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Thank you stem. I had the same Honeywell thermostat and wired as you suggested and it worked a treat. Thanks again, it made my day much easier.

Hi, I have bought a Meross thermostat to replace an old thermostat and wondering how best to wire it in. The existing cable from the bolier is 3 core and earth so ideally I would like to just use that. Can anyone tell me which wires go where please. I have attached the page from the...

All sorted. It unscrews

Hi, I have a Mira Select shower mixer that I am trying to remove without causing any damage. The mixer itself is ok, but the plastic cover on the RAC looks like it is clipped on and unlikely to come off in one piece. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to unclip the cover. Thanks

Thanks. Sounds like a job I need a bit if time for. I will let you know how it goes

Do you think i could scrape the paint off, or am i better off sanding it?

Hi Wayners, I had some render coming away outside which i fixed at Christmas I am sure they are dry now

Hi, I painted the bathroom with egg shell on the wall and it soon started to show streaks which I think was due to damp in the walls. i tried cleaning the streaks without success. I then tried lightly sanding the wall and recoating with the same dulux trade eggshell paint. The streaks have...

I didn't make it clear in my post that the office is a log cabin style. I was trying to keep the total height low, but I think throwing out the bearers that come with the cabin and buying new 4" joists with 1 wall across the middle would work

Thanks Notch 7. The floor joists are only 2" by 2" timber to lift the building clear of the floor, hence the need to support them regularly. My thinking was that rather than build 7 walls I could use the lintels supported at either end.

Hi, I am building the foundations for a garden office of 3.8m by 3.9m footprint Access to the site is not great (approx 70m walk with wheelbarrow and rising about 5m) so I want to use materials that I can carry up a little each evening. This rules out a concrete raft so I am considering...

Hi, I have a radiator which is about 3 years old and recently started leaking from where the valve taper thread screws in. I removed the valve wrapped plenty of PTFE tape around it and screwed it back in, but after a week or so it started leaking again. To be honest, I think the thread is...

That is great. Thanks

Hi, I am putting in the plumbing first fix for my new Twyford X120 Bar valve and do not know which side the hot inlet should be. Can anyone help? Thanks

Sorry, Ignore my last question, I have now read pages 5 and 9 as you suggested. Thanks I will use that system with 50mm timbers and the Kingspan

Thanks endecotp. Given that I only have 2 inches (insert your own joke) the better insulation and joists would be a better idea. Do I need to leave any air gap under the insulation to allow air to flow and install air bricks?

I had a similar problem and it turned out to be the natural damp coming through an old floor. The solution that Doggit suggests worked for me (ie Damp proof membrane with a laminate floor on top)

Hi, I am renovating my downstairs bathroom which includes correcting the original concrete floor. The room has always been cold with very cold floor tiles and I suspected the concrete floor was damp. It appears that the floor structure is a concrete slab with what looks like roof tiles on top...

Just to let you know that the sparky found a damaged cable where when testing one end, the neutral and earth where connected and the other end of the cable was dead. He is also going to come back and "improve" the earthing. Thanks to everyone and in particular for suggesting I disconnect the...

Thanks for all of the comments. As much as I like to do things myself I cannot ignore the advice. The circuit is switched off and disconnected inside the consumer unit. I shall get an electrician in. Thanks again.