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I've been having some interesting conversations with my engineers - in one of our properties the boiler is well overdue for replacement, but hasn't so far due to problems routing a flue to comply with current regs. The boiler is in a garage underneath the flat. At present, the flue goes through...

I'm replacing soffits and fascias, so have the chance to put a bit of conduit from the soffit into the loft. Planning ahead eventually we'll have a fibre service instead of the current copper - eventually being the operative word in our case as our exchange is merely down for "some time in the...

It's this system again ... As I mentioned at the end of that thread, we decamped to the church hall for a couple of months - smaller and cheaper to heat. Left the church just running on the frost protection, till it ran out of oil because I'd not been keeping a good enough eye on it :rolleyes...

Old Ferroli combi boiler (with the combi function no longer used, I believe copper HE), directly charging an approx 170l thermal store. Does everything I want from it - or will when I find time to get all the controls as I want them (individually controlled rads, variable flow temp depending on...

One of our lasses asked me to look at the floor in her spare room - there's been a hole in one place for a while which they put a sheet of board over, now another hole has appeared : It's crumbly round the hole and easy to break more bits off - I can literally grab the edge of the board with...

Situation (as if you'd not already guessed) : Extension built about 10 years ago (by previous house owner). Paint appears to have been applied to fresh plaster without a mist coat. So with very little provocation it peels off. And now we're re-decorating - doing some alterations (extra sockets...

Is it me, or is the trend these days to make everything maintenance proof - i.e. once built there's no 'king way to do anything to a house short of hacking stuff apart in a way that didn't used to be needed :unsure: I was brought up in houses with traditional floor boards - this is the first...

We have a house where the previous owner built an extension - 4mx5m approx living room. When I first looked at the house I knew the floor wasn't "right" - there's part where you can feel a slope under your feet. But like a lot of other issues, the benefits (house is the right size, garden big...

When I get the meter readings at church, one of the pages is this one. I'd assumed it might be something like current demand - but at the time I took this, the actual load was around 1/4kW (both by a quick "what's on totting up, and by timing the meter pulses) and would not have been higher at...

At some point I plan to install some ducting to a shed which will replace what's left of the greenhouse that didn't survive the storms. I'm thinking that it would be an opportunity to bury around 15-20m of earth conductor in the bottom of the trench. Other than the cost, any reason why not to do...

I have two properties which still have their original up-n-over doors from the mid 90s. Apart from showing their age (rust, worn pins & rollers, etc.), one seems to have a penchant for eating springs. I have had a local installer come and have a look - and he's quoted for replacement up-n-over...

We wanted a keypad lock on the church hall door, so we can give people a code when it's hired as we don't have the volunteers to keep opening up & shutting up for people. It's one of those things I was planning on doing myself, but I've been struggling for time - so we found a local...

During the storms a while back, we had a couple of fence panels blow out, and put a lot of strain on a set of festoon lights as they went - and the lights stopped working. I finally got round to investigating, and it looks like it's broken the joint where the flat festoon cable joins to the...

Where I work has recently put up a multi storey car park, and while walking past the other day I noticed that every 3-4 posts along the side I can see from the road there is a strap bolted to the post and going to an earth rod box. It's a steel frame, all bolted together, with something getting...

Yes, we know it's an old boiler, yes we know it's overdue for replacement, but other than this one leak it's actually working fine. And no, I'm not touching anything gas related, this is a simple water leak issue. One of our lasses has an Isar 30, and a while ago it started leaking which was...

First off ... If your attitude to thermal stores is to suggest ripping it out and replacing with a combi - don't reply. If you can't cope with uncommon setups - don't reply. If you don't like working with customers who know enough not to be fobbed off with bull**** - don't reply. If you are the...

I tried these "outdoor" fittings with these outdoor LED lamps - the lamps say they maintain the fitting integrity up to IP55 which is slightly different to saying "outdoor". And as with the festoon lighting I've previously reported on, it's clear that IP44 isn't "outdoor". 3 of the 4 lamps...

So, we keep having conversations that come around to what people think is in BS EN 61439-3. Suggestions include that it must be single phase; that the maximum load is 100A; that it must have a self-closing lid (typically by being hinged at the top); that it must be fireproof (i.e. contain a...

The thread on 2 x 15kW boilers : https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/2-x-15kw-boilers-on-single-phase.533869/#post-4500394 got me thinking ... TPTB seem keen that we go all electric for heating etc. Combi boilers typically need 30kW or more, yet here's a discussion as to whether two supplies can...

Octopus energy now offer some tariffs that use the abilities of the "smart" meters. There's one for EV users, which as far as I can see from the blurb is really just a variant of E7 - more like an E4. it's not clear whether the meter is used to control the charger, or the charger is just...