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Hi, I have a 60s maisonette with a concrete floor. The main gas feed comes out of the floor in a cupboard in the centre of my flat where it originally fed a warm air central heating. I’ve had a new boiler installed in the loft and the gas pipe is fed into the loft to feed the new boiler. I...

Hi, I have 2 lights in my hall of my 1st floor maisonette. The one at the top of the stairs is fed of a standard switch. The one at the bottom of the stairs is a two way with a switch at the top and one at the bottom. I have replaced the light at the top of the stairs with some downlighters...

Hi, I have a distribution box inside a cupboard. I would like to have it replaced with a better brand (its currently a Wickes own brand) and a model that is embedded in a wall. I would also like to have the feed extended to have it installed on a different wall of the same cupboard. The various...

Hi All, I have had a new central heating system installed, boiler etc in loft and chased pipes in living room, hall and 2 bedrooms to the various rads. the plumbers filled in the chasing with plaster etc but I need an actual plasterer to bring it back to a smooth wall. For the bedrooms and...

Hi, I will soon be having most of my garden paved and would eventually like to have a new larger shed with power and water. So, I need to put in a pipe for water and an electrical cable to feed the shed I will eventually build. Never done this before so I dont know what to buy. For the time...

hi all, I am thinking about replacing My Vailant VRC470 with a Vaillant vSmart controller but I am concerned that the WC I have at the moment using a sensor on the north face of my property is far more accurate than the general weather data derived from the internet that the vSmart uses. Am I...

Hi, I had a new heating system installed in my flat to replace an archaic gas fired warm air heating system and a gas fired water boiler in my kitchen. I had it installed in my loft on the gable end with new pipe work and rads. I also had a pressure accumulator fitted due to the mains pressure...

hi, I would like to get a new consumer unit to replace the Wickes own brand one that was in the flat when I bought it. I would like to get one that obviously meets all the relevant legal requirements but also one that is made by a reputable company and contains any safety features such as built...

Hi, I am looking at buying a digital shower mixer and would like to know if anyone has experience with any. Which one to buy and which ones not to buy. I have a combi boiler that heats water in an unvented cylinder. I also have a pressure accumulator as my flat did have low pressure at the...

Hi, I have an Owl Intuition cw internet controlled thermostat and would like to connect it to my Vaillant EcoTec boiler. The boiler currently has a VRC470 connected to a wiring pannel which is in turn connected to two valves controling the central heating and hot water. I have installed the...

Hi All, I am looking at designing a new large shed for my garden to house various items for garden and bikes and a workshop including sink/electricity etc. I am at the start of this process and since I have never done this before I would like to state what I have been thinking about and ask...

Hi all, This is my first post. I am looking to replace my consumer unit. I need it moving anyway as I am moving a wall in my cupboard to make my bathroom larger so I might as well upgrade to a good one, the one that is installed is one from Wickes. I would like to know which are the best...