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Fitted a hive system last week and while the hive is working it isn’t switching the system as expected. The boiler is a Potterton Kingfisher (about 45 years old) previous controller was a Potterton EP2000 (heating and water switching at the same time). Y plan with 3 way valve. We get hot water...

Looking for a twin switch with at least one intermediate (not worried if it is two) but those I can find, including grid switches, all have rounded faceplates. Can anyone point me at one with this profile as everything also in the house looks like this (although way older)...

We are fitting wardrobes to an 80s house we moved into last year. Having removed the ancient ‘robes there were four cables running down the corner of the wall. One coax which is redundant. Two twin & e which are redundant And….. one twin and earth which is the supply to a room stat. OK...

1980 ish house and one of the newel posts is moving quite a bit. Thought it would be simple to add some steel brackets to a joist but it is a little congested see second photo. The newel is not sitting on the thick joist! I thought I would be able to screw through the thick joist into the...

Seen similar questions posted a long time ago but don’t answer the question. We want a low level of light on the landing all night but don’t want full brightness and don’t want a dimmer (leds and multiple switching points) i.e. normal light when on but low level light when “off”. Anyone point...

We have one of these installed, looks ancient and we are not using it. Alarm box, 4-5 sensors and external bell box. How do I decommission and remove without disturbing the neighbours too much? No idea what the code relates to but not for this alarm.

Just moved into a 1980s house which has three of these. One is playing up and helpfully is tiled in so not sure if I can get the cistern off. Doesn’t seem to be related to pan contents but are parts still available - it is marked Ideal Standard.

A question for the learned members - just been reading something and it raised a question about having two "shaver" sockets in the same bathroom. Of course the question would be "why do it". Example - You can now get heated mirror lights many of which include shaver sockets (we had one and...

Moved into a house last week and cooker has been working fine but today neither oven will turn on. It is a Creda Europa, no idea of model but has a mechanical clock. It has power as the oven light comes on and the grill works. May be on auto but how do I get it off auto if it is?

Moved in two days ago. Thermostat on the immersion heater has tripped twice. Works for a while when reset but the we runout of hot water. Do we need a thermostat or an immersion heater and how do I tell?

One door has dropped a little and is catching. Vertical adjustment is as high as it will go, any suggestions

I have looked and found some threads but none that answer the question Daughter has cats and wants to replace her hall, stairs and landing carpet. Hall will be vinyl plank to match the lounge but the stair…. she has looked at oak overlays and they are out of budget but have found these which...

Puzzled fitting a hive thermostat and all seems to be working so opened the wiring centre to link out the old thermostat and found this apart from the terminal numbering not matching the faded numbers where should the loose blue wire be connected? It is from the tank stat. If I can find a...

Not to use the oven and it is the oven that isn’t getting hot, she realised after putting her tea in and 10 minutes later the oven was still cold. My assumption is that the over tripped the rcd when something failed.

Daughter called an hour ago because she had lost power, one rcd tripped and now reset. 10 minutes ago she calls back - oven not working. It is a Bosch and about 4 years old, how do I work out if it is the element, fan or thermostat? The grill is still heating up. It is a couple of miles...

We have a system boiler and a 20 year old Drayton LP112 controller so heat and water on/off times are the same. Have been considering upgrading to a Drayton 722 which would be a straight swop and give us different timings for heating and water but this still requires us to be at home to push...

As above, it isn’t overflowing, I have changed the seal at the bottom, there is nothing on the sealing surface . . . . It is still allowing some water through the bottom seal had some blisters on it and has been replaced with a fluid master seal. Is the only solution to change the valve?

We have a large room 5m x 4m which has always been a little cool. It has a partial pitched roof with a bedroom over 3/4 of it. Window about 3m2 and 2 outside walls (cavity insulated) and one wall to garage probably insulated. Online calculators show about 6000 btu required. A thermometer is...

wife has very good hearing and can hear most of the cheap dimmers we have in the house. We are redecorating and switching 2 rooms to dimmable leds. Now TLC have what they say are silent dimmer modules (trailing edge) but would any led lamp work of these or are the lamps choosy about dimmer type?

Son's house has an ovehang above the front door (outside), bathroom above. It is rendered (?) and the render is coming off, the board appears to be plastic of some kind - see photo. What do I need to re-do this so it stay on. Have checked and there are no leaks in the bathroom.Porch by IJWS15...