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Yes exactly, I need to bring the panel 30mm away from the brick wall. I don't really want to get into a new tray. The fitting of the battens doesn't seem too faffy, I would screw through them into the wall, but maybe I would need a membrane, and / or something to fill the gap behind the panel to...

Hi, I plan to refurbish a shower, which will entail stripping the tiles from a solid wall. I intend to use a suitable backer board which will need to be fixed to the wall then tanked. There will be a gap of about 30mm from the wall to the edge of the shower tray. What is the right way to mount...

Baking the new element in the top oven did the trick, so I think the damp hypothesis is supported! I gave it about 30 minutes at 180°C. Thanks for all the help.

Update: second replacement element gives exactly the same problem...heats up for about 30s then trips the mains. Any thoughts? It's a very old oven, maybe time to replace it? Found this on another forum, I'm going to try baking the element in the top oven... When installing kitchens these...

The only equipment I have is a simple multimeter. But it only faults when it's getting hot, I can't safely measure any resistance then. My guess is that heat expansion is causing some connection to be made. One thing I did notice is the element touches the case where it passes through the case...

Neff U1710. Horseshoe shaped element. I did, I admit, pay only 5 pounds for the new element. I don't think there is another one - just from looking at spares listings.

Paths to earth can only be through the metal mounting plates. OK when cold, can't measure safely when got. Old element clearly failed, big split down one section, it tripped the mains once when it failed, then never got hot again (I only noticed it was gone an hour later when the oven was cold...

My fan oven element died a few days ago, tripping the mains RCD. Having replaced it a few years ago, I knew what to order and how to do it, so I installed a new one. Everything seemed to go smoothly, but one of the spade terminals on the old element was blackened and worn away, it looked like...

Thanks Paul for your warning about safety, it's not a risk I've ever thought of before. I think the tiles will stay in place, even if the adhesive were to fail, which I can see is a real possibility. All of the full size tiles are held to the wall by the edge of the enclosure, and all but the...

Thanks for responding. It sounds like a massive pain in the arse. It's been done about a year. Tiles are 600x300mm ceramic, laid in landscape. I don't think it was primed and it wasn't tanked. I don't know what the adhesive was but I suspect it's been applied D'n'D as the guilty tile can be...

I've got hairline cracks opening up between tiles in my shower, and it's leaking enough to show on the paintwork below. This is due to the tiler tiling direct onto marine ply, lesson learned but I'm not in a position to rip it all out and start again. Can I use silicone to seal more...

So is 200 quid what you'd pay if you contact Variant directly? I did notice Homeserve badged on the page, who were fined 30million for shifty practices. Think I'll give them a miss. Does anyone know if "Agile" accepts business from this board?

Trying to get a repair for my Vaillant is proving hard - wrong time of year perhaps. I've found the following - seems good, is it? https://www.therm.co.uk/repairs "Book a Vaillant engineer to fix your Vaillant boiler. We will come and fix your boiler for a fixed price of £199 - no strings...

It's certainly been a great workhorse. Mostly neglected, all it's ever failed on is a new microswitch every three years. I'm going to try and get this fault fixed and have it serviced in the hope of another few years' work.

That's reassuring, thanks! But they must get condemned at some point surely? Does the comment by Bunnyman about it being obsolete soon mean parts and repair will become unfeasible?

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll try one round of fixing rather than getting it replaced, but... As a rough estimate, what would it cost in London to have a new boiler fitted in place, and what model would be a good equivalent?

Hmm, no response, fair enough. I was hoping to get a sense of whether to condemn it. Does anyone have anything to say about this company Vaillantservice.co.uk Fixed price repair sounds too good to be true.

Hello! Our ageing combi is developing a fault. It either takes a long time to ignite, or fails to ignite at all. When it takes a long time, all the usual noises happen, several clicks and a fan, then normally where you'd hear the sound of gas burning, nothing for maybe 15s, then it lights. Or...

You're right stem, they are completely happy to come and fix the ducting issue and acknowledge it was a mistake. not sure how they will manage that as it is a long way up in the air and has been decorated to a high standard! Regarding the roof design, it is built according to the planned...

OK, this is worrying me now. I believe it is a cold deck design. There are ventilation grills all the way under the gutters outside, and there is a LOT of cold air blowing around above the insulation. I can't see a vapour control layer between plasterboard and insulation. The plans were drawn...