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    Wireless lighting - Feasible?

    Why do I need to justify that I want wifi light switches? I'm doing a full house renovation and exploring an additional £50 spend to get a fully wifi connected lighting system in the house. Literally 0.1% of the budget, just want to know if the wiring is feasible and if so how it would connect...
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    Wireless lighting - Feasible?

    I purely want to find out if what I'm planning is feasible, I don't have the knowledge to carry out the work myself so will seek professional help when it comes to it. Doing a full renovation, inc rewire. So I've found a few cheap solutions to wireless lighting, and I know what I prefer. 1...
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    RSJ rough cost?

    I know this is a how long is a piece of string. Just want a few rough ideas on the cost from anyone who's had one put in. I am looking to remove the back wall of the house, to extend on the back to have an open plan living kitchen area. The current house is 2 floor, and the width is approx 5...
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    Vinyl sheet on wet underfloor heating?

    can there be any problems? My mum wants to have a vinyl sheet, but she keeps listening to randon people tell her things such as the sheet will stick to the floor, or will melt... can you guys please confirm that her friends are nutters. I've done my research and the only thing I can see is...
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    Partition wall thickness

    I'm not going to put skirting where the bed will be going, it will be a full box base, so won't look odd if I exclude skirting from that section. Seriously I have very little idea on the sizing as that's all just from reading up on the internet, would I be leaving myself too little tolerance...
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    Partition wall thickness

    So I need to put up a partition wall to create a bathroom, and bedroom space. The room is 300cm in length, in this space I need to fit a 90cm wide shower, the wall, and a 200cm bed. Hence have 10cm wall space. The wall needs to have an entrance door way. The wall will be 2.65m x 2.2m and...
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    Radiators not working together

    So I have bought a house and it has 3 rads with 15 mm pipe work and 5 with microbore pipework. The 15mm rads are fine, no issues at all. The microbore rads have been a problem from day one. Bare in mind I am renovating the system in 6 months. So I'd prefer cheap options I've had some work done...
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    House rewire queries

    Thought BG was a decent brand.ive bought a bunch of USB sockets that are BG I'll check Hagar though. I'd prefer to do things once for the next 20 years
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    House rewire queries

    Ye, first thing was to see if I can do that sort of work. I'm having an extension done too, so have building control anyway. Just a lot of unexpected costs so trying to see where I can save money on the grunt work.
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    House rewire queries

    I'm going to be renovating my house and will be adding sockets, moving/replacing the boiler, and moving/replacing the old fuse box quiet a distance away. So may just rewire while I'm at the renovation. Currently it is an old fuse box with just a few fuses (maybe 4). The amount of sockets in the...
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    Roof and eaves height - for PD application

    Doing a Permitted Development under neighborhood consultation so it requires me to enter details of the eaves height and overall extension height. The extension will be at the rear, and single story. Would an eaves height of 2.5meters be right? Ive had a planner say that it just needs to be...
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    Can a device draw slot more electricity if faulty?

    Thanks everyone. This is the non heated version. - only 1.6w -15.3w usage The device is used to cure damp issues, not for heat recovery. That's just a bonus feature. I did provide her with 2 oil rads as some rads weren't working, and I did ask if she kept the heater in the room with the fan...
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    Can a device draw slot more electricity if faulty?

    I had hanyman, who's fitted this device before fit it in. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00NIV7U0G/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1486085577&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=nuaire+drimaster&dpPl=1&dpID=4193rLOH7VL&ref=plSrch It should draw 1.6w at the lowest at 15.3 at highest...
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