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Having a bit of a nightmare with our extension at the moment. We currently have Mahogany UPVC all round ~15 Years old. We wanted the bifolds and new windows to match but to be in Aluminium however here's where we hit a problem; Origin are discontinuing their woodgrain Mahogany next month which...

As per title, I've just realised I've done something a little silly; we had a pipe leak in a wall so we cut a hole in plasterboard so a plumber could repair it/re solder it etc. I've replastered it in some layers of thistle stuff I had. Then I've just realised I didn't protect the pipe again...

As per the title, we currently have 2 single garages seperated by a column, we want to take this out and have a single wide door we can actually get a car in. Do we need building regs approval? There's nothing above the garage, just a roof. Depending on above We're currently planning our...

I've found a few threads on this but I'm at a loss now as to the next step. Do we just go with a new boiler as I've had enough of this one, it's 12 years old now but we've only lived here a year We're using a home emergency policy so this isn't costing me money but it's irritating that they...

Our fence needs some updating, we bought the house last year and it's got wooden posts and open fence panels (Called Pailing panels I think). However it's obvious that they've been up since the house was built 30 years ago as they're rotten and some have supports at 45 degrees due to the wind...

So while doing the usual re decorating, I've been changing all the plugs/sockets etc and I've come across this.. We have a 2.5mm Ring main protected by a 32A RCBO The conservatory (which was built many years ago), has been connected as an unfused radial into the ring main but only in 2.5mm...

After some guidance, I asked a similar question in another thread but now I'm onto specifics, we've just had all our rads changed and I've got all these Evohome TRVs to fit now. I couldn't find a local expert on evohome. The one guy I found who had some knowledge, said he's never seen our...

Morning All, We've got a conservatory that's about 16 years old, there's a small leak but it's in a weird place, water is coming up from the seals at the bottom of the windows. I've been told it could be blocked drain holes or something? Does this sounds right? If so is it a new frame...

We currently have a Potterton Powermax HE Boiler and 18 Rads across the house. Boiler is underpowered to me but that's another topic. We're going to start installing evohome but I'm a little worried about our pipework. We have a 22mm pipe leaving the boiler so I'm guessing that goes round the...

Random question, when I setup my premier 48, I misread the instructions; I thought keypads and expanders should be on seperate network channels. I now understand that keypads and expanders aren't the same. However I've setup my system with the expander addressed as 3. It's only giving me...

I'm probably missing something obvious here but I can't get soak test to work. I've set the attributes to 'On Test' on every zone in wintex (exlcuding front door contact), I've then gone into engineer utils and enable soak test one Area A. But every zone is causing a full alarm. I've doubled...

Evening All, Quick question, this will be on my front door so I want it on 2 zones, 1 for reed and 1 for shock. Prem 48 With EOL Wiring... Is this correct? I'm going with Z1 to Reed 4K7 Reed to Reed Reed to 2k2 to Z1 Z2 to Tamp Tamp to Alarm 2K2 Alarm to Alarm 4K7 Alarm to Z2 +/- 12v...

After some advice please. Our house used to be a HMO, hence there was once a full fire alarm installed, most of it is still installed/working except for 3 heat sensors (long story but I've found the cables in the ceiling to get them all working again). Can anyone direct me to a simple system I...

Morning All, Firstly I'm an amateur installer but this is the second Premier 48 I've installed as the last one didn't give a single flase alarm or hickup in 11 years So the new one (Prem 48), we have 8 wired zones to panel, ~12 Ricochet devices, 2 Wired keypads with another 2 zones used on each...

Moved into a new house recently so the decorating has begun, however one of the rooms has a slightly darker line of paint going down the wall and light cracking occasionally, when I touch the wall it's hot (same time as central heating is on so it's it's a heating pipe). The house is dot n dab...