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I have a Worcester Combi Boiler. The hot water is working but the central heating isn't kicking in. This happened about 18 months ago but didn't happen again. I then noticed it a couple of weeks ago, but the next day the heating was working, but it hasn't worked after that. The boiler's been...

I've not painted a lot of interior wood so I'm trying to work out the minimum required work to get a decent result on my banister. It's currently painted in white gloss that's starting to bubble and peel, revealing old gloss paint underneath. In well worn parts you can see small strips of dark...

Thanks securespark. It's a Wylex consumer unit although I can't see the model. I don't think the same MCB is still available now but Screwfix etc sell Wylex MCBs with the same pins. I trust that's okay?

In brief: my house has an oven circuit with a 6mm cable and a 20 amp MCB. Both the electric hob (6.5 kW) and oven (2.8 kW) are on this circuit. Can I upgrade the MCB to stop it tripping? Background: We moved in to the house a couple of years ago. The built in oven was slow to heat up so I did a...

Is that specifically about the neon screwdriver or anything else? Or more a comment on general naivety? I appreciate the feedback but it would be more helpful if you were more specific. Clearly I want to operate safely and any guidance is well received.

Sorry, that picture was mid-troubleshooting when everything was intentionally turned off. All breakers are now in the on position except the oven - I've removed the breaker to be sure the circuit's safe as the oven isn't fully assembled. We have power everywhere except the oven circuit and the...

There is RCD protection, it's out of shot just below the consumer unit. I've switchrd it off and on but no difference. I think the lighting breakers are okay because swapping between the good downstairs circuit and the faulty upstairs circuit doesn't help. I can't do the same for the oven. I...

Here's a picture of the consumer unit. I did try to test with a non-contact voltage detector but it beeps as soon as it's near the consumer unit - it can't distinguish between different breakers. That's why I tested it at the back of the oven instead, but didn't find any voltage there. I was...

The other day I put a junction box in my lighting circuit. The circuit was off (it was tripped but the circuit breaker was in place), but when I went to turn it on the power wouldn't come back on. Trouble shooting wasn't obvious: power was going into the circuit breaker, it appeared to be...

Thanks for the great feedback. I'm starting to favour the tubular heater now, probably either 40 watt or 80 watt. I think 40 watt should be sufficient so I'll buy one to test. The junction box in the loft is on a 5 amp lighting circuit that runs a total of about 350 watts including lights and...

Hi Steve, thanks for the feedback. Good point about the ventilation - will need to consider whether it needs more. Re the polystyrene, I considered doing something similar but a friend who's training to be a chartered surveyor warned against it. He said the warm moist air is likely to penetrate...

Hi Ericmark. Thanks for the feedback. Why was it a waste of money? We like the idea for two reasons: finishing off drying clothes (eg when they've dried outside and come in before they're 100% dry), and allowing us to store bedding etc in there. Last winter we had a problem storing bedding...

I'd like to put a heater in our airing cupboard and would appreciate hearing your thoughts. It's just a small cupboard on the landing that probably used to hold the boiler (the house had a combi boiler in the kitchen when we bought it). The cupboard is approx 60cm by 80cm by 160cm. I plan to...