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Who, ultimately, decides whether a property is a 'standard' residential dwelling or an HMO? Having spoken with the customer again it turns out that the single female lodger is a family member also!

Point taken. A napit registered electrician has been brought in to specify components and undertake the testing and certification.

Thanks again for the replies. This is a family house and not an HMO. The top floor is a lodger (a single female currently), the next floor down is the elderly father that the family receive a caring grant for i.e. effectively a lodger. When the father passes another lodger may be taken on to...

hmmm yes that's food for thought. There's separate billing currently, this is to be done away with for a single bill so that the owner can have an idea as to where her electricity usage is going and then set lodging rates accordingly. However I do think that there will be various paperwork...

Brilliant, thank you. The property is not divided into flats, there is only one entrance. It's a large Victorian family house but to help pay the mortgage the top two floors are let to lodgers on a casual basis rather than separate flats, tenants and tenant agreements. There is however a...

I have been tasked with the re-wire a large property local to me. Seeing as it's a few years since i passed my 16th Edition and Part P and completed my last re-wire I need some help with the current state of play. (I am not registered with ELECSA or similar, I will have to get my tester...

there's no immersion heater, this is a very basic system. there's no air release valves either. how could an air lock suddenly occur? the system was working really quite well for months on end before the hot water was only mildly luke warm water a few days ago. the only way i can think that a...

only the large (hot water tank) level drops when a hot tap is opened. if i drain the rads (i flushed them all through and re-filled with clean water and fresh inhibitor around 2 years ago) then obviously the small tank level drops. my issue is not really about keeping warm, the heating is...

i hear you agile. i would love to be in a position to call out help, unfortunately due to a very work short winter i am only just covering the mortgage and feeding us, my rather large overdraft is what's keeping us going. the question for me is - do i not pay the mortgage or go hungry for some...

yes, the water level falls in the header tank when the hot tap to the bath is opened.

'all good as well' :- water in tank to about 2/3 full. valve allows water in when pushed down and shuts off when water at upper limit. no overflow leaking.

yes, very sure that it's a gravity hot water system. there is no 3-way valve and the central heating pump was replaced by me in november last year, so pretty sure that's fine too. it's puzzling (to me anyways) that the hot water just suddenly stopped from one day to the next, i'd have...

same results when heating requested via timer. just been to loft, hot water header tank full and ball valve operating correctly. i checked the radiator header tank too while there, all good as well.

pilot light stays lit, main burner shuts down. sorry, wasn't clear enough!

any help with this is most gratefully received. our baxi bermuda 551 has been fine until recently when the hot water temperature dropped to just about luke warm. (gravity fed system) i figured that this would be a thermostat issue and ordered and fitted a replacement. this however, made no...

christmas before last i stripped out the second bedroom to re-plaster and decorate it - usual thing, paper away from walls, skirting boards off etc. seeing as the plumber that first fixed this house didn't have a spirit level or an eye for a straight line i'm taking each radiator off, lifting...

well what can i say? i don't know how to express my thanks to you enough. a huge big thank you to all that replied. i drained the rads and removed the nrv - i gave it a good wash out in the kitchen sink and verified that it worked. i also marked it before it came off - and then knew that...

no rudeness intended. taken from drum'n'bass / jungle influences. i use this handle on other forums and nobody else has found it rude. in detail - taken from the ed rush and nico tune 'bludclot artattack' on no u turn records. as far as i am aware the jamaican insult is actually 'bambaclat'...

the boiler only fires for a minute when the water is up to temperature, yes. when heating is then asked for the boiler fires straight away but only runs for a minute again. both valves either side of the pump are open and were replaced when the pump went in as they were both partially seized...

we have a baxi bermuda back boiler and are under orders to have the central heating working for a family christmas visit. (it doesn't worry us too much, we put the fire on when cold.) the heating hasn't been working for the last 2 winters. so towards heat this week i drained the radiators and...