Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

If the brake pads have been recently replaced, and not yet fully bedded in, they can feel spongy. If the car is not moving, due to the vacuum assistance, the pedal can also feel a bit spongy. The final possibility is more serious - that there is air in the system, and it hasn't been properly...

Static pressure will always be higher, and it is the static pressure which will test pipework and fittings. Best, if possible, to make any pressure reducer accessible, for future adjustment, and repairs.

If the meter is at the same place as your stop valve, and the kitchen is at the rear of the house - then it could still be the case, that your mains water pipe, passes under your home, and could be leaking water into your foundations, and perhaps the cause of your damp issues.

Where is the meter located?

You need to find yourself, a rich widow - seriously. I was reasonably well set up, when my original partner passed away. I spent a few months in shock, moping around, wondering what to do with rest of my life, then decided to try, something completely alien to me - a dating site. A couple of bad...

It likely saved many lives, on both sides.

If any water at all, has been used between switching the water off, and back on, it will move as it makes it up. That might, or might not indicate a leakage from the hot water somewhere. If you look in the loft, and see if there is a constant flow of water going into the large loft tank, it...

Did you also try - noting the reading, and making sure all taps were off/remained off, then rechecking the reading after a few hours?

Then you had some dirt, or grit jamming the valve seat.

The float valve is not sealing. The carb has a float chamber, which is kept constantly topped up to a preset level, controlled by a float, operating a valve. Either the float is sticking down, or the valve is stuck open, so the fuel overflows.

Do you have any timber ground floors at all, or a cellar?

I think it was a matter of - if the water supply is metered, a leaking pipe would show up on the bill, and make the soak-away problem worse.

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It proved to be quite effective, I seem to remember.

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