on the boiler and cuts out, the boiler then needs to be topped up (pressure) before it kicks in again. I thought the water pressure (flow) to the shower/bath needs...

Hi I have a Heatrae Sadia and the immersion hasn't worked for a while so I replaced the thermostat and still nothing Are these stats straight forward to wire up, it seemed it when I did it, just wondering if the last one was wired up wrong way, there is power. Any ideas?

Why have 2 immersion heaters Is this just to heat the water quicker? I have this, one is on night timer (econ 7) and another on a switch I would have preferred one to have the option of on/off/timer

Hi Oil heating boiler keeps tripping out and this is due to the fire valve I reset the valve and the boiler will start again but goes off after a while any idea why this would happen

Hi Am buying an untouched 70s property soon and have looked at the wiring behind a socket and it looks good but what should I look for when deciding whether to go for a rewire? It has a recent meter but the fuses are the old style so it could do with a modern fuse box

How long would it take for a decent team to install gas central heating into a 2 bed bungalow

Hi Am looking into this and will be laid onto a suspended floor / floorboards What is a good option for a quick install? Maybe laying laminate on top. any info appeciated

Hi Am considering a new gas central heating install for my home (currently elec heating). I am hopefully going to locate the boiler centrally to the house and thinking of laying pipes and mounting rads etc prior to getting someone in to do the rest. Would using compression fittings be a...

Hi I have had an offer on our house, small granite cottage with an old small ground floor extention for kitchen/bathroom, apex slate roof All I know is they have been rejected by the mortgage people on the basis the ext does not conform to regs due to it being single skin As said its...