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Hi, I have bought a Meross thermostat to replace an old thermostat and wondering how best to wire it in. The existing cable from the bolier is 3 core and earth so ideally I would like to just use that. Can anyone tell me which wires go where please. I have attached the page from the...

Hi, I have a Mira Select shower mixer that I am trying to remove without causing any damage. The mixer itself is ok, but the plastic cover on the RAC looks like it is clipped on and unlikely to come off in one piece. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to unclip the cover. Thanks

Hi, I painted the bathroom with egg shell on the wall and it soon started to show streaks which I think was due to damp in the walls. i tried cleaning the streaks without success. I then tried lightly sanding the wall and recoating with the same dulux trade eggshell paint. The streaks have...

Hi, I am building the foundations for a garden office of 3.8m by 3.9m footprint Access to the site is not great (approx 70m walk with wheelbarrow and rising about 5m) so I want to use materials that I can carry up a little each evening. This rules out a concrete raft so I am considering...

Hi, I have a radiator which is about 3 years old and recently started leaking from where the valve taper thread screws in. I removed the valve wrapped plenty of PTFE tape around it and screwed it back in, but after a week or so it started leaking again. To be honest, I think the thread is...

Hi, I am putting in the plumbing first fix for my new Twyford X120 Bar valve and do not know which side the hot inlet should be. Can anyone help? Thanks

Hi, I am renovating my downstairs bathroom which includes correcting the original concrete floor. The room has always been cold with very cold floor tiles and I suspected the concrete floor was damp. It appears that the floor structure is a concrete slab with what looks like roof tiles on top...

Hi, I have had a 3 quite heavy shocks when touching my sink tap. One when touching the tap and dishwasher, the other when touching the tap and kettle. It does not trip the RCBO. I have connected a multimeter to the tap and it maintained 240v. It also reads 240v when connected to the tap and...

I currently have a an in line duct fan controlled by a humidistat in my bathroom and it works well, extracting the air when I have a shower. Unfortunately the humidistat cannot tell when there is an unpleasant odour in there and I have been looking for another way to switch the fan on for 5...

Hi, I live in a Dormer bungalow built in 1939 and it has 5" joists supporting the upstairs floor. The bath is currently over an area where the joists span between two walls just 1metre apart and I want to move it to an area where the joists span 4.3m The area in question has been part of the...

Hi, We are planning on refurbishing our bathroom and one of the firms we spoke to suggested we could have light switches on the wall inside the bathroom which does not sound right. Does anybody know if there is a safe way to do this using remote control or Low voltage circuits. (or some other...

Hi, I have just fitted two new humidistats in the bathrooms at home and neither of them appear to work properly. If I adjust them to be permanently on then they start the fan, but I cannot get them to work as a humidistat (ie if I have them set to 40% humidity they never fire up the fan)...

Hi, I am part way through changing the diverter valve on my boiler and have come up against a problem. I have removed the majority of connections and nuts but there is a small copper pipe than runs in to the valve from the back and I cannot see how it is secured. The pipe appears to be...

Hi, The hot water on my ariston boiler is not very hot when the central heating is on. It is only marginally warmer than the cold water when the CH is running but fine when it is not. I might have another problem as I noticed the radiators get warm when the central heating is off...

Hi, I am trying to bring a ground floor maisonette up to modern day standards to sell it. The sockets appear to have been rewired some time ago but the lighting circuit has not and has old brown switches and no earth. The problem that I have is that the lighting cables are not in conduit...

Hi, I have just replaced the heat exchanger in a Vaillant VCW GB 242 E. It is from the old plastic unit to a smaller metal one with new pipes. I have not powered it back up yet as the instructions recommend changing a part in the diverter valve and cutting a wire on the PCB. Can...

Hi, I am just about to install new wooden windows to my entire house and have been told that using glazing silicone can cause problems due to lack of expansion as the wood swells and/or moves. Can anyone tell me what the facts are? Thanks

I'm doing a self-build and thought that installing the first floor would be something I could do myself. Is it as straight forward as it seems (i.e. install and level the joists, then fit the boards on top). I have two soil pipes coming through, but apart from that I am not expecting to...

i'm embarking on a self build house which will have a brickwork plinth around the bottom 3 courses. Unfortunately my neighbour has a basement and the building inspector has insisted on a 2m deep footing. I am expecting to put in a strip foundation and build up on top of it. Will I need to...