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House is from 1930s so no idea what that could be! I did call national grid today but they werent very good I may try a written query instead - and ask what they require in terms of conduit and tape and where I can come into the house - thanks all worth asking and Ive learned a bit about...

I defo dont want a 100% EV thats for sure but it looks like everything is heading that way regardless....its only becase the drive is up and my colleague has some conduit / tape etc left over that I can have!

Yes Im not sure if they would use my conduit in future your correct - no idea really. I assume they would if I take enough photos but then again the spec may change if the time comes that I do need to think about three phase The plugin hybrid doesnt need it right now - thats correct, but Im just...

Hi all Im in the process of getting a new drive layed. Its a long story but desperately waiting for the guy to come back any time now. Anyway recently been looking at plugin hybrids as the missus needs a new car and that led on to upgrading the supply comming into the house and some fast...

Hi all I have had a nightmare of a time with a new drive. First of all there was the decision of what drive to go for and after looking at neighbours issues with paviours etc we decided to go for imprinted concrete - I know some people dont like IC and we understand the pros and cons too...

Hi all We had a drive wall done probably about two years ago block on flat and with a sand cement render. I put some watered down oil based external paint on (watered down with white spirits) and then some full coat toos - looked great initially of course Over time though its going green - you...

Yes T1 and T2 are on the back of the nest itself. I have since read I need to have a separate Heatlink for each zone too. I didnt know that - so will need to take a look at that junction box where the existing thermostat is terminated. Its not as simple as I originally thought though. Its a...

I think this is the spec sheet of the existing thermostat Heatmiser Slimline Datasheet (radicalheatingsolutions.co.uk)

Hi all I bought a Nest thermostat for the single zone underfloor heating we have We have an existing thermostat for the undefloor and the plan was to just replace that with the nest just to control the underfloor heating I have another nest wired up to the boiler and that works really well -...

Hi all Last year we had a wall built along the side of the house - it has cement render I put a washy coat of pilolite paint on followed by a a full coat We are having the drive done now so it looks a mess anyway but the paint is also comming off Wouldnt say its peeling off but just coming...

You do get differences of opinion when it comes to pic - some say its looks really fake as and Ive even heared that it devalues the house! Im not sure on that but agree that it does look fake but in my opinion it looks nice too - minus the weeds which is a bonus

Hi all - Ive had a bit of a mare with the guy who was due to do our new drive and I had to get rid of him after two days Anyway he was going to do PIC for our new drive but now I have nobody to do the drive and now the weather is against us too - so Im thinking maybe get block now - ie...

Hi all I have to make the opening for a potential new fire smaller. The reason Im going for the fire is that its the only one that fits in the existing hole that we have had empty for years. I dont want the mess of taking out the lintel for a new larger fire. The less disruption the better...

Hi all We have just repointed chimney we and now doing the crown - it wasnt in too bad but there were some loose bits that needed removing and some roots too We cant remove the crown altogether as its a bigger job than we realised when we started so we are going to recover with a layer of...

Hi all We are finding out that pointing the chimney is a bigger job than we first thought! We have repointed the main bulk of it now but we are now looking at the worst part of the chimney - the top 4 courses of bricks and parts of the flaunching. The two back corners of the chimney look bad...

Yeh that was a drone photo - before we went up to have a look I sent it up - got scaffolding this year as I aint getting any younger! Way too dodgy off a ladder for me these days

Just been grinding away the joints on my chimney stack before repointing There are some horrible fern type roots groing and attacking the motar joints - so it definately needs repointing for sure - just come down now and got me thinking what sort of cement is in the bricks Its looks like...

Thats the stuff there - its gone right in the joint with you there too - there are a couple of loose bricks so Im glad we are doing it - although its a bit more work than I envisaged to be honest - especially the crown - theres a lump of concrete on there that we are going to need to replace :)...

Hi all Im just started doing the repointing on a 1930s chimney - its needs doing as there a fern type plant attaching to the joints. In some places its gone in quite deep and it comes out fairly easy but its quite a rooty fibrous type fern that seems to take hold on all the chimneys round here...

Not sure as we havnt been up there in a while and I cant remember - some were very thin though Heres a screen grab of wehn I sent drone up to have a look not too bad - some look a touch thin