Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

They only way to avoid them making errors, and get them to sort their systems out, is to make formal complaints when they do get things wrong. I recently closed a Nat West account, where I was paying them £2 per month for the privilege. I read up on their site, how to, followed the instruction...

Basic common sense suggests that could have been easily avoided, with a bit of board, or a sheet, laid on the ground.

It is simple to check.... Turn it off, run the cold at the sink, to ensure you have turned it off, then flush toilet(s), try bath cold tap, washbasin. If they still flow, your plumber is correct. Another possibility, could be that one meter, feeds two, or more properties, and your mother is...

For a cheaper, simpler install - Maybe consider, some other type of self-contained electric heater, and include thermostat, and timer to limit when it is on.

Finding an internal route, would be much better.... Through the floor, the ceiling, then down behind a curtain, would hide most of it, or run some plastic trunking, floor to ceiling.

Yes!

It is only a fail, if it shows white, where it should be red, or white where it should be yellow. Cheap fix, is one from a scrapyard, and DIY.

I read it, as the meter was out by the roadside.

I suspect it's not about cost, rather more about potential damage to the decoration. A 3.5mm brass nut, set in the plastic, might be all that is needed.

I cannot see there being much value of copper, in telephone and comms cabling. It's not even worthwhile Openreach recovering it.

There are a variety of methods of filtering, depending on the size of particles you might need to filter out. A kitchen, mesh strainer, will take the larger lumps out, ladies stockings, then kitchen paper, will take the yet smaller particles out. Coffee paper filters are likely the finest...

You need a main stop tap anyway, and having one, is the only way to determine whether the leak is internal to the house, or between the Thames valve, and the house - your underground supply pipe. Basically - you turn your new stop tap off, then see if the meter continues to wizz round. If it...

That works just fine for me, and the greenies get their desires.

We both voted, weeks ago!

Weeds in the grass, will be killed by regular mowing. If you keep an eye on Facebook, there are always people giving away slabs, free for collection.