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    Temporarily decommissioning an alarm system - how to keep bell box lit up?

    Ah,so the hold off stops the alarm sounding. Yep, bell box battery works, so that will go off, unless I find a 12v supply with a battery backup....like the alarm system! I'm thinking now maybe the best idea is to just move it onto the adjacent wall. I'd need to disconnect the bell temporarily...
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    Temporarily decommissioning an alarm system - how to keep bell box lit up?

    Hi all, I need to temporarily take offline my alarm system due to some building work. I'm of the opinion that a big chunk of the benefit is the deterrent of having the box on the wall outside with it's little lights blinking away, so ideally I'd like to keep it powered up during work. It won't...
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    Patch/repair insulated plasterboard?

    Hi, the house I've bought has internal insulation. I need to move a socket slightly, so I'm left with a hole in the insulated plasterboard. How could I patch that? Thanks Leon
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    Room Stat wiring help

    Hi all, Further to my previous post, I've finally gotten my head around the heating system (well, partially anyway!) in my new house. As the CH is driven from the Thermal Store, turning the CH on or off is simply a case of activating the CH pump. I've got an old room stat/ programmer, and it...
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    Worcester-Bosch 30CDi - Controller recommendations? Wave?

    Is there a need to control the heat in the heatstore? My simplistic take is that I want to reduce the draw on it, so it will require replenishing less frequently. If I had evohomeshop, it would control when the CH is on in different rooms (and altogether) reducing the draw. Am I missing...
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    Worcester-Bosch 30CDi - Controller recommendations? Wave?

    Not sure what I've got. Getting closer to figuring it out though. I have a large cylinder, intended to be used as a heat store. It's fed from a wood burning stove and the boiler, and has pipework for solar thermal (but no panels installed) the central heating is driven from the cylinder, and...
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    Worcester-Bosch 30CDi - Controller recommendations? Wave?

    Interesting. It was android I was looking at. Bugs seemed to be mostly related to proximity/ occupancy based on detection of the phone, and some check target temperature message that keeps showing. It was the lack of all updates that bothered me. Suggests a long dev cycle (of any), and in this...
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    Worcester-Bosch 30CDi - Controller recommendations? Wave?

    I do have a Greenstar 30cdi System according to the manual. I'm not sure what the "system" designates, but I guess that pits the wave back on the table. Problem with bugs is not so much the controller,as the phone app. As I said, its not been updated for over a year, which doesn't suggest that...
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    Worcester-Bosch 30CDi - Controller recommendations? Wave?

    Hi all, i've just moved into a house that has had a new CH system installed in the last 2 years. The boiler is a WB 30CDI, there is a vented hot water cylinder, and the rads mostly have TRVs (exception seems to be towel rails in all the bathrooms). There is a wood burner/ boiler installed...
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    Drainage problem on fibreglass roof

    The fibre glass goes up the wall, and the render over the top. It doesn't seem to have taken very well, but I don't have any problems from that area at the moment, it just doesn't look great. On the inside, it's continued across that whole extension - it's a continuous fibreglass roof. Seems...
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    Drainage problem on fibreglass roof

    water gathers on top of the parapet , and drips over the side and goes behind the guttering. You can see where the water goes, as it's black (more obvious if you enlarge the pic by clicking on it.) THere's no overhang, so the gutter I've put up doesn't catch the water. What I really...
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    Drainage problem on fibreglass roof

    obviously not floating anyones boat, this one :) Having spoken to my father in law, he suggests coping stones along the top, which sounds sensible to me. The cheaper idea I had was to silcone a PVC strip along the edge, just to stop the water run off. Any of you experienced guys have an...
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    Drainage problem on fibreglass roof

    Hi all, I've got a fibre glass roof on a single story extension. It has a parapet at one end, and originally no gutter on that side. I presume the idea was that the water would run off the parapet, onto the roof, and then into the gutter that runs on the side. The problem is, water drains...
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    Wooden Bay, similar depth to window - Window Board fitting

    It's Hi Tech. I didn't go for their window boards, as they are like kitchen worktops. Chipboard with white melamine. Haven't measured the window depth yet, as I've been working away, btu I'll be taking a look over the weekend. Leon
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    Wooden Bay, similar depth to window - Window Board fitting

    Hi, I'm having two bay windows replaced soon. The bays are timber construction, and not very deep. The existing window boards just PVC, glued to the window frame, and not resting on any wall at all in one room. In the other, more or less the same, but maybe 10mm or so of overlap. I'm going...
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    new windows. Trickle vents or not?

    thanks for the confirmation. I was happy with my decision, and then the doubt started to creep in...
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    new windows. Trickle vents or not?

    Hi, I've got some new Double glazed windows being fitted in a couple of weeks time into my lounge and bedrooms. I've initially opted for no trickle vents, the rationale being: * lounge -> not used much, and has a chimney which provides ventilation * bedrooms -> if we want ventilation...
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    Boiler recommendation help

    sorry for empty post, just ticking the "notify" box
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    Boiler recommendation help

    I'd much rather get away from the combi boiler, but it's not practical. At some point in history a combi was fitted, and there isn't any obvious place to fit a cylinder anymore. having said that, I can think of one place it just might work.... plumbing wise, is it a lot of plumbing that...
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