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Hi, hoping there are some electricians here that can help. We are building an extension to the rear of our house. Existing consumer unit was replaced roughly 8 years ago, with an MK split unit, RCD for sockets and non-RCD for lights, and new thicker tails from the main fuse. It's pretty...

Relatives have a 200+ year old house which was originally lime rendered. Slate DPC, thick solid walls etc. Old houses need to breathe with the weather and damp, moisture passing freely through the walls from what we've learnt. In the 70's the walls were repaired with modern materials - sand...

A quick question for any LPG qualified engineers - proposed bulk tanks in an approved location, but LPG boiler to be sited 20 metres away in the opposite end of a house. Can the LPG supply pipe from tank to boiler be routed in the loft? Clipping it to the wall outside is going to look ugly...

Hi, we have some new render (sand/cement/bit of lime rubbed up smooth with a float and sponge) to paint - has anyone used Johnstones Stormshield self cleaning masonry paint. It's got nanotechnology in it so dirt finds it harder to stick to the surface, then when it rains most of the dirt is...

We have an annual heatloss figure performed by our plumber, on a house with no mains gas - it has previously been heated by oil. With our annual heat loss btu or kw figure, how easy is it to convert that to an annual kw per hour figure, so we can compare likely gas costs with likely oil costs...

Hi, I'm in the process of fitting wet underfloor heating, using a Hepworth / Giacomini 12 port manifold. I need 8 extra actuators and don't want to spend close to £20 each on the Giacomini ones - does anyone know if ALL underfloor 240v Normally Closed actuators are the same, mounting-wise...

Hi, quick question regarding tile saws. This is the first time I've tiled with a stone, rather than a ceramic tile, so I knew my rubi scribe-n-snap wouldn't 'cut it'. Bought a Silverline tile saw, similar to this...

I'm still trying to get my head around the best way to get a condensing boiler to condense as much as possible. Delta T of the boiler seems to be an important part of this. We have a Vaillant condensing boiler ready for fitting. At the same time, the plumber got me a Vaillant weather...

We are moving the kitchen from one end of the house to the other (don't ask!), and I'm trying to work out exactly what electrical work will need to be done so I know exactly what I'm asking for in a quote. We have two fridges and two freezers currently (bu-dum-tishh) on the old kitchen ring...

Hi, just read this thread, now locked by moderators. //www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=137661 Probably teaching you how to suck eggs... but if you are decommissioning a back boiler, and leaving bits of it in the chimney behind something that gets hot, make sure its all vented...

Hi, my first post.... I have been reading.... and reading..... about thermal stores, heat banks and unvented cylinders. I would like - good hot water flow, solar capability and eventually a wood burner at a later date. This kind of pushes the unvented idea to the sidelines - running the...