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Evening Just wanted confirmation about changing a thermostat. Existing is Danfoss dial type. 3 wires. N = grey, L = brown, Switched live = Black (taped brown) New is Honeywell DT90e. Only 2 wires required. Terminal A would be switched live? Terminal B would be live? Neutral and earth will...

Hi, Just wanted some clarification on this. We have a small hallway that adjoins a porch. There are 3 no. joists from the hallway resting on a stone foundation. All 3 joists have rotted at the ends. Either side of joists 1 and 3 are rooms with concrete floors. The concrete has been installed up...

Evening I need to remove a radiator and the corresponding section of pipework from my CH system to enable my builder to put in a concrete floor. I can access the pipework under the floor. My plan is to cut the pipes and put a pushfit stop end on until the plumber comes to put in the new...

Quick question.... A friend of mine (qualified sparky) did me a favour and installed a new CU. He went back offshore and is now remaining offshore due to the virus. He was meant to come back and label the MCBs but didnt. As Im now getting bored at home I was going to do this myself. I assume...

Evening, My friend has aquired a pedestrian crossing "Wait" push button unit. He wants to put it in his garden, but I dont know enough about wiring it and he knows even less. The push button simply connects to a NO/NC microswitch. He wants to be able to hit the button and turn the light on and...

Looking for some advice. Have a Klargester treatment plant that has a control panel monitoring its functions/faults. When a fault is detected, the system flashes a beacon outside. For the past 6 months or so, the beacon has been flashing, but there is no fault. The beacon doesnt flash as it...

Im hoping someone can help me. I bought a job lot of tools second hand. One of them is a powder actuated nail gun. Im trying to find a manual for it, but Ive trawled the internet and come up with nothing. Its a Rawl PAT90A nail gun, looks to be originally from France. Anybody know of a site...

Hi. Looking for suggestions please. Just discovered a leak on our cold supply under living room floor. Floor is chipboard over 2x2 over concrete, pipes run along the concrete. The leak was caused by the pipe vibrating against the concrete. Any suggestions for protecting the pipe from this...

A couple of days ago I noticed some grout missing from an area below the shower. I’ve regrouted the area but when I removed the bath panel the water has stained the plasterboard and floor with mould. The plasterboard and floor both look to be sound and I think I could leave them to dry out and...

Evening, Id like some advice please. I have an outside tap which is not in a very convenient location. I want to install a new outside tap on the side of my garage. The existing tap is fed from a 15mm copper pipe that runs down the wall outside (which freezes every winter, but can insulate this...

Evening Can anyone advise please. I’m building a small extension. The only wall will be between 2 stone walls of the house. I’m planning on a simple timber frame and cladding with cedar. How do I get a water tight junction between the timber frame and stone wall? I was thinking about cutting a...

Hi, some advice please. Our house is a U shape so at the back we have 3 external walls which would be ideal for an extension in between. The space between the walls is about 12 m3. Coming through the space is a soil pipe which ties into a manhole. The manhole is outside the footprint of proposed...

Advice please folks... A couple of years ago I bought a NAS drive, 2 bay plus 2 3TB discs. I arranged it as a JBOD setup and mapped each disc a drive letter. Drive L acts for the files and drive M acts as a backup. I have now used up all the space, so I was going to buy a 6TB USB drive as my...

Several years ago a local joiner replaced the fascias on our house. He used marine ply and did a very good job, they have stood up well and are still near perfect. The soffits didnt get done at the time, its a long story but Network Rail have cables attached to them which they wouldnt remove...

Hi, In our house we have all the original doors, probably about 1870 or so. Last year we began some redocoration and I wanted to repair the doors. The problem is that the glue has dried out and some of the mortice and tenon joints have come apart. When I did one of the doors last year a mate...

Looking for some advice please. My mums combi boiler isnt working correctly. I had a look and dont know whats wrong with it. The burner will not ignite. There is oil getting through. The water pressure is at 1.5 bar. The wall stat is calling for heat and that is confimed on the front panel of...

Had a fault the other day. BT looked and said the fault was inside. He reckoned the internal wiring was causing a 'loop' and a mouse may have chewed it. He also replaced the master socket with a NTE5C. I have run cat5 from the master to the extension in the front room. The master has 3...

Quick question.... I ordered 25x38 sawn treated batons for my summerhouse roof, but the supplier has delivered untreated redwood by mistake. The driver said he couldnt deliver the correct ones until next Tues, but we are off on holiday on Monday so I wanted to get this done this weekend. Im...

Tomorrow, weather permitting, im laying a concrete slab for what will be a base for a summerhouse. I had ordered some DPM but it hasnt turned up and Im told the courier has lost it. We live in a very remote area so getting hold of some means I have to order online and wait for it. The issue is I...

Quick question. We have a megaflo which provides our hot water at this time of year through the immersion. We dont use the oil boiler if the weather if warm. As we dont want to have it on constantly I have bought one of these...