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Hi I have a Vaillant Ecotec Plus 824 combi boiler. I am looking to replace the Honeywell room thermostat with a Vaillant VRT50. The Honeywell is connected via a two wire cable. A few questions for you please. 1. Is the VRT50 compatible? 2. Will it be a straight swap? Take the old Honeywell...

Hi all During the storms a few weeks back, a tree fell on a small wall at the front of my drive. I have removed the bricks but now need to make good with some block pavers. Please refer to the picture. I plan to extend the first two rows of pavers to fill the hole to the left. The first row...

Hi all I am working on my father-in-laws tumble dryer, Zanussi TC484W. The drive belt broke ages ago and we don't know the belt route to fix the replacement. I have tried a couple of options but not sure which one is correct and how to get the tension right. Couple of pictures attached which...

Hi, I am planning a new fitted kitchen and am looking to move the internal door between the kitchen and lounge. The existing door has a width of 760mm/30". I am thinking of bricking up the existing door and creating a new door further along the wall, but at 600mm/24" wide. The reduced door...

Hi all, Wondering if you can provide some help/guidance please. I am looking to install 4 new LED batten lights in my garage, www.wickes.co.uk/Sylvania-Twin-4ft-IP20-Fitting-with-T8-Integrated-LED-Tube---30W/p/185070 , and plan to install new wiring for them as well. The garage has its own...

Hi all. Trust someone can assist. Photos are attached. I have a Bristan Smile mixer tap which is dripping. If the tap is set to shower then it will drip from the shower head. Set it to bath, then from the spout. I've only done a couple of tap repairs in the past and not familiar with mixer...

Hi, The short question is "Can I power a computer server, which has two power supplies, from different electrical phases"? Long question/story. I have numerous racks of servers & IT equipment in a Data Centre, each rack supplied with a single phase 32amp circuit. The majority of the IT...

Hi, I am on holiday, staying in my parents static caravan, and the hot water boiler stopped working overnight. The boiler is a Heatrae Sadia Multipoint 50 litre which is wired to a fused switch on its own circuit. The boiler installation booklet says it should be wired to a 13 amp socket, which...

Hi people, The diaphragm has split in my Derwent macdee metro 3 part syphon, single flush. Instead of fixing it, I am looking to replace the syphon with a whole new one that would provide a dual flush. I have uploaded two pictures of the toilet. Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement?

Hi folks, I am looking to install a new fence at the back of my neighbours garden, approx 2 metres wide. I currently have the following bits in my garage, 1 x 2.5 metre tall galvanised fence post 2 x 3.0 metre arris rails A job lot of tanalised featheredge tongue & groove. I plan to...

Hi folks, My current garage pitched roof is leaking from various places. I have made numerous repairs this year and last year. I have been informed that it is a corrugated fiberous cement material which has about a 10 year life span. Anyway, I need to replace it and was after some...

Hi folks, I have a Vaillant Combi Boiler, either a VCW-GB 242 EH or a VCW-GB 282 EH, can't seem to be able to confirm this. The hot water from the taps is working fine, problem is with the central heating. The central heating did not come on this morning and the pressure gauge was...

Hi peeps. I have installed 5 brick lights in my patio wall. They are wired up one after the other in a daisy chain manner, finishing at the last light. I now need to wire the first brick light in to my existing bulk head light on the house wall, which is operated by a switch just inside the...

Hi folks :) My loft originally had 100mm of insulation between the 4" x 2" joists. I needed to board out the centre of the loft, a space of 3.5m x 4.0m I added some 2" x 2" joists on top of the existing ones, in line not cross batten, and added a further 100mm of insulation. I then laid a...

I have a Saunier Duval sd623 combi boiler, approx. 12 years old. For the last 6 months I have only been able to get hot water from the bath taps. The hot taps for the sinks in the bathroom and the kitchen do not produce hot water. For some reason they do not fire up the boiler, it remains...