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I mean any socket can get hot with these fan-heaters. I'm presently using a different socket for a fan-heater and the plug is getting very warm as is that socket..or part of it anyway. Thanks.

Is it ok for these fan-heater's flexes to get hot and also and make the plug - sockets hot? That couldn't do some sort of damage?

So what's the worse that an undetected an overheating plug and socket or loose connection could do?

Haha well anyway he convinced me to get a total wiring check with a new fuse box installed so that good came out of it.

I had a similar cracked socket from last year in a bedroom. As below. I could smell that horrible fishy electrical burn out smell. I got an electrician out, he said it was overheating from the inside but the fuse-box should've picked it up and cut it out. After that i got a new fuse-box...

But what cracks it?

I am careful with this plug socket because it is very slightly loose so no not in the past 20 years or so. The entire plug socket is not hanging out but I've never seen this crack i definitely think it's heat as the plugs of fan heaters get quite hot.

There is nothing wrong with the fan-heater plug no.

No one here uses brute force to plug in or out though.

Here is the label on back;

Just a fan-heater straight in, no double adapters;

I had a new fuse-box unit installed a year ago and I use this plug socket every night for hours in the winter. Admittedly the flex and plug can get hot. As you can see the plug socket has cracked. It is about 45 years old. Should the fuse-box have cut the fuse out before it got to this...

I don't know.

What's the solution? Cut into the wall and do something to the pipework?

About 3 to 4 feet high. Shown in the circle here; The bathroom is in the room behind this wall. Here is the other side; 8th tile up from floor and the first column of tiles near door. That is directly behind the spots on bedroom. Here;

Upstairs has been very condensated lately, i can't see it being caused by a water pipe that high. Thanks.

On bedroom wall, noticed it today. It's halfway up the wall and next to bathroom but i doubt there's a water pipe behind it.

I just had a bout of heavy rain and i shone my torch in the loft , i couldn't see any drip. Is it possible that it is internal mold due to not opening windows when condensation is high and the windows are steamed up?

Thanks and if that was the case I assume that in heavy sustained rainfall I'd be able to hear or see a drip?

But i don't think there's any water pipes up there.