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I see some horrendous stuff in my job. I'm looking at some carpentry here that looks like it was done by a a drunken blind man.
A word of advice .. the cheapest tradesman is probably the wrong one
We had a bad plumber install a new boiler.yeah, I found that to my cost with the characters who did work on our house before we moved in:
- an electrician who walked away from a house that wasn't earthed properly (or at all)
- a plumber who used the wrong fittings, leading to leaks all over the place.
I have a garage and utility space at the side of the house that I'm getting renovated. Turning the garage into an office and want to insulate and tile the utility space. Renovating the main bathroom and getting the kitchen gutted in preparation for a new kitchen coming in december.what are you getting done?
I have a garage and utility space at the side of the house that I'm getting renovated. Turning the garage into an office and want to insulate and tile the utility space. Renovating the main bathroom and getting the kitchen gutted in preparation for a new kitchen coming in december.
then some other cosmetic stuff around the outside of the house too.
the same builder did work on my ma's gaff a few years ago. He's good. Just not a robbin bolloxYou would be amazed at how badly/dangerously anyone of those jobs could be done.
the same builder did work on my ma's gaff a few years ago. He's good. Just not a robbin bollox
resealed the top oven using an ebay kit. Confidence low. Batch cooking is probably saturday will see then.
the TRVs are battery powered but i don't think the gas boiler would work without electricity anywayJust had a hour long powercut here with the lightning, which makes my immediate reaction to be install the dumb valves instead, they are electricity proof.
yeah that's the problem - if we had normal TRVs already i'd probably be up for swapping them out, but i don't know what's involved in putting in TRVs in the first placeIf you need to replace the valves, you're looking at draining the system I think? Unless your existing valves are compatible with those ZigBee ones. Then you'd need to refill with inhibitor etc.
My thought was that they'd keep balancing the residual heat load while the power was out, but I don't know anything about the battery ones. Batteries do have a shelf life though. Not an area of expertise for me.the TRVs are battery powered but i don't think the gas boiler would work without electricity anyway
which reminds me i still need to wire a backup power socket up to the battery in the attic
what i want them for is to do the normal(?) trv thing of turning the radiator on and off to maintain a set temperature, but also to turn off the radiator if the room is empty for X minutes / turning back on if motion is detected (I've motion sensors in every room), or if a specified minimum temperature is reached.My thought was that they'd keep balancing the residual heat load while the power was out, but I don't know anything about the battery ones. Batteries do have a shelf life though. Not an area of expertise for me.
we have a honeywell system here - wireless TRVs talking to a central controller. it's dead handy - you can set all sorts of schedules and thresholds for each room.yeah that's the problem - if we had normal TRVs already i'd probably be up for swapping them out, but i don't know what's involved in putting in TRVs in the first place
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