Recent content by Ghummy

thank you no photos as the work has been done. Not talking about the switch, talking about the actual wires in the ceiling. The electrician shown me the connection prior to disconnecting, it was as follows. Switched live (Red no sleeve) connected to live of fitting Black (neutral) connected...

Hi All This is more of curiosity for myself. in our house, in the downstairs and upstairs hallway, we have/had these very old fluorescent tube lights, always hated them. Other than changing a simple light switch, I dont do any electrical work therefore I employed my trusted electrician who...

downstairs all of the pipework is buried in the floor void, old victorian house. no plumbing buried in concrete thank heavens. sounds like we just carry on until it gets worse, dont fancy taking up 30sq meters of carpet to lift the floor boards. what are peoples thoughts on fernox leak...

thank you, no we have never had to bleed radiators, in fact the radiators get red across across the whole rad. the system was power flushed before the new boiler was installed last november.

Hello All we have had a small problem, or rather an inconvenience for a while now with our central heating. we have a Vaillant ecotec pro 28, this was installed this time last year, prior to that we had a 20 year old vaillant and the problem was present with this boiler also therefore we know...

thank you, it wasnt even like it was tightening, the screw was literally pi$$ing in the wind so to speak. i understand the mcb tripping from overheating as a result of a loose screw, my curiousity wants to learn how this would make the RCD to trip more than the actual MCB. the electrican said...

i have attached pictures of the MCB, he asked me to open it and see for myself as i was in disbeleif, yes, it is burned at the contacts

Hello, just an update regarding this. RCD went again today, washing machine on aswell as fridge and seperate freezer. It tripped when the washing machine has 5 mins left of spin cycle. Bingo we though . Unplugged but rcd not turning back on. All other items unplugged and the same occured My...

yes i meant RCD was in the jammed off position today, any more force attempting to turn it on would have physically broken it. the cosumer unit is seperate from the rest of the house so unplugging the whole house makes no sense to me? as soon as we unplugged everything in the kitchen, we were...

thank you, please allow me to clarify 3 days ago, only the MCB tripped, the RCD remained on so i only lost power to sockets. other circuits for lighting, shower and oven remained powered. the only appliances at the time being powered was the fridge freezer and chest freezer today, only the...

Hello wonderful people, just wanted some advice if that is ok. 3 days ago, around 9pm, we were sitting in the living room watching tv, all of the sudden we hear an MCB trip. when checked it was for the "sockets" circuit in the kitchen. we have a separate consumer unit for the kitchen as it...

Hi, we do not have a lead pipe, we have a black plastic pipe.

He did make a song and dance when he came to quote and said the fitting is likely wrong and that he needs to ensure the fitting is suitable to use underground. He did go away for an hour and said he needs to go and buy the specialised fitting.

Sorry to bring up an old thread. The works were completed today. Top guy the chap was. Wouldnt even know he has been. Was very involved work. Kitchen sink needed removing from worktop followed by the carcass etc. Leak was found. It was a joint below ground which was leaking. According him it...

thanks all for the reassuring replies. had the chap come out yesterday evening to take a look at the situation. he did confirm there is a leak. booked in for wednesday to to carefully remove the sink and carcass along with the plumbing to effect a repair, put all back and make good. quoted me...