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The boiler is an ideal classic system? not sure - combi boiler in ktchen tank in airing cupboard

seems strange that it hapened now? boiler has been fine as it heats the water - this is the first time the hating has gone on though as it cold today - not needed the heating for the last few months - so boiler has been fine. Had a new fan a year ago

gone to turn heating on and the main power RCD keeps tripping -i have isolated the problem to the boiler. If iturn the boiler off at the fused switch on the wall i can reset the RCD and put the power back on no problems Even if turn the boiler off at the main switch (under flap) when i turn...

the mains still trip after i turn the boiler off using the switch under the flap? could it be related to the timer or roomstat?

the boiler is in the kitchen??

Hi Mick, not sure about the port thing, but if as soon as i turn the boiler mains on it trips the ringmain in a nanosecond

Just got back fom the pub and no electric? kept resetting the trips until i isolated the boiler. if i switch the boiler off at the mains the trip stays in. The boiler is an ideal classic and is now 10 years old - anybody have any clues as to why it has suddenly decided to trip the electrics...

I bought a ladder stand off which is great. the problem is that the guttering i want to get to is to the right of a window, and the width of wall from the window outwards is less than the span of the ladder stand off. So it doesnt work. I then rtied to put the feet of the stand off higher up so...

i always worry that the copings will break and the ladder will slip off!

ah the secondline of defence

to ask a daft question what is the materail that sits between the trusses and the tile?

Hi, i am in a 12 year old house. At the front is a bit of a dorma. there is a lead gulley between the side of the dorma and the main roof. We had very heavy sustained rainfall at the weekend and i have a leak. I went into the loft and where the main roof and Dorma join water is dripping...