Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

No, not at all - no valid reason.

Bought a small, cheap air frier a few years ago, as a trial. I found it too small, and the containers/pans, impossible to get clean after use, so it never got used much. Last year decided a replacement combi-microwave might be worthwhile, and ended up buying a Lidl one, which claimed to be a...

The only reliable way to measure a voltage, is against a known reference. That known reference will likely be a definite earth point. Your central heating pipe work ought to provide a good earth, as should an earth pin on any 13 amp socket. The earth wire should never be used as a live...

Happy thread resurrection!

An alternative method, might be to turn it on, then try tapping first the switch, then the light fitting. When it flickers, when you tap one of them, is likely where the issue lies.

You need to beg, borrow, or steal some means of checking voltages, and to make use of it - otherwise you are fault-finding half-blind!

If the brake pads have been recently replaced, and not yet fully bedded in, they can feel spongy. If the car is not moving, due to the vacuum assistance, the pedal can also feel a bit spongy. The final possibility is more serious - that there is air in the system, and it hasn't been properly...

Static pressure will always be higher, and it is the static pressure which will test pipework and fittings. Best, if possible, to make any pressure reducer accessible, for future adjustment, and repairs.

If the meter is at the same place as your stop valve, and the kitchen is at the rear of the house - then it could still be the case, that your mains water pipe, passes under your home, and could be leaking water into your foundations, and perhaps the cause of your damp issues.

Where is the meter located?

You need to find yourself, a rich widow - seriously. I was reasonably well set up, when my original partner passed away. I spent a few months in shock, moping around, wondering what to do with rest of my life, then decided to try, something completely alien to me - a dating site. A couple of bad...

It likely saved many lives, on both sides.

If any water at all, has been used between switching the water off, and back on, it will move as it makes it up. That might, or might not indicate a leakage from the hot water somewhere. If you look in the loft, and see if there is a constant flow of water going into the large loft tank, it...

Did you also try - noting the reading, and making sure all taps were off/remained off, then rechecking the reading after a few hours?

Then you had some dirt, or grit jamming the valve seat.