Recent content by Cornish Maid

Thanks all, spoken to Bristan customer services and they have 500 of these parts on the shelf. So much for online shower spares suppliers saying its obsolete! In post, first class, should arrive tomorrow. As for the blood sucking landlord, don't tar us all with the same brush, innocent...

It is not at old appliance, it was only fitted 2.5 years ago - just outside the 2 year guarantee infact! I have a 15 year old shower in my own home and never expected to be chucking the Bristan out and starting again after such a short time - it wasn't exactly cheap either, I went for a good...

I have a Bristan B85 shower installed in a property I rent out. There is a leak on the outlet and I just assumed it was a loose connection. However, taking off the cover I find the crimped hose inside has snapped off the outlet spigot. Looked everywhere online and can only find obsolete listing...

Thanks for replies. It is a Creda and my existing smaller one is a Dimplex. As for providing tenants with "shoddy" 2nd hand heating, thanks for the compliment! I do know in my limited experience of storage heaters that they are pretty basic and "agricultural" inside - have had my existing...

I have a small flat which I rent out, and between tenants so looking to refresh it a little whilst its empty. The existing Night Storage heater in the lounge is old, bulky and really lets the place down as its the first thing you see when you walk in. I have been looking for 2nd hand units...

We live in the sticks, only 1 near neighbour in his 80's and he only uses Sky. The next nearest houses are on the other side of a slight hill and get their signal from another transmitter which we cannot use due to the landscape blocking signal path. I have checked the transmitter info for the...

We have an analogue TV with digibox in our lounge, and kitchen has a small freeview ready TV. BBC has always been the weakest signal, suffering a little pixelation from time to time, but last week, the kitchen set had no BBC at all. The lounge digibox (first in line from the aerial) was still...

Thanks for replies. Sorry, when I said the outside/shed wiring was "new" I meant it was all done at the same time as the whole house rewired about 15 years ago. Prior to that the outbuildings had been DIY wired by the previous "make do and mend" farmer, and every time it rained the old trip...

Last night we could hear distant rumbling of thunder, and within a few minutes our trip switch started going every 5 minutes. The storm never got very close, we couldn't even see the lightening, and I'd understand it if it was right overhead. Its always like this - Hubby says someone only has...

Following on from my earlier posts above, plumber finally came and fitted new battery to the fire today. But apparently he has told MIL that it only has a lifespan of 12 months! I find this hard to believe. She doesn't use the fire throughout the summer anyway, so I guess this will extend its...

Thanks for reply. Got a response from my mail to Sirocco, stating the battery in that fire is no longer available as the manufacturers went bust about 3 years ago and they have exhausted the remaining stock they had. However, MIL spoke to her plumber again, suggesting that I could try to...

Thanks for reply. Sorry its taken a while to get back, but now have the make and model of the fire. Its a Sirocco 2000 16" Streamline 3 REM, serial no: S16-N-RCT-10.06-27780-S. She spoke to the plumber on phone again yesterday and he says he is still having trouble getting the battery as...

Hi, Sorry I know there are regs surrounding gas installations, so this is not strictly DIY, but just wondering if anyone can advise please. My Mum-in-law has a living flame gas fire in her lounge. Her granddaugher's ex-partner picked it up a couple years ago on eBay for her, but it was...

For last couple of months, sometimes when our washing machine does its first rinse/empty, there is a very noticeable sewage smell from the outlet. We have an open upright stand-pipe type, with a u-bend trap at the bottom, like this...

We have a small flat which we rent out. Just changing to a new tenant and he has asked about possibility of us installing a shower before he moves in, to which we have agreed. Currently bath only has 3 rows of tiles around it, so we need to tile out the shower area to protect the walls. Walls...