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Hi, I need to fit a 300mm long, 107 diameter max vent for a fan through a layer of tile and bricks, totaling 300mm thickness. I purchased a diamond core bit (diameter 107mm) with a 8mm guide bit and will hire a clutched drill for the job. I also purchased a 10mm X 300mm masonry bit to drill a...

Hi all, I'm planning on installing an IPX7 bathroom SELV fan, wall mounted, wired via the ceiling rose, through 3-pole switch and transformer (the last two being situated outside the bathroom in a storage cupboard). The bathroom is situated in a first floor flat. Walls are tiled, ceiling is...

Hi, I'd like to install an extractor fan in our 1st floor flat's bathroom. For this I would need to drill a hole through a tile and bricks of a total thickness of 300mm and a diameter of 107 mm. From what I've seen on these forums and a chat I had at the local hire shop it looks like a...

I wish to replace my old CU (see photo in my profile) with a split load RCD protected one. An electrician gave me a quote which seems high and I am considering doing the work myself. I called the supplier (EDF) who said that they do not fit isolator switches (as suggested on other threads - yes...

Hi, I'd like to install a fan in the flat's bathroom, preferably one that comes on with the light (i.e. wired to the SwL, L, N and earth of the light via a 3-pole isolator switch mounted outside the bathroom). Here are my questions: * the ceiling where the light is situated is concrete so...

Hello, I mistakenly posted something in the electrics section initially so apologies if you've already read this. I have an old Fer Industrie boiler with a timer to control the CH channel (see photo in my profile). I'd like to fit a programmable RF thermostat to the system. I understand...

Hi, I’d like to install a RF controlled room thermostat on this old combi boiler to replace the timer that is currently controlling its central heating function (see photo in my profile). The current timer has a mains input and two outputs to the boiler. Instead of taking it apart, could...

Hi, I’d like to replace my girlfriend’s old CU (see picture in profile) with a new one that has MCB’s for each circuit as well as RCD protection for the sockets and for the circuit from which I will install a bathroom fan. I have a few questions relating to this project: 1. what CU...