Owning your own home

I think most of the brickwork on that is best ignored.

Worse - if they are closed, and the boiler is on, you'd be circulating and heating water through a tiny loop.

That shouldn't be a big problem. You should always have one radiator without a TRV and the water in the short loop will rapidly reach the boiler set temp which will then switch off the burny bit.

Yep.

Before I jump on the Tado deal can anyone clear up the subscription thing for me please?

Stupid question but the zoning thing and be able to turn it on before coming home should be standard without paying right?

I think you can turn it on manually as you head home but it doing that automatically costs. See the table at the bottom of https://www.tado.com/gb-en/auto-assist

So they've just ripped up the remaining floor and the cold water pipe is an old lead one.
All the water pipes these days are plastic so we could replace it but the work is apparently £800.
Our water pressure is great already so is it worth it?

Yup, that escalated fast. Bought the starter pack plus another handful of TRVs.

We did it when we were messing about downstairs. Not sure it cost us £800 though. Sure it's probably fine, but I didn't like the idea of a lead water main .

As you say, it's probably fine but - pondering spending that money on a mains filtration system instead. Obviously if that lead pipe leaks that would be a serious error of judgement.

£800 seems steep but to be honest I'd rather modern pipe as it's just easier/safer etc - if anything goes tits up in the next 3-5years and the lead pipe is a fuckery to deal with will you be glad you saved the 800?

Place we're buying has a nightlatch on the front door and a mortice on the garage side door.

We want to replace both of these, and add a mortice lock to the front door, ideally I want one key for all three, is there a cheaper way to have them all keyed the same than banham? because i'm not a #buyer

I’m tempted to jump on this tado wagon as well, ahead of my new kitchen/boiler happening next year. I’m confused by all the options. If I want to control rads In the living room downstairs and then 2 rooms upstairs am I best getting this set?

tado° Smart Thermostat - Multi-Room Control Starter Kit V3+, includes 2x Add-on Smart Radiator Thermostat

The keyed alike mortice and night latches just look like there's a standard euro-cylinder in the mortice. I would imagine a hunt around would find you a set.

Like this, but with another mortice/euro

https://www.sdslondon.co.uk/sds-security-locks-for-front-doors/sds-narrow-nightlatch-deadlock-keyed-alike-for-44-mm-door.html

Looks like the netatmo TRVs are £50 a pop on Amazon at the moment. Tempted to get a few although not sure if I'll ever get round to installing them.

I went with Banham. Not cheap but didn't feel that expensive. About £500 for two locks, keyed alike and installed.

They do feel like quality though. Well engineered and substantial.

Yeah that is my line of thought.

They have to cut through the steps down toward the main pipe so making good on that is part of the cost.

but can you get two sets, all keyed alike? my searching failed to get passed pairs..

What do you mean? That latch and mortice example I linked to are keyed alike. If I were you I'd email the company to ask if they can do a set the same but with two mortices. They'd just need to get another euro-cylinder to match to stick in the extra mortice.

makes sense, thanks!

At last some news... After logging a formal complaint our mortgage application looks to be signed off baring the valuation which should be coming in the next few days.

Those lead pipes are often quite small in diameter and sometimes caked in limescale too. Replacing it with a nice chonky plastic pipe stands a good chance of increasing your flow rate which can make it seem like you've got better pressure too.

I think I’d just take the hit - kind of feels like when else are you gonna want to do it and if you don’t it might just be a nagging worry. Deffo not ideal though £ wise

Yeah I think I’ll take a punt on some too

Just dropped £280 on Tado kit......softened considerably by the £291 saving 😂