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Just thought I'd update the thread. Transco were out today and there is a leak. The engineer who called today advised that this particular boiler is prone to leaks at that point and also showed my mum the reading as he took it. Over 1,000, whatever that means. He advised that the system...

Yes, he did say that it would be ok to use the boiler in the meantime - my mum specifically asked him, assuming that it would be unsafe to use without the repair, but he said it was ok to carry on using it until next week. It all seems a bit odd to me, so we'll get Transco in to confirm...

Thanks guys. This is a great forum. I certainly didn't expect to get a reply so quickly on a Friday night. Don't know what that says about you though! :wink: I'll tell my mum to cancel the job and get Transco to come. The annoying thing is, we have both used a local company many times...

Thanks JohnD. I'll get my mum to give them a call. Do you think he's plausible? He'd arranged to do the repair on Tuesday, but I'm thinking she should wait and get it checked out first. He confirmed that she could carry on using the system in the meantime.

Hi, Sorry if this is a stupid question, but... My mum had someone in to remove the remains of the gas line which ran to her old gas fire. The company she phoned (Gas Engineer from Yellow Pages) did the job, but also found a leak in her central heating. The way she's described it he used...

Just thought I'd bump this topic to thank you guys for your info. Yup, that's right, I disconnected a light fitting without noting what went where and ended up with: Single Black Black/Black together Red/Red together Single Red Black/Red together and no idea what went where!:rolleyes...