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Thanks again. Basically the kitchen sockets are all on a ring, but the electrician added this double socket after, hence why it is the only socket on the 16A breaker. I just wanted to make sure it was safe before getting it looked at

Thank you for the reply. Is it ok to get another double socket added? So basically it would be wire out of consumer unit to new double socket, then wire continued to existing socket. Is it ok to have a fridge freezer running of this?

We have a double socket which only has one wire supplying it and it has its own breaker on the consumer unit. The breaker is a 16A as far as I am aware. I was thinking of adding another socket to the line to have some twig lights plugged into one and a fridge freezer plugged in the other. Is...

At the back of our garden is a lane between our house and the back gardens of the next street up. As we are on a hill, those houses overlook our garden. The back lane is only used for the dustbin lorries to come and empty the bins every 2 weeks. We already have a fence that is 2 metres high on...

Just a quick update - Had British Gas around, and they seem to think it is the Main Heat Exchanger leaking causing the pressure drop. He ordered the part and came today to fit it, only to realise it was the wrong part! He then went on to say that the parts dept may not be able to get correct...

Thank you. That would explain why the pressure is going down even when it is switched to dhw only. How long would I have to leave it off to see if pressure drops when I turn it back on? Would a pressure drop like that be easy to find, or is it the proverbial 'needle in a haystack'?

We have a combi boiler which is losing pressure. If I top it up to 1.5 bar, within 7 to 10 days it drops to 0.75 bar. The prv is not letting by as that has recently been changed, along with the aav aswell. It has also had a new heat exchanger. The pressure drops even if the boiler is only set to...