Recent content by SiHunt

Thanks for all your advice John. I know a friendly local plumber so I have asked for him to come and take a look tomorrow morning - I'm sure he'll know the best thing to do. I find it worrying that I don't seem to have one of these RCD's (or the power would have cut out) - the shower is only...

I'm not sure about the RCD. I've never heard of one before! I was recently replacing a valve. There is a small rubber overflow valve in the shower which is designed to burst if the showerhead gets blocked, to prevent water from building up inside the shower. Replacing it was simple, but I had...

There is a smell of burning when I use my shower, and today smoke was coming out. I'm wondering if this is since I changed a spare part in it some weeks ago, perhaps I left a connection or a wire loose? If so, would it fix the problem to open up the case and have a look to see if a stray wire...