Recent content by nightnurse

Well, it's a point of view, but it didn't seem like the wrong choice at the time. Let's face it, whoever thought nurses would be made redundant! Anyway, my point is that it was not my intention to pull on hart (sic - there's an 'e' in it) strings - I'm just telling it like it is. The fact...

Thank you for all of your replies. Just to clarify some of the points raised, this was a weekday daytime job and was not am emergency call-out - my in-laws have alternative heating sources, so they were not fazed by a boiler failure. Secondly, they own their own home, so are not tenants; had...

My father in law, who is in his mid-80's, recently had a problem with his central heating boiler, which turned out to be a failed thermomcouple. The heating engineer that carried out the repair charged £140 for the work (which took less than 1 hour to complete) and then issued a Landlords gas...

I wasn’t going to rise to the bait, but I can’t let this go. I spent four years learning my trade, my profession. Hard work, fifty per cent in college, 50% on the job. At the end of it all, though, I got a certificate to say I was qualified. But my learning and training didn’t stop there. I...

That has occurred to me - now! I will be taking it to pieces just to see if there's anything I can do with it. I did have a tentative go at it the other day (between house viewings: "Yes, a lot of people have said how nice our shower is...."), but I couldn't get it to shift. Doesn't mean...

Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I forgot to mention the bathroom floorboards and the rafter, above which the pipe runs. I am intrigued by the idea of running central heating leak sealant into the pipe and had wondered if the sort of sealant that people put into clapped out car...

Hi, I have a problem with a leaking waste pipe from my shower. Unfortunately, it is not accessible without removing the entire shower enclosure and shower tray, breaking the seal between the tray, walls and floor, the latter being slate tiles with underfloor electric heating. On top of all...