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Hi there. I am upgrading my current central heating system with a wireless thermostat and TRVs (non-motorised). I have the following rooms with radiators (it is a bungalow): 2 in the livingroom 1 in the master bedroom 1 in the second bedroom 1 in the kitchen 1 in the bathroom (a towel warmer)...

Hi all. I am looking to integrate my heating and hot water control into my HomeAssistant network, the majority of which is using Zigbee - by all accounts, it works fantastically. However, I need to be a bit careful about exactly what hardware I buy (I have a Y-Plan system, so I need Hive with...

Hi there - sorry, I know that this issue has probably been discussed to death but my research has left me with conflicting answers and I would be really grateful for some clear advice on here. My house is pretty old (1930s bungalow) and it is a bit of mishmash - there are two circuits for the...

Firstly - apologies if this is not the best forum for this (could not decide whether it was a car, electrical, PC of AV issue - feel free to move, if recommended). I am looking to try and upgrade the standard sound system in my Volvo V50 and would be really grateful for some advice. The...

Hi there. I have a bit of an old house and the tap end is hard up against the bathroom wall. This has left about 8 inches of gap between the other end of the bath and the other wall and that wall has (annoyingly) an electric shower on it. Over the years, various shelves to try and cover up...

Hi there. We are looking into moving, in the next 18 months or so, and our bathroom is extremely tatty and needs replacing (i.e. cracked sink, enamel coming off bath etc.). We do not want to spend a fortune, so just need a very basic new bathroom put in so it looks clean. When we bought our...

Hi there. Does anyone recognise this pipe fitting (the bit joining the two pipes)? It is from a loft water tank overflow pipe. Has a round turnable disc on it but I cannot see that it does anything.

Hi there. Am just contemplating something and would be grateful for any pointers. Ultimately, I have a Y plan heating system that uses a timer to turn on the water whenever needed. The heating is set to continuous as we use an intelligent Honeywell thermostat for all our heating timers. I...

Hi there. I have shown a bit of recent interest in how my central heating actually works but, having watched some videos and reading all I can on the subject, I am not quite sure as I seem to have extra pipework and connections to what I was expecting. Could anyone possibly advise how the...

Hi there. I woke up the other morning and realised that my central heating was not on as expected. The acutator should have been in the middle position to feed both the hot water tank and the central heating - however, it was in the water only position (to the right), despite the thermostat...

Hi there. I currently have a very basic bathroom extractor fan that is controlled with a manual switch - i.e. it was wired in independently of the light switch. Basic as can be - pull the cord and the extractor goes on, pull again and it goes off. The extractor is on the wall of a flat roof...

Hi there. I had a Silent Tornado ST100HT put in on Friday evening by my electrician: https://www.extractorfanworld.co.uk/st100ht-silent-tornado-hi-power-bathroom-fan-with-humidistat--timer-3437-p.asp I specifically asked that the fan was not connected to my light switch - as such, the...

Evening. My kitchen TV (Toshiba 19BV510B) went pop and I saw a small puff of smoke - now the TV will not fire up (no power light). A quick search on the net revealed that it is usually the diodes that go on the particular power board (17IPS16-4) and I found that the two big ones are indeed...

Hi there. I had a consumer unit put in and the electrician gave me the concerning news that one of the two lighting circuits had no cpc on it. I have an old bungalow, that was extended at some point, and only the extended lighting system has cpc. Most worrying is that there are a few metal...

Hi there. I have an old fashioned boiler in my 3-bedroom bungalow, which I am thinking of switching out for a combi - the current boiler is from the 90s! The boiler is on an outside wall in the kitchen and the hot water tank is an airing cupboard in the main bedroom (which is next to an...

I need to drill a few small holes in my artex ceiling to move my router and satellite feed to another room. I know the risk are small but I want to avoid any unnecessary exposure - any advice on how to minimise the risk would be appreciated. I have heard that drilling into shaving foam is an...

Hi there. I would be really grateful for some advice re replacing an old-style fluorescent PIR floodlight. I live in a bungalow and, in my kitchen, there are two wires that come down from the roof and enter a switch on the wall. Out of that switch, runs a third wire that goes through the wall...

Hi there. I desperately need to fit an extractor fan in my bathroom - at the moment, we just keep opening the window, which is not really enough (we have started to get black mould, now that the weather has turned colder). I was just wondering whether had any experience of getting one with a...

Hi there. I am thinking of properly doing my loft up (at last) but would be really grateful for some initial advice. It is a 1930s bungalow with 2x4 joists. There are patchy bits of fibreglass in areas and other parts filled with vermiculite - there are various bits of boards in parts and...

Hi there. I have an old garage, with corrugated asbestos roof, that I want removing (380cms wide, 670cms long, 260cms tall). I want roof and walls removing but am happy to leave the concreate base as it is. Firstly, I would be really grateful for a very rough ballpark figure for the work (I...