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Guys, As I decorate a room I'm swapped all my plastic (and yellowed) sockets and switches to nice chrome ones. I've bought every switch and socket for the house in bulk so they all match. However, the kitchen has a small architrave switch near the end of the wall. I cannot get an...

Hi guys I'm in the processes of swapping my out my Vaillant VRT 360F to Nest. Currently the Vaillant VRT controls my ecoTec 831 boiler over the eBus connection. When the Nest is installed, is it a just a case of unplugging the eBus connection from the boilers board? Nothing needs changing...

Hi guys, I would appreciate just a check over to make sure my thinking is correct before I start the installation of my shiny new Nest V3 thermostat. I've done my research but I wanted to document my thoughts in one place: My current ecoTec831 is controlled by a Vaillant VRT360 wireless...

Hi chaps. We moved in our house 12 months ago. One of the first things that annoyed me was our bedroom door (solid fire door) was sticking at the top. As part of decorating the room, I took the door off and planed off 2 to 3 mm. The door then closed perfectly, until about 6 weeks ago. It...

Guys. We are giving out kitchen a bit of a facelift. The old white radiator is showing its age so we are going to replace it with a modern looking black upright model which will use a bottom feed/side feed. Our current system uses 10mm plastic pipe with the follow in fittings. When fitting...

Hi. I would like to power off my house from the meter, as I know parts of the consumer unit are still live even once the master switch is off. In my old house it was pretty simple. Big red switch next to the meter. In my new house the meter is different. I assume the key is in the...

Hi. My 3in1 detector failed to warm me about a ring main cable in the wall. When I put the screw in the raw plug the point of the screw pierced the cable and tripped the RCD. The cable runs up the wall and into the loft space which I have access too. So running a new cable from the socket...

Hi Guys. Last week I moved into my new property, she is not perfect and needs some TLC. I have a very positive attitude and I want to learn and try to better myself where possible. This is the main reason for joining this forum. The first issue I have come across is the house alarm and I...