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Hi, My house is currently under complete renovation including being rewired and all new plumbing. Being installed is a Vaillant Ecotec Plus (not sure of the exact model yet), most likely a Main hot water cylinder, a Honeywell ST9400C programmer and 2 heating zones (upstairs/downstairs) using...

Hi, I've previously installed a Texecom Premier Elite 24, it was relatively painless with a lot of reading and help from guys on this forum. I've since moved and want to install an other alarm, I was pretty happy with the Texecom, to be honest the smart connect app was more of a novelty to me...

Hi, I'm currently installing one of these DIY, this is all new to me but seem to be getting on and learning as I go. I wanted to check, I have a grade 3 odyssey bell box, do I need to wire it as grade 3 to the panel or can I still wire it as grade 2? Thanks Marvin

Hi, I'm going to have a go at trying to fix my sister in laws alarm, it hasn't been working for a couple of years now. There are a number of threads I've been reading through in order to try and locate the issue but I haven't exactly found one with exactly the same issue. Picture of the keypad...

Hi, A year or so ago I built myself a speaker enclosure from MDF. I glued and screwed the joints, the joints were filled with U-POL P38 filler. After the glue was set I removed the screws, drilled out and filled with dowels. Everything was sanded down and then I sealed the MDF with watered...

Hi, For a number of years now I've had a problem with my garage flooding, my driveway slopes towards the house. Originally when the driveway was layed a soak away was put in, it still flooded. I then got the driveway chap back and he fitted a pipe into the main manhole cover for rainwater...

Hi, I have a Linear max boiler with one of the digital 7 day timer controllers on but do not have an external room thermostat. I read somewhere that not having a room thermostat is probably not the most efficient. Firstly is that true ? If it is I would like to add a wireless room...

Hi, Apologies if this is not the right forum, I've tried the search facility but can't quite get the answer I need. I had my 4 downlights in the bathroom upgraded to IP65 fire rated downlights, previously I left 3 inches clear of insulation around each downlight. Now these are enclosed can...

Hi, My garage leaked again today under the huge amount of rain we had, last summer I spent a lot of time trying to keep the rain out by water sealing everything, it seemed to work as we had plenty of down pours since. Anyway the level was so high today that nothing sort of sealing the...

Hi, We are looking at having a garage conversion done soon and just have a couple of questions. Its use will be for a bedroom with an ensuite. The garage runs directly over the sewers so I'm interested to know if we will just be able to just break into those for the soil/waste from the...

Hi, I'm looking for a whole house water softener, ( the salt in a box version :) ) There seems to be so many on the market, could anyone recommend some good brands that I should be looking at ? Many Thanks, Marvin