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But without a fault somewhere else.

I only replaced it so we could heat the kitchen/family room without having to leave the door to the hallway open so the boiler would shut off.

Thanks - found this:
https://nest.com/support/images/misc-nest-thermostat-eu/gen3-install/3rd-gen-Nest-Learning-Thermostat-Install-Guide-UK.pdf

voltage tester

Any recs?

What's the current forum favourite for high opacity white emulsion paint for walls.

Baby of the family has left for uni, his room walls are decorated in large triangles of yellow and mid grey emulsion (long story)

Want to simply turn the walls white in the minimum number of coats of paint. Thought about Leyland trade latex?

These are usually good value. :-

https://www.test-meter.co.uk/martindale-vt25-voltage-indicator?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwg4SpBhAKEiwAdyLwvF83VgyAHIQUWtRPuqZTysLT8JwNhm0Z3GeOS5bfZlAcVlv8pTh0LhoCNw8QAvD_BwE

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Nests are pish imo.

Dulux trade diamond matt pure brilliant white.

Just redid a kitchen wall and oooohhh it's good

What do you use/recommend?

Yep, seconded…used it in the hallway/stairwell of the last place and this one too having had it recommended somewhere. Worth the extra in our opinion.

I’ve got this speaker. I’ve tried a lightening to 30pin (not apple) didn’t work.

I’ve tried a Bluetooth adapter, intermittent.

I’m considering a phono to lightening. I’ve no idea if this would work.

Worst case I think I need to go big and buy the apple 30pin to lightening adapter.

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We fit hives now, tado is a fan favourite in here but I find them too fiddle to wire.

Good to know thank you! We've had to have our Heat Link for our Nest which conked out after a couple of years which is annoying. Apparently, they had a couple of faulty parts in the older versions. However, Google arranged for it to be done for free via a Boxt engineer that you could book within the next few days and you get the warranty restarted on the new Heat Link and they send the older one to be refurbished which I thought was pretty good service.

I bought one of these BT receivers that works pretty consistently on a Yamaha 30 pin dock: Layen I-dock

Will give it a try.

I’ve got this one and the Bluetooth just keeps dipping in and out.

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Yeah that's exactly why we stopped fitting them, the heatlinks just die and they were useless apart from buy another.

Many thanks for the help working out my shower woes - I've now installed a < £100 solution and had my first shower in months yesterday.

Objectively it was terrible - awful water pressure from the shower head (which is odd because the tap pressure is amazing) and really hard to balance the temperature (even the tiniest bit of cold water overwhelms the hot water, utterly).

But subjectively it was amazing. I feel clean for the first time in months.

We need to swap out the rusty radiators in our home. We've been quoted £200 per radiator for labour and materials, if we supply the new radiators. Does that sound like a fair price?

For the flow rate, check you haven't doubled up on flow restrictors or left one in that you don't need. If your hot water pressure is gravity fed (from a tank in the attic) though, you may have just reduced the distance between your shower head and the tank which could cause the drop in pressure. This could explain the sensitivity to adding cold in.

I think that makes sense - the cold water tank is in the floor above the shower, and the hot water tank is on a level with it, so presumably the cold water has greater mass by comparison because it benefits from gravity.

The shower didn't come with a flow restrictor but I've just bought a set so I can put it against the cold tap. Had no idea they existed - thank you!

How many are they supplying valves and are pipes needing altered?

Valves not included, but small amount of pipe work included (rads will be same sizes, in the same positions)

Our kitchen ceiling is annoying, upon drilling holes for new spot lights we found the plasterboard was attached to an older solid wood ceiling. The kitchen is half in an extension with a mini pitched roof and we've decided to see how much insulation we can stuff in there so cut a hole in the solid wood ceiling to find...another ceiling, this time either plasterboard or thin wood and painted. So now we need to remove 3 bloody layers of ceiling, try and avoid all the new wiring and somehow fit new boards up there while balancing the wire on top.

Its more expensive than I'd charge tbh but London prices are just that.

Yo, dog

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