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@ianmcd please can you give me final pointer so I can proceed - much appreciated

lol - the VR65 is not the box in my original picture, it is the Vaillant wiring centre which is mounted on the wall near my boiler. The VR65 is a completely different small box and is just what the householder uses to turn the heating up et. I thought I had it clear in my head earlier but now Im...

I will, but Im still a little bit confused as to whether I should be removing this wiring centre box completely and using the Hive box instead based on Ians instructions or whether I'm keeping this box in situ and running a few cables from my hive box TO this - I only say this as Ian says leave...

ohhh, so Ive just realised you're saying leave this wiring centre box in place and run a few cables from it to my Hive box. I always assumed we were removing this wiring centre box altogether and replacing with the new Hive box

ok so Ian, final question I promise :-) when you say I can 'just leave the wires' going to the cylinder stat, do you mean i just sheath them off safely and not connect them to anything at the Hive (& not to each other either) and just leave the other end of them connected as they are at the stat...

oh god I hope not - what do you reckon Ian ???

yes the white cable is the cylinder stat cable

ah brilliant - many thanks just out of interest, if I did just remove the cylinder stat wires altogether would it still work but just keep heating the hot water with no temperature limit?

Many thanks Ian, can I just clarify what you mean when you say 'interrupt' with the 2 wires going to cylinder stat?

yes I do have a VR65 (its crap) but its all going (hopefully) to be replaced by Hive So my two questions are; 1/ with Hive can I just safely sheath off the Bus wires currently running from the boiler and not connect them anywhere on Hive?? 2/ the two cylinder stat wires - where do I connect...

by the way black cable goes to MA1 3 port valve

I bought a 2 channel hive and asked him to install, he took the cover off the wiring centre and saw this and then said it was beyond him and left - anyway, I want to do it myself and wondered if anyone can confirm what I do with the two wires going to Bus sockets (as its a vaillant Ecotec 837...

ok thanks

Hi everyone, is there such a thing as a small size touch up paint for me to paint a dozen bricks or so as they have had old screws and such like taken out and then mortared over (badly :-) by me so they stand out as the mortar is much paler than the surrounding browny red bricks. Ive found a few...

ok thanks, not worried about the 'looking a dog' bit as itll be permanently behind a chest of drawers on one side so invisible

Ive taken off our old 750mm wide traditional rad and want to put a new modern vertical rad in its place. My question is that the new vertical rad is only 500mm wide. The floor is concrete so cant have the boards up to redo pipework. Is it possible to deal with this distance with valve extensions...

I'm not sure if it can be used on your setup but have you considered the nest / hive wireless programmers? they have iphone apps and lots of options?

its a new installation

Hopefully one of you kind experts can help me please I have the above MA1 actuator on my system and it works well apart from it will not stay on the MID point when HW and CH are requested at the same time (it just defaults to hot water only in this instance). If just CH or just HW are...

sorry for delay in getting back to you. They are just bog standard mexicana / luxford / suffolk (all pretty much the same thing) oak veneered doors. Old egg box cheapys being removed and replaced with these and new door furniture/hinges and latches replaced at same time. I'm in Worthing btw