Recent content by bixbycanyon

Plans changed, please delete

Firstly, it would be helpful to know the technical term for the entrance bit by the front door you see on 1950's semi's... ?! Like this one...(inside the arch) The stonework inside the arch and all around the front door is painted white. Parts have started peeling off and it's looking...

Apparently the tank in the closet is used as back up, there's a switch next to it that is usually switched off. But, as you will know from my posts, i'm rubbish at anything to do with plumbing.... the hot water must circulate through the pipes under the floor at all times, as with the radiator...

Yeah everything has issues in this house, boiler, electrics..you name it! Unfortunately we've been hit by the job loss situation just at the perfect time everything in the house starts playing up. Anyway, I had to use a wrench to twist the radiator in one bedroom off and it's actually gone...

It is off?!! Thats the whole problem?

So I've twisted the pin clockwise because according to the plastic anti-clockwise is ON. Radiator still red hot.

I've taken the plastic cover off - is there a standard way which is the 'off' position?

Interesting points guys. I personally didn't want to leave the power on because of the dodgy electrics but my partner doesn't want to loose the 2 freezers full of food. Could it be that there's wet wiring in the house causing the issue? Our bathroom was leaking water down the wall and into...

The radiator's on because its stuck on. I'll take a picture of the valves and see if there's anything I can do to turn it off.

Due to the electrics in our house being old it was causing it to trip out and then it melted the RDA (i think) so another RDA was fitted. This is more sensitive so the electric trips out about once every couple of days. We don't know whats causing it to trip as it often happens at night or...

My little boys bedroom is always very very warm. He has to sleep with a fan on every night. Its just getting silly now and we can't leave the large window open for obvious reasons. Firstly, the immersion tank (not really used but always hot) is in the cupboard in his room and the hot pipes...