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So taking a closer look, the microswitch looks OK, and is actuated properly when the hot tap is run. However there seems to be some rusty sludge inside the body of this thing - which you can see into through the gap. I guess the sludge is damping the mechanism- it may have been gumming...

horror story

I've a fault with my Britony SE100 Once the hot tap has been turned off, the boiler appears to stay in hot water mode (the LED light sequence continues as per DHW demand). Boiler is firing, but there's no flow to the taps as they are turned off, but the CH is then heated. The CH is not on...

My garage owning friends will be looking forward to the opposite conversation with "tight-fisted" tradesmen who were "too mean" to replace their knackered old transits in the summer and can't get them started. Tee hee hee.

You can check the TRV on the cold radiator by unscrewing the top part from the valve body. On top of the valve body there should be a small brass pin sticking up, and you should be able to push it down a few mm with a screwdriver handle or similar, and see it pop back up into position. Avoid...

Checked the forum after the kids were in bed, and got on the case. I called the emergency line, who immediately advised me to turn off the power at the consumer unit immediately. Southern Electric had someone around at the house 40 minutes later and they replaced the neutral block in the...

cheers for the advice, I will get them out asap

I noticed a burning smell from the supply and consumer unit under the stairs. I found that the black cable coming from the main fuse/supply to the meter was a bit warm, and its the fuse/connector bit that's warm. The red wire/connection isn't warm. The dishwasher was on at the time but...

Does any one know of any benefits of these 'smart' low power, self-adjusting pumps e.g. Grundfos Alpha 2, which regulate the flow based on temperature and pressure (e.g. responsive to TRVs etc). I'm aware of the potential power savings, and the possibility they will be quieter, but how about...

The bland assurances are worthless, you must have them in writing and you must have a mutually accepted reference point for the state of your property before they start work. Otherwise you will end up with "it was like that before we started" - i.e. "prove it" and you will not be able to. It...

I'd ensure that you get an independent survey of your roof before he starts and after he has finished, plus his written confirmation that these will provide the definitive reference for any change due to his works and he will be liable for any damage however caused, plus any consequential damage...

Update - i've tried taking photos but they were rubbish and I couldn't upload due to technical problems... Having had a better look, the slates are some kind of synthetic ones, cement based I think and feel quite sturdy. The slope of the roof is about 25% I think - quite shallow. I've had...

re: sealant, I've used Dow Corning 785 - available from Screwfix - and its really good stuff, no problems with mold. I put it round a sink and two years later it was still bright white. Quite sticky and hard to apply well though - do lots of preparation and practice if possible.

oh go on someone give me a clue, otherwise i'll be falling off a ladder and killling myself

I need to repoint some brickwork just underneath the upstairs bathroom window. Underneath that is the small pitched roof at the back of the kitchen. Its quite a shallow pitch and comes out far enough that I can't put a ladder up and reach the wall it joins. From above it looks like this (the...

Recently tiled floor with BAL rapidflex adhesive and superflex floor grout. The new toilet cistern gathers condensation (cold mains water, cools moisture from the air) which then drips onto the floor. Directly underneath this is one of the grout lines, which is therefore pretty much...

OK sounds like there's only one way to sort this. Suddenly the mail order option becomes much less convenient when I have to return stuff ! Fortunately I know there is a fair amount of inhibitor sloshing around in my system as I shoved another bottle in there during the summer when I...

I have a new towel radiator, has been fitted for 4 weeks at the most. Its a curved ladder, in chrome finish. There is a tiny leak at one of the joins of a horizontal bar to the vertical bits. Obviously I'd really rather not take the thing off and send it back, mail order, to the supplier...

The latest PCB for this is now 60000571, replacing 61308723 and 1302265. The new version seems to serve a few different models of Chaff boilers, since its got jumpers for different settings depending on the boiler. JP1: CF/FF (FF default) JP2: MOD/TPR (MOD default) JP3: 3/3 or 1/3...