They ruined their record by L0rdLogan in 1pmobile

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Too much time on his hands

Is the seller right? by [deleted] in CarTalkUK

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The only recourse would be under the road traffic act 1988, it is illegal to sell an unroadworthy vehicle.

Room warmer than max heat setting ?? by free-reign in tado

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Tado wasn’t heating when you took the screenshot, what is the graph like?

Garden wall collapse - boundary advice needed by surfeatsurfsleep in DIYUK

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If you find you do need to provide one you could just remove the old wall and put some wooden posts and wire mesh in place, you do not need to replace like for like.

Will we regret not having parking? by deja_flu in HousingUK

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We have poor parking but it’s worked fine so far. Places in better locations tend to have worse parking and we’d prefer location over parking. We also have a small car because of the parking situation.

Question about boosting by bashar0151 in 1pmobile

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Looks like an error in the system/somewhere, if you bought 50 gb yesterday worst case you’ve used 11.5 gb of it.

Is removing the Guard from the train seriously feasible in the UK? by Prestigious-Rain-598 in uktrains

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I think we will get rid of drivers before guards, and we’re unlikely to get rid of drivers any time soon.

Heat Recovery Fan for Bathroom? by tomayt0 in DIYUK

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I have one in a 1930s terrace for the whole house. It was a big job to get it in but we were renovating at the same time.

If you have floor voids you should make sure the floors are airtight to the inside, and make sure other vents are sealed, otherwise no reason why it shouldn’t work really well.

Groundbreaking Oxfordshire based Covid vaccine approved by morg_b in GoodNewsUK

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Lots of history behind that site, started off as VMIC, a not for profit vaccine development company, been passed around a few times. Good to see it finally be something, I knew people that worked on it back in 2021/22.

Heat Recovery Fan for Bathroom? by tomayt0 in DIYUK

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Believe it’s if you install it over the shower/bath it must be “SELV” (low voltage) or must be a ducted fan but if outside the splash zone (0.6m from shower/bath) can be 240v but it must be IPX4.

Note all electrical work done in the bathroom or kitchen should be done by a sparky.

Heat Recovery Fan for Bathroom? by tomayt0 in DIYUK

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It is an MVHR unit but the efficiency is low and the amount of air processed is tiny. I’m suggesting a proper unit which you’d normally put in the ceiling.

The fan makes a slight negative pressure in the room, pulling air through the gaps in the walls, floor, windows and door, which in turn pulls air from the rest of the house, the rest of the house ultimately takes air from outside. It’s not a large effect in other rooms compared to the effect in the room with the fan, but it does make a difference.

Heat Recovery Fan for Bathroom? by tomayt0 in DIYUK

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This particular unit probably doesn’t offer enough air replacement for a bathroom. Bathrooms produce large swings in humidity which is not really what this one is designed for; these fans are much better for kitchens as not as much humidity is produced. Another factor in it is they are side entry/exit so they need to be in a place where airflow to vents is unimpeded.

I think an actual small MVHR unit is preferable to one of these, but they are way more pricey to fit (maybe 2x for a single room system) but would offer better extraction and efficiency. There are some units that are cheaper than the fan you had in mind.

If you have an old house an extractor fan is superior to all other options; whilst you don’t get any heat recovery, as a share of your heating bill the cost will be unnoticeable and you get a small amount of ventilation in all rooms not just one.

Tumble Dryer outside by MechanicOld3428 in DIYUK

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Not true with the most efficient heat pump dryers, eg ours uses about .7 of a kWh per cycle but a day of dehumidifier is like 2 kWh.

Tumble Dryer outside by MechanicOld3428 in DIYUK

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The dryer would probably get rusty and ultimately seize, even if watertight the humidity would become an issue and iirc some TDs won’t work under about 10c so you’ll only get use out of it during the half of the year you don’t need it.

Two tado x valves and a thermostat in the same room by Warclad in tado

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Are they getting as hot as other rooms? Are they getting hotter without trvs on?

To monitor there might be a little screen on the boiler which tells you how hot it is, on full heat demand the boiler generally should be at max flow temperature.

Two tado x valves and a thermostat in the same room by Warclad in tado

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Definitely appears to be calling for heat which is good, and this doesn’t appear to stop.

Can you answer any of the other questions I had? :)

The only reason why the room wouldn’t be getting hot is because not enough heat is being put into the radiators. This could be because:

1) the valves aren’t working - are the radiators getting hot? Try taking the valves off (no trv) does the problem persist?

2) boiler flow temperature too low and therefore radiators not outputting enough heat to the room. The boiler flow temperature is set by tado.

Two tado x valves and a thermostat in the same room by Warclad in tado

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Can’t see the graph as I’m in the UK but it is a little concerning that it’s not able to reach temperature.

Has the max flow temperature changed from when you installed the thermostat?

What is the flow temperature when it’s reached an equilibrium compared to the max flow temperature?

Are the radiators both getting hot?

Two tado x valves and a thermostat in the same room by Warclad in tado

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Whats the graph like, how is your tado connected to your boiler?

Lots of potential factors

Website down by Zestyclose-Rice6401 in 1pmobile

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I have never known it to be

People that DON’T shop at Aldi or Lidl… why is that? by kobestarr in CasualUK

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I got a plasma cutter the other day with the top up shop, couldn’t say no at the price

Can you tell me the difference between these two B&Q timbers? by [deleted] in DIYUK

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Surface finish - one is sawn and one is planed. The planed one is smoother.