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It’s just occurred to me that as this is in the loft, I can add these lights to the lighting circuit of the floor below. I think this is much simpler than adding it to the ring main. Looking at https://www.diynot.com/wiki/Electrics:Single-way-lighting# I would be following the “Connecting a...

I’m definitely going for a switch so no need to worry about occupancy sensors. Any thoughts on my original questions? Thanks in anticipation

I’d like to add some permanent lighting to my loft. Currently, the loft has a double socket on the upstairs ring and that double socket has a fused switched spur to a towel heater in the top floor bathroom below. I’m planning on using three 16W batten lights from Screwfix. Firstly, is...

Yeah, I’m pretty happy with it. Thank goodness for multitools!

I took a section of skirting out with a multitool and then a smaller section of plasterboard and the bead of adhesive. That’s given me a route to the floor where I drilled a small hole through. Slightly more damage than I was hoping for but not too bad…

Thanks, I’ll keep an eye on the middle aisle! My £20ish Chinese one from Amazon is not quite good enough. I like the fact I can view the image on my phone via WiFi.

The boroscope is a relatively recent purchase, I’ve done plenty of low tech fishing before! What would you recommend as a slightly better one?

As per https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/routing-ethernet-transversely-to-i-joists-from-front-to-back-of-house.657160/ the house has I-joists and chipboard flooring. Is the chipboard flooring likely to run up to the block work or would it stop short? I think I’ve chosen a location between joists.

I’m in a 15 year-old Persimmon house and am trying to route data cables from under the floor to a wall box. I can access under the floor from below and have cut out a hole for the wall box in the plasterboard. The problem is that the route down to under the floor is blocked. I’ve attached a...

Our 15 year old terraced house has I-joists running from party wall to party wall. I'd like to run Ethernet from the front to back of the house and I suspect under a floor / above a ceiling will be the best way (although am open to other ideas!). We'll be having work done on part of the floor...

Can anybody ID this shower trap? The chrome effect top has snapped off and I’m hoping to replace with like for like as I don’t easily have access to fit a new trap. So far I’ve tried the following: Hudson Reed 90mm Etal from Screwfix Viva from Toolstation And I’m awaiting a Nuie to be...

My follow-on question is what screwdriving bits to buy. A selection would be good but 90% of the time I'd be using PZ2. I currently mainly use https://www.bosch-diy.com/gb/en/p/34-piece-x-line-classic-drill-bit-and-screwdriver-bit-set-2763466 plus a box of decent PZ2 bits but assume I'll need...

If that could take a combined countersink / drill, it would be perfect! Thanks for alerting me to a new tool :)

I do a moderate amount of DIY, have a single Bosch 19v drill and find myself spending a lot of time changing between drill bits and screw driving bits. From other threads on here, I can see that an impact drive is a great tool for screw driving so I'm going to get myself an 18v Bosch impact...

Can anyone help with my question of which trade would deal with supplying and installing MEV for a house?

We recently had an energy consultant visit us to get some advice on how to tackle the overheating of our 15 year old three storey house. One of the strategies he talked about was using MEV to help pull cooler air up through the house in the summer while exhausting the warm air on the top floor...

My mistake, I missed the text and interpreted it the opposite way around! I’ll have a play when I’m next there and see what I find… Thanks!

According to https://elkay.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ELKAY_BDH_3875A-1_-750A-2_320A-1_-2235A-1_760A-2_A5_INSTRUCTIONS_AW.pdf all on equates to 2 minutes which feels about right for how it works currently.

I think you’ve cracked it, thanks so much for your help! All four DIP switches are on so these instructions look very promising.

It is!