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When I switch the shower on, water trickles out of a small black outlet. I unscrewed it and it has a rubber grommet which appears to be fine. Any ideas on what might be causing this?

It was indeed the cables that needed switching around but in the electricians defence, there was no “supply” or “load” printed on the terminals. It was an MK 2 gang switch.

Oh ok. It’s bang on centre.

The builder put the rad in originally but there was a leak and that was British Gas, with the compression fittings and busted wall. The rad is centralised. The centre of the rad is exactly the centre of the window. I wasn't sure what you meant.

That's a badge of honour coming from you. Appreciated.

I've got something similar to this for an electric shower. The on/off operation works correctly and supplies/disengages power to the electric shower. However, the neon light always stays on. I've not looked inside yet. Can this be fixed or does the whole switch need to be replaced? Thanks for...

Oh, that was my heat shield to protect the wall!

UPDATE - wanted to share how I got on earlier today. System pressurised again and nothing has burst yet! There’s probably many things I’ve misunderstood and done badly. I would welcome your feedback as I’d like to learn for next time. Thanks again guys. Really appreciated your advice with this

So if I am doing this work over a couple of days, I need to fill up the system again with rad pipes capped off as else there will be no hot water. And then the following day I need to drain down again, put the rad in and fill up again. Have I got this right? Thanks for your help.

I need to do some maintenance on a rad and wanted to check if the boiler can continue to run with 0 pressure on the boiler and whether this will affect hot water supply?

Can I safely solder in here? I need to extend these pipes down for radiator fitting. If yes, what can I use to protect the cable from the flame? Thanks in advance.

I think you are suggesting that both pipes come out around here? You can see that the current white pipe is coming out at an angle and I think that's because of the skirting board sitting proud of the level the pipe sits in within the vertical boxing. How will I be able to have these pipes...

Sorry for the typo! Yes, I was suggesting that I raise the new rad and have the pipes running below it. As per your suggestion, I can run the horizontal pipe level with the rad valves and then 2-elbows into the first valve. I guess the other sides pipe would run just under the rad and then...

I was thinking of easing the new rad slightly and running pipes below that and then come up. Advisable?

I would then come up where the TRV is and then elbow away from the wall and then elbow into the TRV. Does that sound about right?

Went with this in the end. A slight compromise but does the job and plenty of space for expansion.

It will look tidier. And the wall can be painted without pipes on show

I was just proposing that I drop down to 10mm from where the 15mm currently exit the vertical boxing. I can then bury them behind the plaster and bend then around to connect to the radiator valves. Would that be okay do you think?

This was done by the builder (come plumber) around 25 years ago. I thought there may be a way to bury the pipes behind the wall and skim it over. Could I drop to 10mm plastic pipe when the copper comes out of the vertical wooden boxing and then fit a rad with a floating pipe arrangement? The...

This rad is leaking and needs attention. Since it’s a very old radiator, I thought I would replace it and tidy up the pipework. I was thinking I come out of the vertical boxing and then conceal the pipes but that would require a long horizontal chase which I think is not recommended. Can I...