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I was thinking in terms of building a wooden cage round them but these mumsen rings look like a more practical solution :D

The plumber is in the loft as I type, installing a new tank, so this should have a happy ending. I suffered an anxious few days waiting for him as the drip rate was slowly increasing. So thanks again to all posters who advised me to get the professionals in asap. I've highlighted Dilalio's...

A slightly clearer look at the scratch / split:

Thanks both, looks like this is best left to a plumber...that's if I can get hold of one. I already have a bucket collecting the drips. The bucket collects about two inches depth in 24 hours so manageable as long as it gets no worse...which might be another reason not to attempt a repair :D ...

Isn't this just what you want to hear. 'There's water dripping from the top of the airing cupboard'. Fortunately the leak was easy to spot. It's from the big plastic water tank, where a pipe enters near the bottom: I've put a bucket under the leak and the rate is one drop every four of five...

Too late tonight to do the straight edge measurements but she tells me the window opens and closes fine, no sticking or jamming.

Pilsbury - I have asked her your question and she should be back with an answer soon, I think she's putting the kids to bed. Oldbutnotdead, I will post your instructions right now....I had to google 'Section 21' :). Blup...thanks for that link, didn't know the process was as easy as filling in...

I'm posting this on behalf on an FB friend who I live nowhere near, so apologies for this being a bit second hand. She lives in a rented house and she is worried that the house might be structurally unsound. She has sent these pics of an exposed lintel; note the third one, that appears to show a...

Hi jg321, in the pic you can see a piece of blue card left by Manweb when they changed the meter; barely legible but I think the date on it is 30/01/93

Hi John, the house was rewired about 25 years ago. Part of the job was putting in a consumer unit in place of the original fusebox, so presumably the electrician replaced the old transformer.

Solved - John and Skenk were right, there is a transformer (white box) next to the consumer unit in the garage. Thanks to everyone for items of electrical history.

Hi John, the bell works fine, I took the actual bell part off it because it was deafening, but it still makes a sufficiently loud rattling to serve its purpose. I measured the current by getting someone to push the switch while I held a mutlimeter cross the inputs to the bell. Tried DC first and...

This is curiosity rather than a practical problem. This doorbell and push switch have been part of the house since I moved in thirty years ago, and probably date to the time the house was built (1952). The push switch is inside the porch, the white wire leading to a second (modern plastic) push...

There's definitely no earth; I fitted a new bathroom light last year and there were only live and neutral wires, including in the roof space above the bathroom.

Thanks ban-all-sheds and EFLImpudence

Thanks Diyisfun

The cord switch in my bathroom is showing signs it is about to depart for Valhalla. I had a look on the B and Q website and it gives a choice between a 1-way and a 2-way switch. Can anyone tell me which of these I need? Here is a pic of the old one: Thanks, Chris

Those who contributed to this thread might be interested to know its resolution. The second plumber/installer has just left. It took him ten seconds to determine that the first plumber, as Tony and others diagnosed, had in fact installed the pump the wrong way. All he did today was feel the...

I think MS know exactly what they are doing. Windows 10 now runs as a service rather than an operating system, and there is fear that at some point MS will start charging an annual fee rather than sell perpetual licences as now. This won't affect current builds but if it's done it will affect...

This is often reported on in the computer press. Many commercial applications are going to be stuck on XP for years, and Microsoft is quietly supporting these systems, which include systems running on vital medical equipment. There is a registry hack you can do to fool Microsoft into thinking...