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Just another question. Will it cause issues if I have my heating switched on all day each weekday on the second floor but then have the radiator valves shut most of the time. Then I'll use the single smart TRV on one radiator to open the valve on demand when I'm cold. Or does having the heating...

Hi, sorry, that's what I was referring to when I was calling them "smart individual radiator thermostats". I probably had the naming wrong. I've ordered one just for my office and I'll see how it goes.

I've just realised an issue with my logic. If I still rely on the existing thermostats on each floor then the smart individual radiator thermostats will be a slave to the main thermostats. So it will still end up switching on the heating for the other rooms. So how would I be able to only...

Right, now that I've solved the boiler pressure problem from the other thread on my own, all while you lot were probably still in your pits (I'm feeling pretty cocky and proud of myself!), I'll turn my attention back to what I was looking at my boiler for. I have underfloor heating on the...

Ok, job done! It's only 7:54am on a Saturday morning and I feel like I've achieved more than I normally would in a whole day. So I reckon that I've got a good shot of convincing my wife that I should be able to play a round of golf today rather than look after the kids right?! The two...

I've just found the below website and it looks as though I can repressurise the boiler using the internal filling loop (which is the blurry white thing in the foreground of the photo ending 4424. Video of how to do it here so I'll try that:

Hi all, I went to check my boiler today, as I'm thinking of changing my thermostats, and noticed a puddle of water underneath it (photo with the big green circle mark up). It's leaking a water droplet every ~20-30 seconds. It's not the only issue that I've noticed in the last few months...

Thanks. I'm not quite sure what you mean? But there is no space underneath the existing slats to put anything.

Great, thanks

@opps Thanks for your post. I had no idea what a festool plunge saw was but they look like beasts. Plus they're very expensive so I think the Worx jigsaw is a good place to start. Is there anyway I can minimise the chipping using it? Thanks for the other advice to

I dint have anything. Unless a bread knife counts .

@Burnerman @Lower Thanks for both of your replies. I've just read through the below article comparing the two. While having the extra omph of the reciprocating saw would be good I think the jigsaw might be better for my task. The smaller blades should allow me to cut straight rather than...

Thanks John. A jigsaw looks like just the trick. It looks like you can get blade heights as little as 3.8mm so that would fit easily in between the slats and save me having to initially cut at an angle. What is the typical distance between the edge of the sole on a jigsaw and the blade...

Hi all, I've already asked this question in the Garden section but it was part of a longer post. So I want to be specific. I have a fence that I need to treat but before treating it I need to clean it. However, I think I also need to find a way of cutting a couple of inches from the bottom...

Hi all, I've moved in to a house that needs the fence weatherproofing/painting. It's clearly not been done in a while but is still more than good enough to clean and repaint/weatherproof. I'd like some advice on a few points please: 1) See the attached photo of the fence (with a bit of the...

Thanks for the response @terryplumb I'll wait for my father in law to visit before trying that. What am I looking to achieve as a result of this check? Just so I know if I'm successful :)

@conny @Brigadier Ok, wow. I removed the door handles by unscrewing the three screws on the front (got a feeling they should maybe be on the inside?) and that revealed that the cylinder were kept in place by a combination of sealant (on the inside) and tape. No wonder there was some give but...

Thanks @Dave77. How do I remove the trim. Is it just the screws around the area that I've photographed?

@conny @Brigadier Thanks all. I have been moving the key all over the place to try and get the cam to line up but it's just not budging. I can feel a small amount of give, which doesn't exist when the screw is in place so I assume I'm close. By comparison, when I tried doing exactly the same...

Hi all, I'm going to replace the six cylinder locks around my house and garden house with keyed alike cylinder locks. I just bought my first pair to try them on the garden house double doors but I can't seem to remove the existing cylinder lock. See the attached photos. I've watched a couple...