Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

Who knows? The likelihood is, that they know they can save funds, by turning the little used service off.

This might help a little - https://www.diydata.com/planning/electric-lights/electric-lights.php diagrams at the bottom of the page. It doesn't show the method where both L&N are taken/looped via the switch.

Without evidence of damage, where the fault due to moisture occurred - I would say minimum chance of it being due to damp. Even less likely, it would happen to two different services, without it again immediately, taking out the fuse. Breakdown, due to moisture, will immediately carbonise the...

Which is why we are asking for some photos!

Likely, what they were doing was - set a defined switch off date, before the valve were anticipated to actually fail, rather than have them suddenly fail without warning, and the service suddenly stop.

Well done. That now qualifies you for a part, in the next Hatton Garden Job..

Trying to avoid advising someone, who may not be safely able to do this sort of thing, without putting themselves at extreme risk of electrocution. The usual method of lighting circuit wiring, is via what is called a radial circuit of some variety. The L&N progress from the consumer unit, to...

The manufacturer's manual, IMHO defines what should be done for a service, and reading mine - just the reading up, would occupy that 20 minutes. Someone who is familiar with the process, could tackle it without, but these people are not specialists in the make/model, so they would take longer.

I felt not too bad yesterday, managed to eat a reasonable meal, but it came back, suddenly, and with a real vengeance today. I'm going to see if I can get a test kit, in the morning. The test kit I had, expired April 2023. It seems to come and go in waves.

No kids any longer, but no, not alone.

Which all confirms to me, it's all a bit pointless, bothering with a 'service'. If you came to my home JP, and what you suggested above, was the extent of your boiler 'service', you would be sent packing.

If the OP were to source from a manufacturer of the steel sheets, rather than a reseller, he would be able to order what ever length he wants, ready to fit, and at less cost, with no waste, ready sized to fit. Alternatively, if the OP needs to really save money - FB market always has lots of...

I find that any sort of plasticky material, against my skin, causes tremendous irritation. I don't notice them for the first hour or so, but after a while, the skin becomes quite raw in the area.

That depends very much on the grade of laminate. I put laminate down in our bathroom, some 15 years ago, and it remains absolutely fine.

In a washing machine, all that retains the water in the drum, is that the pump is not pumping it out. The drain pipe from the machine, rises much higher than the drum water level, so it stays there by gravity, until pumped out. There is no drain valve, or need for one. The only valves, are...