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Hi there. My self and herself both work from home. She works in the attic I work downstairs- we rarely have the heating on during the day but if we did we would be heating the whole house. I was wondering if WI-FI TRVs are a thing (I’m sure I saw them) and if they would be a suitable solution...

Hi there I'm paving an area in my back garden 20 sq M. I have dug out and the sub base and grit is arriving for the weekend. The plan is 75mm MOT1 50mm grit then the paving which are about 55 high and 165mm square. I've a few questions. (I have read paving expert site head to toe bit...

Hi there, Im wanting to lay a concrete slab at the back of my house. About 5M * 4M. There wont be anyone driving on it however i am going to put a canopy over it (clear Polycarbonate roof on steel frame) It will be a lean to roof with only a very small angle and the roof will be attached...

Hi there, We have a Triton T90Si at home...its been great. However lately if i have a shower in the morning, it will work absolutely perfect...but if i shut it off and the misses gets in it even 10 or 15 minutes later sometimes it wont heat up for her.... As you can imagine my misses isnt...

Building a trailer for camping stuff... It needs to be dry inside b It's a metal frame with timber roof. I need to put some sort of vinyl/Epdm/ membrane on the roof to keep the water out. Any ideas on an affordable solution?? Needs to be thin durable and waterproof(and not look like...

Hi there Haven't been here in a while... Built a garage in 2007 with help from here and it's holding up well... Was my first time doing any sort of concrete work. Slate roof,velux windows, parapet gutter to neighbours boundary wall, wired it with it's own consumer unit plumbed it, electric...

Hi there My mums heating starting filling with air at a rapid rate recently. Had a look and decided there wad a pretty bad leak under the floor. After a bit of investigating located the leak... Under 4 inches if concrete under a wooden floor. Anyway I excavated it today and have a nice...

Hi there What is the correct name for these units? A mates has gone faulty and I want to have a quick look at wiring diagrams etc or different ones before I look at it for him It's in his attic and by the sounds of it has been installed on a consumer unit up there From how he explained it...

As above...99 petrol 1.6 focus...steering isnt smooth,like the power steering pump isnt giving 100%. If your driving slowly the steering wheel rocks back and forth slightly like a wheel is out of balance...but once moving along nicely it stops however its not smooth either side of centre(takes...

Hey there, as above...had a look @ all the linkages underneath last week when i had it jacked up and nothing obvious. Noise seems to be coming from the top of the suspension...wondering if there is a common/likely fault with these. Cheers, Marty.

Hi there I have a large bonsai that I bought three years ago. It has lost practically all it's leaves on the last year or so. I really know v little about plants so would be grateful for any tips. I couldn't tell ye what type it is only it's two foot tall and quite heavy!! Cheers Marty

Hi there fanbelt squeeling on the focus. Had a quick look but no obvious way of tightening like swinging the alternator etc. I did some searches and it would appear that maybe it has an automatic tensioner??....I haven't come across one of these before but I'm guessing it's either seized or at...

Hi there, I have stripped all the wallpaper off the walls in my living room...and i have filled any dents in the walls and sanded aso i have nice smooth walls. The original wall color was blue about 50 years ago and its going to be white so i am putting a white undercoat on the walls anyway to...

Lads need to plaster up where a fireplace came out. Have a friend whose going to do the finish coat. What mix should I use for this?(considering it will be exposed to heat as there is a stove there now) Also where fireback came out is quite sooty will this need to be spotless for scratchcoat...

Lads, Anyone done this sort of job before know if its a one or 2 man job? Ive never done a car clutch before...done heaps of them on bikes, just wondering if there is much pulling and dragging involved. Ive done work on wishbones replaced driveshafts etc but i dont have specialist equipment...

Hi there, A friend has just phoned me saying she has error F37 which refers to low pressure...sure enough she tells me there is no pressure reading on the guage and the manual says it should be between 1 and 1.5 bar to operate. I havent seen this boiler and would like to fix this over the...

Hi, am in the process of getting a coulpe of quotes for my driveway to be excavated and having tarmacadam put down. Can i ask what the normal "layering" is? First guy said hed dig 5 inches put down 3 inches of compacted hardcore blind it with sand then put the tar down(there willbe cars...

Ignore earlier post as i wasnt sure what type of system i was referring to. My question is: Shoould there be insulation between the bottom and top tank on a combination cylinder? Logic tells me that it should to prevent heatloss from bottom to top...but the one my da has appears not to...

Hiya, Speaking to the old man this eve about his new place (that i havent seen yet) Anyway he was telling me about his hot water setup that neither of us have seen before. Basically from his description there are two cylinders stacked and both then insulated. The top one is open top and...

Guys, just wondering if there is such a thing as a timer i can get for my dual immersion that i can set to alternate between bath and sink on my dual element immersiont heater?? Ideally id love one that is remote/rf such as the honeywell central heating room stats. Marty.