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@muggles - I think your point made me aware of something; you need to fire to be roaring for it to realise the 30KW. I've currently got a burner and after the initial start, I choke it down to 1 (of 3) so it just glows. The neighbours overheat if I leave it on high for too long :D My ponder...

Hi folks, I'm about to move into a new house / converted barn which has heating (oil-fired) and an existing wood/coal burner. The entrance all is crying out for a statement fireplace which I want to add. The house is a large, open plan type of house and the fireplace will warm most of it...

Hi folks, I'm planning a solar installation where the panels, batteries and inverter will be around 130m from the house. Looking at the online calculators I'd need 10mm2 armoured buried). If I switched loads / circuits when inverter is online then this should be OK. If I use a grid-tie...

Thanks Andrew. That aligns with what the chap was saying last night. "first 3 lengths need to be 28mm". Ho hum, I guess it was dodge from the word go :( Thanks for the help

Hi folks, I've just had the boiler serviced and it failed due to low gas pressure. Boiler installed in 2014 by a "mate" plumber (Gas safe registered etc), commissioning sheet states pressure was 19mb. In 2017 we altered the kitchen, moved the gas stove by extending the gas line to it. Gas...

I'd also wondered this. His existing policy makes sense if it's long running but to start a new one...? I'll soon find out

Thanks Terry. So new ones are not really worth replacing for? According to the current owner it breaks a often enough but I guess I know it'll "only" cost me the insurance each year and that's predictable.

Afternoon folks, I am about to buy a property (converted barn) which has a 22/23 year old oil furnace. The current owner has been quite honest and said it breaks down every couple of years but his policy - which costs him around £300 a year - pays for each breakdown and there are no surprise...

ok folks - the solution. What I'd like to tell: It was a very complicated fault which could only be found by a plumber who normally works at Buckingham Palace and has three million pound's worth of equipment. Thank you all for your time but we were all found wanting. What actually happened...

LOL get the man a beer! And it's reasons like this that I cannot help but wonder why I have overlooked the blindingly obvious!

Will definitely update. It's going to be the simplest thing...

In fairness, it's quite soft. The recording hugely exaggerates the noise. When you turn on the kitchen tap it increases slightly. Update: dude coming round tomorrow to look and fix. Noise unchanged, meter still ticking :( External meter Ian.

Might go an get some of those today. I can shut it all off and just put them all over in the hopes :)

Just so you're all sure that I am not imagining this.... here is a recording of the water. The phone is in contact with the stopcock so it recorded it quite well and sounds exaggerated. https://www.landcruiserclub.net/water.ogg

Entirely agree with you. That is what is frustrating me. While I am in IT for work I am more than happy to replace a car engine or fly a plane (I can knit too :p) This is now simply annoying me :) When this first started my wife walked into the house to see me with a plastic rod in my ear and...

you right - it might struggle. :|

:) I was going to give you a shout..... AL9 7 You far? I've got a guy who says he can come round on Monday / Tuesday. If you wanted to PC me your details we can chat...

The pipe comes from the drive, under the house, up, into the study (used to be kitchen) where it has the internal stopcock. So, leak is after this point. After stopcock it runs along the wall (I can see it as it's been boxed in) about a foot, through the wall, into the bathroom. Again, I can see...

...said the doctor to me. :(

Water meter is at the end of the drive, stopcock is in the house. I close the stopcock in the house and the hissing(*) stops, as does the water meter. So fault cannot be between house and meter. The hissing is the water running past the stopcock in the house. There may be another stopcock in...